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AGlobalAΩairThe Munk School takes on the worldBy cynthia MacdonaldThese days, Janice sTein’s world is Turning a little faster than usual.The Munk School of Global Affairs, of which she is founderand director, has received a funding infusion of unearthly proportions:$35 million from its original benefactor, gold miningexecutive Peter Munk, with an additional $25 million from thefederal government; this follows an equal commitment fromthe provincial government in 2008.Such robust investments are intended to vault the MunkSchool into the top ranks of international-relations programs,enabling it to take its place alongside the London School ofEconomics and Political Science, Tufts University’s FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy, and Johns Hopkins School ofAdvanced International Studies.To be sure, money will help attract visiting experts to theMunk School, sponsor partnerships and new degree programs,support top-flight research and enable the construction of anew facility. All good things, of course. But what about the factthat, unlike its rivals, the Munk School is located in a young,autumn 2010 33