Diplomatic Circles

Diplomacy should be at heart of defence policy

While defence diplomacy has not featured prominently in the Canadian defence lexicon, it is an essential but vastly underexploited tool for a medium-sized country like Canada to expand its influence abroad.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan should consider the merits of making diplomacy a bigger part of Canada's miliitary strategy, write Stéfanie von Hlatky and Thomas Juneau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STéFANIE VON HLATKY, THOMAS JUNEAU

August 29, 2016

KINGSTON, ONT./OTTAWA—On Aug 2, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan tweeted his thanks to Canadians who participated in the defence policy review consultations during the last four months. Over 20,200 submissions were received through the online portal and 4,700 people participated in the virtual disc...

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