diplomacy

Kerry Buck: The power dynamics of the world are shifting rapidly. If Canada doesn’t switch gears soon, it could get left behind

Adnan R. Khan: Canada’s foreign service is a mess. The Throne Speech suggests the Liberal government knows it.

Vina Nadjibulla and other family members have been waging a seemingly impossible fight to free her husband from a Chinese prison. After two torturous years, what does Canada owe ‘the two Michaels’?

Scott Gilmore: They may be the only documents in any government’s archives worth reading—being disarmingly frank, entertainingly worded, often shocking, and occasionally even funny.

Adnan R. Khan: Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Russia have all started using diplomatic missions as tools to silence critics. It’s a dangerous, historic shift.

On a recent visit to the White House, French President Emmanuel Macron was the latest world leader to experience Trump’s awkward handshakes and oddly-timed affection. Watch how he handles the cringe-worthy moments.

In Canada and the U.S., ideology has overtaken rational diplomacy which couldn’t come at a more dangerous time.

Newly released documents detail the unpunished crimes of diplomats who never fear prosecution in Canadian courts

Oysters, martinis, and effective diplomacy. A colleague remembers former diplomat Ken Taylor

Nazanin Afshin-Jam, human rights activist and wife of Defense Minister Peter McKay, has called for the closing of the Iranian...