Canadian Foreign Policy

There Is More to Foreign Policy than Trade 0
- Analysis
- November 28, 2013
The problem with Canada’s new Global Markets Action Plan is not that it seeks to promote Canadian commercial interests in foreign markets where our companies have the potential to succeed. No, the problem is that this strategy now looms over …
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Iran is a Process. Pay Attention, Canada 0
- Analysis
- November 28, 2013
The interim Iranian nuclear deal is just that: interim. It is not the final word on the Iranian nuclear problem; it buys time for a permanent solution to be negotiated.

Iran has agreed to temporarily constrain its nuclear program in …
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Two Tweets on Iran That Speak Volumes About Ottawa 0
- Analysis
- November 26, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, November 25, 2013

As months of negotiations between the “P5+1” world powers and Iran concluded on Saturday night with the announcement of a deal struck in Geneva, Canada’s role at this historic moment was …
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As Iran Opens to the World, Canada is Left Behind 0
- Analysis
- November 25, 2013
by John Mundy

Published in The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2013

The earth moved Sunday in Geneva when the United States, its P5 plus 1 negotiating partners and Iran came to an interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. …
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Sexy Vanilla: Canada-EU Free Trade 0
- Analysis
- November 14, 2013
by Robert Hage

The same week that celebrity British street artist Banksy upset New Yorkers by saying the new World Trade Center is “vanilla…and looks like something they would build in Canada”, an Economist headline stated, “Canada doesn’t get any …
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Canadian Foreign Policy for Dummies 0
- Analysis
- November 12, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, November 11, 2013

So it’s come to this: not only are Canadian citizens being dumbed-down by political parties who treat them as narrow-minded consumerist taxpayers, but now the leading lights of Canada’s journalism establishment …
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Missing in Action: What Happened to Canada’s Foreign Policy?0
- Analysis
- October 31, 2013
In July 2011, shortly after Canadian voters handed the Conservatives a majority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper observed that “since becoming prime minister…the thing that’s probably struck me the most in terms of my previous expectations—I don’t even know what …
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Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond Consistent Inconsistency?0
- Analysis
- October 18, 2013
By David Black, Dalhousie University

A preview of David Black’s CIPS lecture on October 22, 2013

Among the various criticisms of the Harper government’s foreign policy, its presumed neglect or even abandonment of sub-Saharan Africa is among the most frequently …
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Harper, Baird and Multilateral Cooperation 0
- Analysis
- October 5, 2013
Familiar stories came out of New York over the past two weeks as the global community assembled for the annual UN General Assembly debates. John Baird’s speech on September 30, while appalling in style and policy content, was free of …
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Iran’s Diplomatic Opening is a Test of Intentions 0
- Analysis
- September 30, 2013
by John Mundy

Published in the Globe and Mail, September 30, 2013

For the first time in many years there are hopeful signs that Iran is prepared to negotiate a comprehensive deal on its nuclear program with the United …
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Real Women Attack on Baird a Lesson for Multicultural Canada 0
- Analysis
- August 9, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, August 8, 2013

Just for a change of pace, here’s a news story you did not read about this week:

“A collective statement by traditionalist Sikh, Muslim and Jewish groups attacking Foreign Affairs Minister …
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A Response to Deepak Ohbrai on Digital Diplomacy 0
- Analysis
- July 14, 2013
I am pleased that Deepak Ohbrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has responded to my recent writing on Canada’s lackluster approach to digital diplomacy. He highlights Ottawa’s support for the Global Dialogue on the Future of Iran…
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