1.0The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs/npsiaMike Shirley/npsia/author/mikeshirley/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Wtyj1cxRXs"><a href="/npsia/people/alexandra-bugailiskis/">Alexandra Bugailiskis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/npsia/people/alexandra-bugailiskis/embed/#?secret=Wtyj1cxRXs" width="600" height="338" title="“Alexandra Bugailiskis” — The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs" data-secret="Wtyj1cxRXs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/npsia/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> /npsia/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2024/11/Alex-Bugailiskis.png400400Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, the Middle East and the Maghreb, Global Affairs CanadaBachelor of Arts, Political Science (’79)Master of Arts, International Affairs (’92) In 1982, NPSIA student Alexandra Bugailiskis joined the then-Depart­ment of External Affairs. She had finished her coursework—but not her Master’s thesis—when in 1984 she was off to her first posting in Ghana. […]