On October 1, 2025, the Queen’s Institute of Intergovernmental Relations held its annual Kenneth MacGregor Lecture at the Donald Gordon Conference Centre in Kingston. This year’s Lecture, "From Meech to MAGA: National Unity and Trade in an Era of Trump," took the form of a fireside chat between former Premier of Ontario David Peterson and former Globe and Mail national affairs columnist Jeffrey Simpson.
Date
Friday November 21, 2025Location
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 554We invite you to attend the latest installment of the Corry Colloquium Speakers Series on Friday, November 21, from 12:00-1:30 pm, for a talk entitled: Progress and/or Backlash? Assessing Gender and Inter-sectional Forces in and Beyond the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, by Dr. Kelly Dittmar.
Dr. Dittmar is an Associate Professor, Political Science, at Rutgers University–Camden and Director of Research and Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Learn more about Dr. Dittmar's research here.
As Mark Carney visits Singapore to deepen investment ties and position Canada as a global trade player, Department of Political Studies Associate Professor Stéphanie Martel notes Ottawa must prove its relevance in the speeding‑up Indo‑Pacific race.
As Donald Trump lashes out at Ontario’s anti-tariff advertisement, calling it “fraudulent” and reigniting trade tensions with Canada, experts warn that misinformation continues to fuel political polarization. Department of Political Studies Professor and Department Head Jonathan Rose says many of Trump’s claims are misleading — a reminder of how narrative control shapes public perception in moments of economic strain.
As Pasco, Washington, and other cities move to end water fluoridation amid rising conspiracy theories, experts warn of deeper social unrest. Department of Political Studies and School of Religion Assistant Professor Amarnath Amarasingam says anti-fluoride activism reflects a growing sense of chaos and mistrust — a symptom of people trying to regain control in an uncertain world.
Congratulations to Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky on her renewal as Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces.
Director and Stauffer-Dunning Chair
School of Policy Studies
Queen’s University
Doctoral Student
He/Him
MA, Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Political Studies
Doctoral Student
Rubiat Saimum is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University, specializing in International Relations and Comparative Studies. He has previously served as a Lecturer of maritime security and strategic studies at Bangladesh Maritime University. He is a South Asian Future Fellow at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR), a fellow at Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a Young Leader at the Pacific Forum, a maritime GENIE at Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) and a Junior Fellow at the NATO Association of Canada.
My research focuses on the formation of security communities and the role of major regional powers or “the anchor states” in the process. I study the why regional anchor states facilitate or hinder the formation of security communities in their respective regions.
Saimum, R. (2025). From Hardware to Heartware: China's Evolving Military Relations with Bangladesh. In Xavier, C. & Jacob, J. T. (Eds). How China Engages South Asia: In the Open and Behind the Scenes (pp. 107-117). Centre for Social and Economic Progress. Retrieved from https://csep.org/IpNMF81
Shahid, R. & Saimum, R. (2023) ‘Navigating the troubled waters: ‘maritimization' of Bangladesh’s foreign policy’, Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1080/18366503.2023.2228615
Saimum, R. (2020). ‘The Prospect of Belt and Road Initiative in the Context of Bangladesh’. China Report, 56(4), 464-483, Sage Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009445520930396
Saimum, R. (2020). ‘ASEAN’s Rohingya Dilemma: Limits of Regional Co-operation’. In Charting a Sustainable Future of ASEAN in Business and Social Sciences (pp. 339-348). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3859-9_29
2025: Queen’s Graduate Award, Queen’s University, SGS
2023-25: SGS Graduate Fellowship, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2024: CICA essay competition (2nd Prize), Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
2019: The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation Bangladesh
Date
Friday October 24, 2025Location
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 448
We invite you to attend the latest installment of the Corry Colloquium Speakers Series on Friday, October 24, from 12:00-1:30 pm, for a talk entitled: GEOPOLITICS IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Dr. Anatoly Levshin.
Dr. Levshin is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the International Security Program and in Technology and Geopolitics at the Belfer Center (Harvard University). He is also Director’s Fellow with the Reimagining World Order research community at Princeton University, which he formerly co-curated with its director, G. John Ikenberry. Learn more about Dr. Levshin's research here.
Doctoral Student
She/Her/Elle
BA (Honours) in Political Science from St. Francis Xavier University (2023), MA in Political Studies from Queen's University (2024)
Political Studies
Doctoral Student
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B301
Supervisor: Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky
Tehya Blake (she/her/elle) is a bilingual PhD student in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. She is supervised by Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky and works on research related to women, peace and security (WPS) and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). She is affiliated with the Network for Strategic Analysis (NSA/RAS), the Center for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) and Women in International Security – Canada (WIIS-C). Prior to beginning her doctoral degree, Tehya was a policy analyst with the Department of National Defence in Ottawa. She completed her M.A. at Queen’s University (2024), and her B.A. (Hons) at St. Francis Xavier University (2023).
