Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
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- 18 décembre 2018
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Roland Paris
Director of CIPS and Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Webpage.
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Has Canada Finally Discovered Digital Diplomacy?0
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- 7 février 2014
After years of sitting on the sidelines, Canada finally seems to be taking social media seriously as tool of diplomacy. Foreign Minister John Baird delivered a speech on Friday—appropriately in Silicon Valley, the world’s capital of technological innovation—embracing digital diplomacy …
EN SAVOIR PLUSImplications of the Kabul Restaurant Attack0
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- 19 janvier 2014
Since news broke of Friday’s horrific suicide attack on the largely foreign clientele of a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, attention has understandably focused on the civilians who lost their lives, including two Canadians. But the event, which comes at a …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBaird’s Tough Talk on Human Rights Rings Hollow in Bahrain0
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- 10 décembre 2013
Canada’s “principled” foreign policy keeps running into problems in Bahrain, the Gulf monarchy that violently suppressed pro-democracy protests in 2011.
When Foreign Minister John Baird visited the country in April, he made no public comment about Bahrain’s repressive practices, including …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThere Is More to Foreign Policy than Trade0
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- 28 novembre 2013
The problem with Canada’s new Global Markets Action Plan is not that it seeks to promote Canadian commercial interests in foreign markets where our companies have the potential to succeed. No, the problem is that this strategy now looms over …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMissing in Action: What Happened to Canada’s Foreign Policy?0
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- 31 octobre 2013
In July 2011, shortly after Canadian voters handed the Conservatives a majority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper observed that “since becoming prime minister…the thing that’s probably struck me the most in terms of my previous expectations—I don’t even know what …
EN SAVOIR PLUSPrêt pour une autre grande saison au CÉPI0
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- 3 septembre 2013
Au CÉPI, nous avons travaillé fort pour préparer une excellente série d’événements à l’automne. Voici quelques faits saillants:
- La semaine prochaine, le CÉPI présentera des conférences animées par le célèbre journaliste pakistanais et auteur, Ahmed Rashid, et par
A Response to Deepak Ohbrai on Digital Diplomacy0
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- 14 juillet 2013
I am pleased that Deepak Ohbrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has responded to my recent writing on Canada’s lackluster approach to digital diplomacy. He highlights Ottawa’s support for the Global Dialogue on the Future of Iran…
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Afghanistan Mission: What Went Wrong?0
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- 28 mai 2013
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, which deposed the Taliban regime, was followed by a major international effort to stabilize that country. More than a decade later, this effort has yielded neither security nor political stability in Afghanistan.…
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Honesty Gap in Canada’s Mideast Policy0
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- 16 avril 2013
Why is Foreign Minister John Baird misrepresenting Canada’s policies on the Mideast?
Last week, Mr. Baird met with Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni in East Jerusalem. The meeting was controversial …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBaird’s Silence on Abuses in Bahrain Exposes Canada’s Inconsistency0
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- 5 avril 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, April 5, 2013
The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper prides itself on having a “principled” foreign policy and for taking “clear positions” in the defence of human rights. Why, then, did Foreign …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCIDA Merger is Fine, but Fundamental Questions of Policy Remain Unresolved0
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- 22 mars 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 22, 2013
Thursday’s announcement that the Canadian International Development Agency will be folded into the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade leaves critical questions about Canada’s aid policy unanswered.
First, regardless …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe Right Call on the Wrong War0
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- 19 mars 2013
Published in Opencanada.org, March 19, 2013
In the weeks leading up to the disastrous invasion of Iraq a decade ago, a number of prominent Canadian commentators and political figures warned of dire consequences to Canada-U.S. relations if this country …
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The Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops
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- 26 février 2018
