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The Central Conundrum of Baird’s UN Speech
- 8 octobre 2012
It’s too easy to dismiss John Baird’s October 1 speech to the UN General Assembly as simply another exercise in appealing to the party’s base. True, it did precisely that, capturing headlines back home as a “scathing rebuke” to the …
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Une diplomatie verbeuse
- 7 octobre 2012
par Justin Massie
Publié dans La Presse, le 5 octobre 2012
Lors de son dernier discours aux Nations unies, le ministre John Baird a exposé les fondements de la politique internationale de son gouvernement. Elle repose sur deux piliers: …
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Should Canada Promote Religious Freedom?
- 2 octobre 2012
Guest contributor: ELIZABETH SHAKMAN HURD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.
In the United States, religious freedom is described as the ‘first freedom’: a fundamental human right and a sine qua non of democratic politics. Americans, we are …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTeaching Hobbes
- 2 octobre 2012
by Philippe Lagassé
After a month of lectures on Plato and Machiavelli, today I’m starting to teach Hobbes in my second-year undergraduate course on philosophical perspectives on conflict and rights. Personally, I find that this is the most interesting part …
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Will the ‘Future of Europe’ Group Save the EU?
- 1 octobre 2012
…EN SAVOIR PLUS« The European Union has reached a decisive juncture. The ongoing sovereign debt crisis and the ever accelerating process of globalization pose an unprecedented dual challenge for Europe. We will have to master it if we want our continent to
Event Report: Discussion on the Will to Intervene
- 1 octobre 2012
On September 24, CIPS (in conjunction with the Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies at Concordia University) presented a panel discussion in honour of the Will to Intervene Day, which was proclaimed in the City of Ottawa by Mayor Jim Watson. …
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John Baird on Human Rights in Foreign Policy
- 27 septembre 2012
John Baird’s speech on September 14 at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations may be long on benign self-congratulation, which goes down well when speaking to Canadian audiences. But at least it sheds some light on “the untold story of …
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Realizing the Potential of Unarmed Civilians in Reducing Violent Conflict
- 26 septembre 2012
Guest contributor: LIAM MAHONY, Director of Fieldview Solutions and a pioneer in the theory and practice of international protection
When the international community struggles today with decisions about how to address the terrible civilian costs of armed conflict, the …
EN SAVOIR PLUSJohn Baird’s Journey
- 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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Foreign Aid: More of the Same?
- 21 septembre 2012
Publié dans Embassy Magazine, 19 septembre 2012
Canada’s contributions to reducing global poverty are rarely a priority topic for debate in the House of Commons. Foreign aid is an important tool for supporting international development, but it will likely …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Abandonment of the Responsibility to Protect
- 20 septembre 2012
Guest contributor: KYLE MATTHEWS, Senior Deputy Director of the Will to Intervene Project at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (Concordia University)
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine has many enemies. States that will not or cannot …
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Free Speech: A New Trigger for Global Crisis
- 20 septembre 2012
A different version of this essay was published in the Huffington Post, September 19, 2012.
The hate-mongering film produced by an extremist anti-Muslim individual in the U.S. (who is also a convicted criminal) has triggered anti-U.S. violence around the …
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