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...
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...