David Petrasek

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David Petrasek
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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John Baird’s Journey 0
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- 24 septembre 2012
In a speech last week to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Minister John Baird set out the priority he attaches to human rights in Canadian foreign policy. That Minister Baird prioritizes human rights is hardly new: his speeches …
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Will Lakhdar Brahimi’s Hard-Nosed Mediation Save Syria?0
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- 20 septembre 2012
The arrival of Lakhdar Brahimi in Syria late last week drew little media attention. But his trip, and the larger mission of which it is a part, carry enormous consequences. Brahimi is the envoy appointed jointly by the UN and …
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The New Interventionism: Promise and Reality 0
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- 5 septembre 2012
Publié sur le blog 3 Quarks Daily

The news is alarming: whole families killed in the mountain villages near Lebanon and massacres in Damascus; sectarian clashes between Christian, Alawite and Sunni communities risk a descent into full-scale civil war. The …
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Europe’s Alleged ‘Failure’, Harper’s Certain Gain 0
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- 21 juin 2012
Prime Minister Harper’s pointed criticism of the dithering of European leaders at the G20 summit over the weekend was widely reported, and so too the angry riposte it received from EU Commission President Manuel Barroso. But too few sought to …
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Oversold and Underwhelming: John Baird’s First Year on the Job 0
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- 22 mai 2012
Almost one year to the day after his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird was asked in an interview on CBC Radio’s The House on Saturday to define his foreign policy. “More smart power, less soft power,” he …
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Something Borrowed, Nothing Gained: John Baird’s Big Ideas in Foreign Policy 0
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- 3 février 2012
“Canada is what I like to call a ‘smart power’,” Foreign Minister John Baird declared in a major speech in Israel last week. That’s reassuring, although as a means of distinguishing our foreign policy it is likely to prove elusive. …
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Global Issues, Colonial Mindsets: The Munk Debates 0
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- 21 novembre 2011
Imagine that a foundation in a small European country, perhaps Denmark, sponsors a high profile series of debates with the purpose of providing a “forum for leading thinkers to debate the major issues facing Denmark and the world”. Most people, …
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Quand plus équivaut à moins : le Commonwealth et les droits de la personne 0
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- 28 octobre 2011
Le Premier ministre arrive aujourd’hui à Perth, en Australie, pour participer à l’édition biennale de la Réunion des chefs de gouvernement des pays du Commonwealth (RCGPC), dans le vif d’un débat sur les droits de la personne. Certains membres du …
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Virtue or Vice? Human Rights Diplomacy under the Tory Government 0
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- 14 octobre 2011
Foreign Minister John Baird’s speech to the UN General Assembly in September was widely reported for the forceful manner in which he condemned the Palestinians’ ’unilateral’ bid for UN membership. Largely unremarked upon, however, was the Minister’s emphasis on human …
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