JANINE BRODIE Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada TIME DI MUZIO Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada SEIKO HANOCHI Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada KINHIDE MUSHAKOJI is one of the world's leading authorities on Global Affairs and Peace Research and author of many works in these fields RANDOLF B. PERSAUD Associate Professor in the School of International Service, American University, Washington, USA ALEJANDRA RONCALLO Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada BRIGITTE YOUNG Professor of Political Science at the University of Münster, Germany.