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‘Shocked and Appalled’: Responses to an Op-Ed
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- August 2, 2013
As a writer of opinion pieces, I am used to receiving messages about them. Most are negative; people who agree with you are less likely to take the time to write something than those who don’t. But that’s OK. The views expressed by those who write are often interesting. Most correspondents are respectful, even as
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Oversell but Underperform? The Increasingly Troubled Legacy of the ICTY
- Analysis
- July 17, 2013
Once again, transitional justice-watchers are enthralled with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). After dishing out one controversial acquittal after another for months, the tribunal is now embroiled in a bona fide scandal. It involves a major transgression of protocol and norms that guide institutional behaviour, public condemnations of the discrepancy between
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A Response to Deepak Ohbrai on Digital Diplomacy
- Analysis
- July 14, 2013
I am pleased that Deepak Ohbrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has responded to my recent writing on Canada’s lackluster approach to digital diplomacy. He highlights Ottawa’s support for the Global Dialogue on the Future of Iran as “a perfect example of our government’s commitment to using social media as a means
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Corruption in Africa, Corruption in Canada: Different Scale, Same Problem
- Analysis
- July 2, 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, July 1, 2013 The trip to East Africa with an attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro was a check off my bucket list. But the professional lessons I learned from that trip were also an important addition to my list of insights. Everyone we encountered was fatalistic about the depth
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