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A Slightly Different Take on John Baird’s Legacy at Foreign Affairs
- Analysis
- February 14, 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by David Petrasek, Colin Robertson, Ferry de Kerckhove and Peter Jones. Four years is not much time to establish a ministerial legacy, especially in a government centrally controlled by the Prime
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The Global Backstory to the Ebola Outbreak
- Analysis
- February 12, 2015
With Ebola abating in the three most affected countries (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) there are now ex post reflections on what went wrong. There is much that did. We can first ask why these countries were unable to deal with the outbreak when it began. The simple answer: extremely weak health systems, too few
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An Alliance Above Politics? Israel Tests Diaspora Strategists
- Analysis
- February 12, 2015
At first glance, Israel’s current relations with Canada and the United States, two of its closest allies, could hardly seem more divergent. Last week’s surprise resignation by foreign minister John Baird gave rise to days of media coverage noting the no-visible-daylight degree of closeness between the current Canadian and Israeli governments. Baird excelled at carrying
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John Baird’s Middle East Legacy
- Analysis
- February 10, 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Daniel Livermore, David Petrasek, Colin Robertson and Ferry de Kerckhove. In commenting on John Baird’s legacy as foreign minister, one must recognize that Baird has no real legacy; like all
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