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Looking Back at Kosovo Can Move the Syria Conflict Forward
- 29 août 2013
By Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy
Published in the Globe and Mail, August 26, 2013
President Obama seems finally ready to engage in Syria with more than hollow rhetoric. Sadly, this comes after more than 100,000 deaths, two million …
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The ‘Rouhani Moment’ in Iran
- 14 août 2013
Published on the IISS blog Politics and Strategy, August 14, 2013
Amid the relief, if not the fanfare, which has greeted Hassan Rouhani’s surprise election as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, one hears a constant strain of …
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Real Women Attack on Baird a Lesson for Multicultural Canada
- 9 août 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, August 8, 2013
Just for a change of pace, here’s a news story you did not read about this week:
“A collective statement by traditionalist Sikh, Muslim and Jewish groups attacking Foreign Affairs Minister …
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There is No ‘Sacred Duty’ to Canada’s Veterans
- 6 août 2013
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 5, 2013
Seriously wounded soldiers should enjoy no special status or privilege with regard to medical care,” writes Michael Gross of Haifa University, who is probably the world’s leading authority on military medical …
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‘Shocked and Appalled’: Responses to an Op-Ed
- 2 août 2013
As a writer of opinion pieces, I am used to receiving messages about them. Most are negative; people who agree with you are less likely to take the time to write something than those who don’t. But that’s OK. The …
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A Response to Deepak Ohbrai on Digital Diplomacy
- 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…
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Corruption in Africa, Corruption in Canada: Different Scale, Same Problem
- 2 juillet 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, July 1, 2013
The trip to East Africa with an attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro was a check off my bucket list. But the professional lessons I learned from that trip were also …
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Peace Talks in Doha: A Reality Check
- 2 juillet 2013
Last week, White House officials announced that the U.S. and the Taliban would start peace talks in the reopened Doha office of the Taliban. The announcement made headlines around the world, nurturing hopes that the protracted conflict in Afghanistan may …
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The G8 Summit: Another Flawed Show?
- 27 juin 2013
The G8 Summit took place quietly in Northern Ireland on June 17-18. UK Prime Minister Cameron was in the chair, with his bold TTT (Taxes, Trade and Transparency) theme.
None of the actors around the conference table brought rosy economic …
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New Powers Won’t Play by Old Rules on Human Rights
- 26 juin 2013
Published in the e-zine openGlobalRights, June 25, 2013
The following piece is a contribution to the Global Rights forum on Open Democracy. Over the next year, this forum will provide a venue for discussion and debate on a number …
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The Digital Diplomacy Revolution: Why Is Canada Lagging Behind?
- 20 juin 2013
From the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute:
A new report by Roland Paris, CDFAI Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa, examines the burgeoning world of digital diplomacy and concludes …
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- 18 juin 2013
Is it diplomacy, propaganda or subversion? There’s a question of naming going on these days in Canadian diplomacy, amid our government’s high-profile feud with Iran. It starts from a seemingly minor venture that opens up into something quite major: the …
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