{"id":2570,"date":"2026-06-04T13:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:52:39","slug":"remembering-brian-finlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/2026\/remembering-brian-finlay\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Brian Finlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Remembering Brian Finlay\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of NPSIA Alum, Brian Finlay (MA\u201998). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stimson.org\/2026\/stimson-remembers-the-life-and-legacy-of-president-and-ceo-brian-finlay\/\">As President and CEO of the Stimson Center<\/a>, he led with vision and humanity, building bridges across sectors and communities to tackle some of the world\u2019s most complex challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were honoured to welcome Brian back to NPSIA in Fall 2023 for our event, \u201cCooperative Threat &amp; Risk Assessment in a New Global Context,\u201d where he shared thoughtful insights on nuclear disarmament and the evolving landscape of global risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian\u2019s legacy endures in the students he inspired, the colleagues he mentored, and the policies and partnerships he helped shape. Our deepest condolences go to his family, friends, and the Stimson Center community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n    <div class=\"cu-imagegrid cu-imagegrid-4 cu-component-updated grid not-prose md:grid-cols-3 max-w-5xl gap-1 md:gap-2\">\n        \n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/06\/BFinlay1-768x768.png); background-position: 53% 37%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:col-span-2 md:row-span-2 order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/06\/BFinlay2-768x768.png); background-position: 48% 38%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/06\/BFinlay4-768x768.png); background-position: 30% 57%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of NPSIA Alum, Brian Finlay (MA\u201998). As President and CEO of the Stimson Center, he led with vision and humanity, building bridges across sectors and communities to tackle some of the world\u2019s most complex challenges. We were honoured to welcome Brian back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":2575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570\/revisions\/2577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}