A diminished Canada at home and abroad

Guerrilla Diplomacy: In The News

• February 5, 2014:
  Can Obama move off ‘permanent war footing’?
  Embassy
  It will be a very tall order for  Obama to deliver on the sweeping foreign policy commitments contained in his State of the Union address
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• January 24, 2014:
  Thailand on the Brink
  iPolitics
  Just beneath the surface, there are troubles aplenty in the Land of Smiles
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• January 14, 2014:
  Five ways the Snowden affair has disrupted world politics
  Globe and Mail
  Thanks to Ed Snowden, 2013 was a "Napster Year" for government secrecy and world order.
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• December 1, 2013:
  Faced With a Changing World, Diplomacy Needs to Evolve
  The Jakarta Globe
  From the largest country in Southeast Asia, some welcome interest in the prospects for radical diplomatic reform.
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• October 29, 2013:
  Pushing peacekeeping off the table
  iPolitics
  The demise of the Pearson Centre, and with it Canada's commitment to international peacekeeping, has left us all poorer.
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• October 7, 2013:
  The Syria effect: How the world has returned to diplomacy
  Globe and Mail
  Among those who prefer dialogue, negotiation and compromise to the use of force in international relations, the last few weeks have been both exceptional and instructive.
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• September 12, 2013:
  Update Syria: Is the War on Terror finally over?
  iPolitics
  Can diplomacy, democracy and multilateralism for once trump the use of force in international  relations? There are guarded gronds for hope.
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• August 23, 2013:
  In Defence of Diplomacy
  CIC
  In a heteropolitan world order, talking trumps fighting.
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• August 22, 2013:
  Canadian diplomacy must adapt
  Radio Canada International 
  In an extended interview, Daryl Copeland  discusses how diplomacy can best address the challenges of the globalization age.
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• August 21, 2013:
  In defence of diplomacy: Canada must do better
  Embassy
  Canada's "diplomatic ecosystem"' is on life support. That's not good enough. We can, and must take action.
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• August 20, 2013:
  Diplomacy, Globalization and Heteropolarity: The Challenge of Adaptation
  CDFAI Policy Papers
  In Canada as elsewhere, the "diplomatic ecosystem" is on life support. How to fix diplomacy, the foreign ministry and foreign service?
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• July 31, 2013:
  After the Manning verdict, four big issues remain untouched
  Globe and Mail
  Critical matters of public policy lurk just behind the headlines in the sensational trial of whistleblower Bradley Manning.
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• July 18, 2013:
  As Snowden lingers in Moscow
  Globe and Mail
  By illuminating the extent of state-sponsored cyber-spying directed at both domestic and foreign targets, Mr. Snowden’s disclosures have both produced winners and losers and set the stage for possible remedial action.
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• June 29, 2013:
  The vanishing Canadian
  iPolitics
  What has become of Canada's once-admired  international brand ?
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• May 23, 2013:
  Afghanistan and Pakistan:Looking back, looking forward
  CDFAI Media Brief
  The outcome of the election in Pakistan is unlikely to enhance the prospects for peace in Afghanistan.
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• May 11, 2013:
  Pakistan Won’t Save Afghanistan
  Will elections this weekend in Pakistan improve the prospects for peace and develoipment in Afghanistan?
  OPENCANADA.ORG
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• April 23, 2013:
  Why don’t diplomats get the respect they’ve earned?
  iPoltics
  What is the contract dispute between the Government and Canada's Foreign Service really all about?
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• April 22, 2013:
  Boston marathon bombings
  OPENCANADA.ORG
  How best to respond to terrorist violence?
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• April 18, 2013:
  The CIDA – DFAIT Merger
  OPENCANADA.ORG
  Rapid Response comment
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• April 18, 2013:
  Diplomats ratchet up job action
  Embassy
  Foreign Service officers in legal strike position launch job action to underscore grievances
  
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