A Role for Science Diplomacy? Soft Power and Global Challenges – Part III
Parts I and II of this series have examined the role and place – or lack thereof – of science and technology in diplomacy and international policy. How do those observations play out in reference to...
View ArticleIn Aotearoa: Small is Beautiful
I have been back in New Zealand, the enchanted Land of the Long White Cloud, since June 16. During that surpassingly enjoyable period I have been reacquainting myself with various parts of the country...
View ArticleCanada and the world post-9/11: What has been learned?
Looking back over decade since 9/11, what events and developments stand out globally? Among others: The ongoing Global War on Terror and associated Western military interventions in Iraq and...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy, Branding and the Image of Nations, Part I:What’s in a Brand?
I am writing today from London. Although I will be going in to see colleagues at the FCO next week, I confess that I have not been thinking much about whether or not the Brits will be able to top, or...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy and Branding, Part III: A Pair of Aces?
In a couple of recent postings I have tried to elaborate the notion of a nation brand, to identify some of the salient issues surrounding the relationship between public diplomacy and branding, and to...
View ArticleAdvancing Insecurity: How the Conservative Government’s “War on Science” has...
Foreign policy issues rarely figure centrally in electoral politics, and in the public and media mainstream science is an even more distant outlier. That’s unfortunate, because science policy matters....
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