Baird’s tough talk on human rights rings hollow in Bahrain
Globe and Mail Canada’s “principled” foreign policy keeps running into problems in Bahrain, the Gulf monarchy that violently suppressed...
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...
Harper refuses to sign landmark arms trade treaty, presses for maternal-health reform
Quoted in: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/harper-refuses-to-sign-landmark-arms-trade-treaty/article14539869/
Ready for Another Great Season at CIPS
We’ve been working hard to prepare an excellent series of fall events at CIPS. Here are a few highlights: Next week, CIPS will present...
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,...
The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why is Canada Lagging Behind?
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, Policy Paper (June 2013)
Before intervening in Syria, check hubris at the door
Quoted in: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/before-intervening-in-syria-check-hubris-at-the-door/article12394438/
Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?
Perspectives on Politics 11:2 (June 2013), pp. 538-548 The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, which deposed the Taliban...