There Is More to Foreign Policy than Trade
The problem with Canada’s new Global Markets Action Plan is not that it seeks to promote Canadian commercial interests in foreign markets...
Missing in Action: What Happened to Canada’s Foreign Policy?
CIPS & CIC blogs In July 2011, shortly after Canadian voters handed the Conservatives a majority government, Prime Minister Stephen...
A Response to Deepak Ohbrai on Digital Diplomacy
I am pleased that Deepak Ohbrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has responded to my recent writing on...
Canada Needs More Digital Diplomats
Ottawa Citizen The practice of international diplomacy is undergoing a revolution. As activists, private and public organizations,...
Baird’s East Jerusalem scandal shows Canada has a Mideast dishonesty gap
Globe and Mail Why is Foreign Minister John Baird misrepresenting Canada’s policies on the Mideast? Last week, Mr. Baird met with...
Baird's Silence on Abuses in Bahrain Exposes Canada's Inconsistency
Globe & Mail The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper prides itself on having a “principled” foreign policy and for taking...
CIDA Merger is Fine, But Fundamental Questions of Policy Remain Unresolved
Globe & Mail Thursday’s announcement that the Canadian International Development Agency will be folded into the Department of Foreign...
Staying out of Iraq was said to hurt Canada’s standing. It didn’t
Globe and Mail In the weeks leading up to the disastrous invasion of Iraq a decade ago, a number of prominent Canadian commentators and...