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Guerrilla Diplomacy: In The News

• 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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• January 14, 2013:
  Why Diplomacy Matters More Than Ever
  Canadian International Council
  What did I learn over the course of 30 years in the Canadian Foreign Service?
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• December 13, 2012:
  We can’t do effective diplomacy from a bunker
  iPolitics
  Getting beyond "the bubble"  requires more than social media skills and may involve risk, but that comes with the territory.
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• November 23, 2012:
  Harper’s underwhelming ’secret’ foreign policy plan
  iPolitics
  No sign of grand strategy in the government's uninspired  global blueprint.
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• November 9, 2012:
  Canada needs to remember Afghanistan
  Globe and Mail
  With Remembrance Day approaching, Canadians should reflect on their country's role in this continuing conflict.
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• November 2, 2012:
  Could a virtual community help save the planet?
  iPolitics
  Using new media to bridge the performance gap in international science and technology.
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• October 3, 2012:
  Canada in Afghanistan: Assessing the Costs
  iPolitics
  After over a decade at war, what has been achieved?
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• September 14, 2012:
  Diplomacy After Benghazi
  Canadian International Council
  The sacking of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi raises a host of vexing questions.
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• September 5, 2012:
  Science, diplomacy and the great disconnect
  iPolitics
  Could Canada re-establish its international credentials through science diplomacy? Maybe.
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• August 20, 2012:
  WikiLeaks’ Long, Strange Tail
  ìPolitics
  What to make of the trials of Julian Assange and the latest developments in the WikiLeaks saga?
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• August 1, 2012:
  Rethinking Canada’s foreign ministry
  iPolitics
  Could a Department of International Affairs and Global Issues be smaller and more beautiful than DFAIT?
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• July 22, 2012:
  Exploring the myths of international relations: three deadly disconnects?
  iPolitics
  Examining the conventional wisdom  which underpins world order.
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• July 6, 2012:
  In defense of DFAIT
  iPolitics
  Diminished diplomatic capacity damages Canadian interests
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• June 15, 2012:
  Re-branding Canada: From the Siege of Sarajevo to Rio Plus 20
  iPolitics
  From global Boy Scout to moralizing warrior nation - what a long, strange trip it's been.
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• June 6, 2012:
  Public Diplomacy and Branding, Part IV: Some Practical Implications
  USC CPD Blog
  In PD practice, who does what - when, how, and why?
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• May 15, 2012:
  Public Diplomacy and Branding, Part III: A Pair of Aces?
  USC/CPD Blog
  If branding is about selling dreams, public diplomacy is about sharing them.
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