Science Diplomacy in Southland, New Zealand

June 29, 2011 by daryl.copeland

Media coverage of the Foreign Policy School at Otago University, Dunedin.

Guy Hewitt: ‘How I forced the UK government to act on the Windrush scandal’ August 15, 2018
The Guardian More on Guerrilla Diplomacy in the UK Link
It’s time for the Trudeau government to move past its errors and post some wins in foreign policy August 14, 2018
Globe and Mail The imbroglio with Saudi Arabia has underscored the Canadian government’s under-performance in international policy and foreign relations across the board. Link
Winning the Windrush battle June 26, 2018
Chatham House Guerrilla Diplomacy has been at work in the UK, with promising results. Link
Rediscovering Canada’s undervalued statecraft tools June 26, 2018
Policy Options Culture, science and diplomacy may seem like strange international policy bedfellows. That is incorrect, and should change. Link
Sharpening the effectiveness of Canada’s diplomatic corps(e) April 25, 2018
Open Canada How to raise the bar and up the game of Canada’s foreign service to ensure a more capable group of representatives abroad and a higher functioning foreign ministry at home.? It won’t come easy. Link
Cultural Diplomacy: Does Canada have a role in the play? March 4, 2018
CGAI Podcast. So, you think that cultural diplomacy amounts to little more than an expensive treat for international elites…? Think again. Link
Science internationalization: Assessing Canadian performance December 24, 2017
CSPC 2017 video interview Science is going international – is Canada keeping up? Not so much… Link
LA TECHNO POUR SAUVER LE MONDE December 23, 2017
L’Actualite Feature interview on global prospects (en francais) Link
A new way forward for Canadian science diplomacy? December 13, 2017
2017 Canadian Science Policy Conference Is Canada ready to up its international scientific game? Not yet. Link (Canadian science internationalization – report on panel discussions) Link (interview with the author)
Canada is back? Not so fast when it comes to international science December 9, 2017
The Hill Times Is Canada ready to get back into the game of science diplomacy? Not. Link
The Internationalization of Canadian Science: Getting Back in the Game? November 29, 2017
CGAI Policy Update International science and technology were once central once pillars in Canadian foreign policy. That was then… Link
Canada needs to strengthen international science collaboration to get back in the game November 21, 2017
Research Money Link
Science, Diplomacy, and Canadian international Policy October 17, 2017
CBC Radio, The Sunday Edition Beset by a vexing range of complex, S&T-driven global issues, Canada’s capacity to respond effectively has proven inadequate, and this country’s international performance has reflected this shortcoming. How might this weakness best be addressed? (Feature interview with Michael Enright, first broadcast 03 July 2016). Link
Science Diplomacy and the Future of Foreign Service August 29, 2017
Podcast: Canadian Institute of Global Affairs In the face of a proliferating agenda of “wicked”, S&T-driven, transnational issues, are foreign ministries and international organizations equipped to manage? If only… Link
Canadian foreign policy at mid-term: Reset, or recycled? August 9, 2017
iPolitics Has Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland’s interpretation of PM Trudeau’s “Sunny Ways” been enough to restore Canada’s place on the world stage? The record is at best mixed… Link
A foreign service worth fighting for July 26, 2017
OpenCanada Is the foreign service we’ve got producing the diplomats we need? Link
The Nexus of Diplomacy, Sport, Politics and the Media May 26, 2017
CGAI Policy Update It is not all sweetness and light where these professions intersect – think parallels, paradoxes and pitfalls. Link
It won’t come easy: Seven obstacles to a science diplomacy renaissance April 20, 2017
CGAI In our troubled world, why does the demand for science diplomacy so drastically exceed the supply? Link
Reflections on Afghanistan April 11, 2017
Journal of Wild Culture Chris Lowry’s richly textured photographic retrospective, Afghanistan Before the Rain of Fire, is dazzling, evocative… and disturbing. Link
Saving scientists amid crisis April 10, 2017
The World Academy of Sciences Can we tap the skills of refugee scientists to benefit their new countries – and, someday, increase lost capacity in their homelands? It’s an appealing idea, but it will take intensive science diplomacy. Link

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