David R. Black is Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. His research has focused on Canada s role in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa s place within the continent, and sport in world politics. He is co-editor of "A Decade of Human Security" (2006) and "The International Politics of Mass Atrocities: The Case of Darfur" (2008).