YouTube diplomacy can, and must be accomplished Canada’s heads of mission must reach into their countries of accreditation with Canada’s messages. This is easily achievable via YouTube. YouTube screenshot Screenshot of Ben Rowswell’s YouTube video. Eduardo del BueyPublished: Wednesday, 06/24/2015 12:00 am EDTLast Updated: Wednesday, 06/24/2015 12:00 am EDT Canada’s ambassador to Venezuela, Ben Rowswell, […]
Canadian diplomacy and the challenge of Facebook Eduardo del Buey Published: Wednesday, 06/10/2015 12:00 am EDT Last Updated: Wednesday, 06/10/2015 12:00 am EDT Fifty years ago, Canadian communications guru Marshall McLuhan said that we shape our tools, and then they in turn shape us. Nowhere is this truer than in the brave new world of […]
The fall of Ramadi in mid-May has been a blow to those fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The inability of the Iraqi army to fight this group is exacerbated by the West’s repeated but erroneous predictions of victory that have in fact been met by defeat. Promise too much and don’t deliver, and […]