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Canada’s Diplomatic Tantrum in the Desert
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- April 18, 2013
Published in iPolitics, April 9, 2013 A little more than two weeks ago, Canada became the only nation on the planet to walk away from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. The decision to withdraw — making Canada the only nation outside the main global effort to combat devastating droughts in Africa and elsewhere —
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A High-Water Mark in Canadian Diplomacy
- Analysis
- April 17, 2013
Guest post by John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this post, Mr. Baird responds to Bob Rae’s commentary on Canadian foreign policy. CIPS is pleased to provide a venue for this debate. To receive notification of future blogposts, subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Twitter or Facebook. I’m pleased that CIPS and
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What’s New in the EU: the Euro Crisis and the 28th Member State
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- April 16, 2013
The European Union has never not been in crisis. Whether “this time is different”—and “this time” refers to ongoing iterations of the eurozone crisis—is a question that lends itself to all sorts of speculation along the lines of an abstract showdown between ‘economics’ and ‘politics’. For Timothy Garton-Ash, there is a “mismatch” between the two:
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The Honesty Gap in Canada’s Mideast Policy
- Analysis
- April 16, 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, April 16, 2013. Why is Foreign Minister John Baird misrepresenting Canada’s policies on the Mideast? Last week, Mr. Baird met with Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni in East Jerusalem. The meeting was controversial because of its location. Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and later annexed it.
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