Embassy
This November, Canadians have special cause to remember, but much has also been forgotten.
In The News
There’s a lot more to security than guns and surveillance
iPolitics
A five point strategy for Canada to counter the Islamic State and domestic political violence
Ten steps to a world-beating diplomatic corps
iPolitics
Refined manners, book learning and Ivy League education still have a place in diplomacy, but so do the qualities of resilience and self-sufficiency more easily acquired through grassroots volunteer work and independent world travel.
For the West, war isn’t working anymore
iPolitics
Much of the present global instability — not least the devastating blowback now emanating from Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya — is rooted in the failure of previous military interventions.
Science and the limits of gunpoint diplomacy
iPolitics
The worsening “blowback” from Western interventions in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan is cause for concern, but the bigger picture is even more disturbing.
Canada, NATO and the new Cold War
CPAC video
Panel discussion at CDFAI conference 23 June 2014 featuring Ferry de Kerckhove, Robert Fowler, Daryl Copeland and George Macdonald.
One hundred years on, the Great War still has lessons for Canada
Embassy
If we are to more successfully broach the 21st century’s complex suite of threats and challenges, there is very much to be done.
Blowback: Iraq and the law of unintended consequences
iPolitics
The fallout from the disastrous US-led invasion and occupation continues, and the ironies are striking.
Negotiate with terrorists?
CIC Rapid Response
Relative to the international policy alternatives, as a point of departure genuine dialogue is vastly preferable.
Diplomacy in a Digital Age
2014 Vienna Seminar, May 13-14
International Peace Institute President Terje Rød-Larsen chaired a panel discussion with Daryl Copeland, Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and James Rubin, Visiting Scholar at the Rothermere American Institute. Includes session videos.
Is Ukraine a crisis, or a dangerous distraction?
iPolitics
Amidst fears of widening conflict and a new Cold War, at the level of world order these events seem more about continuity than change, and that will be costly
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
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.