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Does the World Exist (in Canada’s Foreign Policy)?
- Analysis
- April 23, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, April 22, 2013 Rarely do questions of metaphysics, epistemology and foreign policy intersect. The past seven years of foreign policy under Prime Minister Harper and his various foreign ministers, however, suggest that the government has trouble grappling with objective reality when it comes to the world outside Canada’s borders. In
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Syria: The Tragedy Continues
- Analysis
- April 23, 2013
It is unfortunate—though not surprising—that a meeting in Istanbul this weekend revealed persisting divisions among governments who oppose the regime of President Assad. The U.S., European and Arab states that constitute the group called the Friends of Syria do agree that with more than 70,000 killed and millions of people displaced, the Syrian crisis is,
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Where’s the Public Outrage Over Harper’s Foreign Policy?
- Analysis
- April 21, 2013
Public policy discussion these days suffers from a curious anomaly. Vast numbers of experts disagree with the government’s performance on many issues. But there’s little reflection of this mood in the popular media or on the street. Announcements which might have triggered marches and demonstrations a couple of decades ago pass almost unnoticed. NGOs and
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Canada’s Diplomatic Tantrum in the Desert
- Analysis
- 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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