This book is the result of support and encouragement from a number of people and sources, without whom it could not have been written. From the outset, the support of the Fulbright Program and Fulbright Canada for the topic of the book and of the Balsillie School of International Affairs in hosting me first as Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and then as Fulbright Foundation Special Fellow must be acknowledged, although words hardly seem enough to thank these institutions and the incredible people who are a part of them. At Fulbright Canada, special thanks are owed to Mr. Brad Hector. The warmth and kindness shown to me by everyone at the Balsillie School was overwhelming and special thanks are owed to Ms. Tiffany Bradley, Ms. Joanne Weston, Prof. John Ravenhill, and Prof. Anne Fitzgerald. Additionally, during my Fulbright terms the University of Waterloo, and particularly the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, kindly invited me to become a member of the thriving community of scholars there.