• There is No ‘Sacred Duty’ to Canada’s Veterans

    There is No ‘Sacred Duty’ to Canada’s Veterans

    Published in the Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 5, 2013 Seriously wounded soldiers should enjoy no special status or privilege with regard to medical care,” writes Michael Gross of Haifa University, who is probably the world’s leading authority on military medical ethics. “Once they cannot return to duty, the critically wounded lose their unique entitlement to scarce

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  • ‘Shocked and Appalled’: Responses to an Op-Ed

    ‘Shocked and Appalled’: Responses to an Op-Ed

    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

    Oversell but Underperform? The Increasingly Troubled Legacy of the ICTY

    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

    A Response to Deepak Ohbrai on Digital Diplomacy

    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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