The Global South Foreign Policy project was initiated through an ISA workshop grant in 1998. Its aim is to critique (constructively) past and present theorizing about foreign policy, and to develop ideas that are more appropriate to understanding Global South international activity. We do not, for example, hold to the artificial distinction between foreign policy and international political economy (or, for that matter, global development.) The group is deliberately small, with participants currently coming from and of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, and one general foreign policy theorist with an interest in Asia. The "network" held an exploratory conference in New York at The Graduate School of CUNY) in 1998, and presented papers in Minnesota, Washington and Panama. We are seeking creative theoretical input from 1) scholars of and from East Asia; 2) scholars of and from the Middle East; 3) scholars of and from South Asia; 4) third world scholars who specialize in gender perspectives. Naturally we aim to publish our work, after a suitable period of introspection and debate. If anyone is interested in participating in this network, please e-mail J. Braveboy-Wagner at wiscc@cuny.edu.

The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax is organizing a trio of workshops on regional oceans/naval cooperation: last-May on the western hemisphere in early June on the Middle East. For more information visit the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies website.

The 'new regionalisms' network sponsored a further meeting during the Congress of the Americas at the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico...and its special issue of Third World Quarterly on 'new regionalisms' is about to appear as the last pre-millennium issue (Vol 20, no 5).

Unique Year Abroad Opportunities for Your Undergraduate Students: The Comparative Development Studies Program at Trent University in Ontario, Canada offers full academic year abroad programs in Ghana and Ecuador. These programs provide a comprehensive analysis of the history, culture and economy of their respective regions, and require an extensive field placement to complete a review of a development project and its impact on the local community. These programs are open to students from other universities. Inquiries may be directed to: John Hillman, Chair, Comparative Development Studies, Trent University: jhillman@trentu.ca. See also http://www.trentu.ca/cds.