iPolitics
Diminished diplomatic capacity damages Canadian interests
In The News
Re-branding Canada: From the Siege of Sarajevo to Rio Plus 20
iPolitics
From global Boy Scout to moralizing warrior nation – what a long, strange trip it’s been.
Public Diplomacy, Branding and the Image of Nations, Part II: More of the Same, or Different?
USC/CPD Blog
PD and nation branding share many superficial attributes, but drilling down reveals that the differences outweigh the similarities.
Diplomacy still matters – but new training needed
Embassy
If provided with resources and training, diplomats can and should be restored as catalysts for imaginative strategic thinking.
GD at the Diplomatic Press Attaches Club in London
Embassy Magazine (UK)
CBC cuts gut cherished international service
Montreal Gazette
A Diminished Canada
The Mark
CBC’s announcement that it is withdrawing from foreign-language broadcasting in two of the four BRIC countries is just another nail in the coffin for Canadian internationalism.
A diminished Canada at home and abroad
Ottawa Citizen
The Incredible Shrinking Canada
The Mark
Last week’s budget spells disaster for what little remains of Canadian internationalism.