• Has Canada Finally Discovered Digital Diplomacy?

    Has Canada Finally Discovered Digital Diplomacy?

    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 in stronger terms than ever before. “The closed world of démarches, summits, and diplomatic dinners,” he

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  • Diplomatic Prospects for Supporting Democracy Development

    Diplomatic Prospects for Supporting Democracy Development

    By Jeremy Kinsman, University of California and Ryerson University Jeremy Kinsman will be speaking at the CIPS panel ‘Is Democracy Rising or Receding?’ on February 14, 2014. From its inception in 2007, the international project A Diplomat’s Handbook for Democracy Development Support (now in its third edition) has produced a fact- and interview-based account of

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  • When Policy Coherence is a Bad Thing

    When Policy Coherence is a Bad Thing

    In July 2013, when the government abolished the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and transferred its functions to the newly renamed Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), it did so mainly in the name of policy coherence. The government wanted to improve coordination among the various components of foreign policy, thereby increasing its

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  • Four Myths About Russia

    Four Myths About Russia

    The forthcoming Olympic Games in Sochi have served as a hook for Western commentators to indulge in a prolonged round of Russia-bashing. A collection of negative preconceptions about Russia continues to dominate discussions of that country. Four of them are particularly prevalent, but none are true. Here are the reasons why. Myth 1: Vladimir Putin

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