COVID-19, Culture, Science and Diplomacy: Implications for Harnessing the World’s Overlooked Statecraft Tools
This article can also be found through the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI). He who cherishes the…
Canadian Foreign Policy at Mid-Term: Reset, or Recycled?
Two months ago, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a parliamentary address which set out her thinking on Canada’s place in…
Global Affairs Canada? Seven Steps to a Higher Functioning Foreign Ministry
During its first few months in office the Trudeau government has shown itself admirably adept at harvesting a…
It’ll Take More than Smiles to Reverse Canada’s Dire Diplomatic Record, Mr. Trudeau
In conversation with members of the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Justin…
High hopes for the Independent Commission on Multilateralism
Follow @iAffairsCanada Last August I attended a conference titled 1814, 1914, 2014: Lessons from the Past, Visions for…
A time of remembrance, and forgetting
For those with an interest in foreign policy, military history and geopolitics, this month has been rich. …
Countering domestic political violence and the Islamic State: Canada needs a strategy
In the wake of last week’s disturbing events in Saint-Jean-sur-Richileau and Ottawa, Canadian policy and decision-makers are turning…
Ten steps to a world-beating diplomatic corps
In my last posting, I made the case for radical diplomatic reform as an alternative to the use of…
For the West, war isn’t working anymore
It’s mid-September, the seasons are changing — and Canadians have every reason to feel uneasy. The erstwhile global…
Science and the Limits of Gunpoint Diplomacy
When it comes to Western attempts at armed intervention, the record of recent years – in Iraq, Afghanistan,…