The New Canada: Fomenting Fear at Home and Abroad
Why base policy on facts and evidence when you can exploit fear instead? It doesn’t take a psychologist to know that fear is a much more...
Talking Tough on Iran
Ottawa Citizen Is Prime Minister Stephen Harper preparing the Canadian public for a possible conflict with Iran? In two recent...
After the Fall of Gadhafi
Globe & Mail If the situation in Libya seems messy, just wait until the war ends. Transitions to democracy can be nasty, brutish and...
Canada and the UN Security Council
Panel discussion on CPAC Watch here. "The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa, organized a...
After Afghanistan
TVO The Agenda "What is Canada's military going to do after the 2011 scheduled end to the Afghanistan combat mission? What do you think...
Assessing Afghanistan
TVO The Agenda "Have we made a difference, and was it worth it?"
Minority Governments Are Hobbling Canadian Foreign Policy
Globe and Mail Former diplomat Robert Fowler was right to upbraid both the Conservatives and Liberals on Sunday for their small-minded...
Don't Pull Out Every Soldier
Ottawa Citizen Canada can make a huge difference by leaving a small contingent of military trainers in Afghanistan after the 2011...
Rethinking Canada's International Priorities
Co-edited with Fen Osler Hampson, CIPS-NPSIA Report, 2010. Essays.
The Final Chapter of Our Afghan Mission
Globe & Mail Canada's military mission in Afghanistan is slated to end in 2011, but it is far from over. Contrary to reports that Canada...
Afghanistan and Mixed Messages
TVO The Agenda Mixed messages: what a widening war, an opening to the Taliban, and new troop commitments means to Canada's role in...
Step Up, Canada: Propose a G8 Centre on Fragile States
Globe & Mail Establishing it here would be a shrewd blend of public-spirited investment and self-interested capacity-building at home ...
Year of the Afghan Mission
Globe & Mail 2009 is pivotal: If we're really leaving in 2011, fine. But if we're not, consider these four options. During last...
The Devils Lake Dispute Between Canada and the United States
Working Paper, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa (Feb. 2008).
A Call for Stronger Canadian Leadership
Globe & Mail Commentary on the Manley Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan John Manley and his fellow panelists have done this...