Published in the Ottawa Citizen’s “Aid and Development” blog, May 23, 2013 The selection of Roberto Azevedo, Brazil’s Ambassador to the WTO and chief negotiator in the Doha Round, as the new WTO director-general is being hailed as recogni… Suite

Published in the Toronto Star, May 21, 2013 Mike Duffy, China, Syria: one of these things is not like the others. For starters, only the first (along with the inimitable mayor of Toronto) has riveted the attention of most Canadians in recent… Suite

For many years Stephen Harper has carefully honed a narrative. It runs like this: “You may not like me personally, but you know in your heart that I am a good steward of the public purse, and that I am the best politician out there right now in ter… Suite

Guest blog post by Deborah Stienstra, Professor in Disability Studies, University of Manitoba Policy makers, researchers and activists may be skeptical about including disability in discussions about fragile and conflict-affected… Suite

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 sh… Suite

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… Suite

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 a… Suite

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 Citizens… Suite

Conference to be held on 15-16 October 2013 in Ottawa, Canada Co-sponsored by: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Centre for Intern… Suite

Published in the Globe and Mail, May 1, 2013  If the United States becomes convinced that Bashar al-Assad’s regime has started using chemical weapons against its own citizens, the “red line” set down by President Barack Obama will have bee… Suite