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Canada and the world post-9/11: What has been learned?

September 10, 2011

Looking back over decade since 9/11, what events and developments stand out globally? Among others:

The ongoing Global War on Terror and associated Western military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The hollowing out of the middle class, the financial crisis and the continuing Great Recession.

The lost opportunities to support non-violent political reform during the Arab Spring.

9/11 changed [...]

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In Aotearoa: Small is Beautiful

July 1, 2011

I have been back in New Zealand, the enchanted Land of the Long White Cloud, since June 16. During that surpassingly enjoyable period I have been  reacquainting myself with various parts of the country – Auckland, Northland and the Coromandel peninsula, attending a conference on Science Diplomacy at Otago University’s 46th Foreign Policy School in [...]

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A Role for Science Diplomacy? Soft Power and Global Challenges – Part III

December 13, 2010

Parts I and II of this series have examined the role and place – or lack thereof – of science and technology in diplomacy and international policy. How do those observations play out in reference to Canada, and, by extension, for members of the international community more generally?
The Canadian case brings many of these issues, [...]

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The World’s Oyster? Rethinking Canada as the Globalization Nation

June 22, 2010

With the G8/G20 meetings about to begin, the attention of the international media will inevitably, if fleetingly, focus on Canada. What kind of impression might be conveyed?
For journalists prepared to eschew the backdrops, sound bites and briefing books and to venture beyond the sterile secure areas, there may be a few surprises.
Even the least intrepid [...]

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Diplomatic Surge? Part I – From buzz to becoming

February 13, 2009

These should be heady days for diplomats. After a long stretch languishing in relative obscurity, the willingness to explore diplomatic alternatives to the use of armed force in the pursuit of international policy objectives has become suddenly, well, fashionable.
The arrival of the Obama administration, and especially Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President [...]

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