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Oversold and Underwhelming: John Baird’s First Year on the Job
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- May 22, 2012
Almost one year to the day after his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird was asked in an interview on CBC Radio’s The House on Saturday to define his foreign policy. “More smart power, less soft power,” he replied. Finding the answer less than illuminating, the interviewer persisted: “what have you done differently?”
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A Good Day for International Criminal Justice?
- Analysis
- May 17, 2012
by Rachel Kerr May 16, 2012 was an auspicious day for international criminal justice for two reasons. First, the Special Court for Sierra Leone heard statements from the Prosecutor and from former Liberian President Charles Taylor at his sentencing hearing. (Taylor had been convicted at the Special Court for Sierra Leone on charges of war
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Transitional Justice As Subterfuge
- Analysis
- May 10, 2012
Transitional justice is trendy. After a civil war or political transition, the new government will often announce one or more of a variety of mechanisms for dealing with the past, such as a special tribunal or a truth commission. What outside actors often forget – even though domestic actors may try to remind them –
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A Role to Reclaim: Canada as Honest Broker
- Analysis
- May 8, 2012
Speaking on Middle East issues at an Ottawa synagogue in April, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae noted that the current impasse in peace talks between Israel and Palestinians offers an opening for constructive Canadian engagement. On his recent trips to the region, he reported, senior political and military figures on both sides conceded privately that
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