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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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Canada’s Brave New World of Digital Diplomacy
- 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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What’s Next After Iran’s Surprise Election Result?
- 17 juin 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, June 16, 2013
The Iranian electorate has surprised us. Most Iran experts (mea culpa – me too) had confidently expected that Hassan Rouhani had little chance of victory. But then he won. …
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Does Canadian Diplomacy Need an Office of Religious Engagement?
- 12 juin 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, June 10, 2013
Depending on your view of Canada’s recently opened Office of Religious Freedom, you may or may not welcome the likelihood that a related idea from the U.S. State Department will be …
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A New Chapter in US-China Relations?
- 11 juin 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have just concluded a two-day summit, which was described by U.S. officials as positive and constructive. The summit, held at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, just outside Palm Springs, was the …
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In Defence of Academic ‘Fiddling’
- 10 juin 2013
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 2013
Are political scientists failing to play their part as critics of the government in Canada? Lawrence Martin thinks so. Writing in the Globe and Mail last week, he lamented that academics …
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Migrants’ Global Ties Challenge Canada to Make Big-Picture Policy
- 7 juin 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, June 6, 2013
The American writer Maya Angelou was referring to deep matters of the heart when she said, “You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, …
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