Is Canada Pulling Its Weight in NATO?
When NATO’s military commander, General Philip Breedlove, visited Ottawa this week, he noted that Canada was one of the first countries...
Canada pulls funding for Commonwealth in flap over Sri Lanka
Quoted in: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-pulls-funding-for-commonwealth-in-flap-over-sri-lanka/article17998194/
The Truth About Afghanistan
Policy Options (March-April 2014), pp. 26-33
Russia gets kicked out of a club whose prestige was waning anyway
Quoted in: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/globe-politics-insider/russia-gets-kicked-out-of-a-club-whose-prestige-was-waning...
Canada’s Afghan mission finally closes, with some unfinished business
Quoted in: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/globe-politics-insider/canadas-afghan-mission-finally-closes-with-some-unfinished...
The Truth About Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan
Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan officially ends this month. It began in 2001 with the dispatch of a small number of special...
Ottawa’s Embrace of Twitter Diplomacy Will Fail Without Greater Openness
Globe and Mail After years of sitting on the sidelines, Canada finally seems to be taking digital diplomacy seriously. Foreign Minister...
Kabul’s Restaurant Attack Hurt by Driving Afghans, Foreigners Further Apart
Globe and Mail Since news broke of Friday’s horrific suicide attack on the largely foreign clientele of a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul,...
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...