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Canada’s Brave New World of Digital Diplomacy
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- June 18, 2013
Is it diplomacy, propaganda or subversion? There’s a question of naming going on these days in Canadian diplomacy, amid our government’s high-profile feud with Iran. It starts from a seemingly minor venture that opens up into something quite major: the way in which digital mass communications is effecting a tectonic shift in how governments relate
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What’s Next After Iran’s Surprise Election Result?
- Analysis
- June 17, 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, June 16, 2013 The Iranian electorate has surprised us. Most Iran experts (mea culpa – me too) had confidently expected that Hassan Rouhani had little chance of victory. But then he won. Not only that, he won on the first round. Elections still matter. So what happened? And what
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Does Canadian Diplomacy Need an Office of Religious Engagement?
- Analysis
- June 12, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, June 10, 2013 Depending on your view of Canada’s recently opened Office of Religious Freedom, you may or may not welcome the likelihood that a related idea from the U.S. State Department will be percolating its way northward. In recent years, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs (and its changing cast
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A New Chapter in US-China Relations?
- Analysis
- June 11, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have just concluded a two-day summit, which was described by U.S. officials as positive and constructive. The summit, held at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, just outside Palm Springs, was the first meeting between the two men since Xi became president in March. Both he and
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