Continued public service travel cuts could threaten Canada’s international engagement, say experts The 2023 budget aims for public service travel cuts to compose a ‘portion’ of a 15 per cent… Read more »
Colin Robertson, former Canadian diplomat Hill Times January 30,2023 Colin Robertson: ‘In my experience, governments’ legislative agenda and priorities reflect two things: the electoral timetable and the public priorities.’ The Hill… Read more »
Three Amigos Summit sets up Biden’s Ottawa visit to focus on critical minerals, ‘North American industrial policy’: experts Joe Biden will visit Canada in March for the first time since… Read more »
Plan to boost diplomatic footprint in Indo-Pacific scant on details for new demands on foreign service With diplomatic capacity-building projects in Eastern Europe, Africa, and now in the Indo-Pacific, implementation… Read more »
Canada risks splitting from allies by not encouraging expertise in its foreign service, new report finds By NEIL MOSS SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 With allies and competitors focusing on adding expertise in their… Read more »
Canada needs to disaster-proof its relationship with the United States: experts By Chelsea Nash July 10, 2022 Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman wants to see a bilateral agreement between… Read more »
‘Unfair’ to blame lone GAC official as ‘process failure’ led to Russian embassy visit, say analysts, former diplomats By NEIL MOSS JUNE 22, 2022 Before participating in a national day event, there… Read more »
The Revenge of Power: How Democracies Can Beat Autocracy The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century By Moisés Naím Macmillan Publishing/2022 Reviewed by Colin Robertson… Read more »
‘Diplomacy is all about being there’: former diplomats call for reassessment of foreign service global presence during GAC review By NEIL MOSS JUNE 8, 2022 ‘We need human beings in these other… Read more »
America’s political divisiveness a concern for Canada, but American protectionism a challenge no matter who is in office say MPs, experts By CHELSEA NASH MAY 2, 2022 Protectionist policies in the U.S…. Read more »