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Paul Heinbecker Op-Ed Contributions
Time for creative diplomacy
In an op-ed to Embassy, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker looks at the situation with Iran, and argues that "Ottawa needs to use its vaunted friendship with Washington and Jerusalem to offer ideas to break the logic of war."
Iran as sequel? Another bomb
In an op-ed to The Globe and Mail, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker looks at the situation between the West and Iran, and argues that "we should not allow ourselves to be stampeded into supporting a war on arbitrary timelines and hyped intelligence."
Cooler Heads Shall Prevail as Diplomatic Pressure Mounts on Iran
In light of recent developments involving the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), we speak to CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker to learn more about how the West is dealing with Iran.
Think twice, Canada, before attacking Tehran
In his op-ed to The Globe and Mail, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker argues against the idea of Canada supporting a pre-emptive attack on Iran and says that "major Canadian interests are potentially at risk, including the integrity of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, respect for international law, the safety of friends and kin in the region, the health of the global economy and the preservation of the public peace at home."
Canada took the wrong side
In an op-ed to the Ottawa Citizen, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker argues that Canada's stance on Palestine's recent bid for statehood at the UN was the wrong approach.
Plenty of Credit to go Around in Gadhafi's fall
In an op-ed to The Ottawa Citizen, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker argues that "success, vindication, satisfaction, [and] optimism" can characterize the events that have unfolded in Libya so far.
The Global Implications of Turkey's Election
In Turkey’s June 12 election, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development (AK) Party won a convincing third term in a showcase of stability that has characterized the country’s rise over the past 10 years. With membership in the G20 and increasing diplomatic clout in global affairs, Turkey has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. We talk to CIGI Distinguished Fellow and former Ankara resident Paul Heinbecker, who lived in Turkey as a young diplomat and has followed the country’s politics ever since.
Diplomacy is not a job for amateurs
In responding to an Ottawa Citizen story on late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker argues that a professional Canadian foreign service is still capable of great things -- if government gives it a chance.
Keeping secrets too safe: the irony of WikiLeaks
Diplomacy, post-WikiLeaks, will never be quite the same. Although it is too early to draw definitive conclusions about the full import of the leaks, it is clear enough that Canada, along with others, is going to have to retool its diplomatic culture and practice. The origins of the WikiLeaks phenomenon can be traced to Washington’s pre-9/11 inability to connect the dots to prevent the al-Qaeda attack and its resolve to never let such an attack happen again.
Security Council failure was of Canada's own making
In the UN General Assembly hall Tuesday in New York, Canada tasted defeat in a Security Council election for the first time in the history of the UN. It was a shock, but not a surprise.
