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The Human Security Network, Fifteen Years On
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- May 21, 2013
Fifteen years ago this month, Lloyd Axworthy, then Canada’s Foreign Minister, visited Norway. He and his Norwegian counterpart, Knut Vollebaek, had become friends, having discovered during their frequent meetings that they shared a similar world view. Their collaboration had already resulted in innovations like the creation of the Arctic Council. So Vollebaek wanted to make
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In Confronting Iran, John Baird Stands in the Way of Real Solutions
- Analysis
- May 21, 2013
by John Mundy Published in the Globe and Mail, May 21, 2013 Imagine if U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had delivered the speech that Foreign Minister John Baird gave to the Global Dialogue on Iran’s Future last week in Toronto. Stock markets would have tanked; diplomats would be booking one-way flights out of Tehran
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Harper Government ‘Pandering to Diasporas’? Not So Fast, Pundits
- Analysis
- May 8, 2013
It’s looking likely that Prime Minister Harper will boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Sri Lanka this November, due to that country’s deteriorating human rights and governance record. If so, Canada may be alone among the Commonwealth leaders in adopting a boycott. Other countries seem to be endorsing a policy
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Jason Kenney: Canada’s Other (and Soon to be Only?) Foreign Minister
- Analysis
- May 6, 2013
The overseas trips of Foreign Minister Baird generate some attention and controversy. But Baird’s foreign travel is closely rivaled by—though less reported on than—that of his Cabinet colleague Jason Kenney, the Minister for Citizenship and Immigration. In only the first three months of this year, Kenney visited Iraq, Sri Lanka, India, Germany, Turkey and the
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