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Luncheon Speaker Series

India and the World: Rebalancing Economies and Power

Amitav Rath

June 25, 2013

12:00 noon, presentation 1:00 p.m.
Palais Imperial Restaurant, 311- 313 Dalhousie St., Ottawa

Luncheon Notice

RESERVATIONS: group78@web.net or 613-230-0860 by Friday, June 21, 2013.
We regret that late registrations cannot be accepted.

Annual Policy Conference
Responding to China's Global Re-Emergence
September 27 - 29, 2013
Cartier Place Suite Hotel
180 Cooper St., Ottawa ON

Watch our Conference 2013 page for more information about the program and background materials

New Items

Afghanistan: Pathways to Peace - Update April 2013

Gerald Ohlsen, Caitlin Vito and Erica Noordermeer, February 2013, Plan B: Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, Esprit de Corps

Armed Intervention: Lessons from Afghanistan Conference Final Report

Armed Intervention: Lessons from Afghanistan Conference - Conclusions and Recommendations

Paul Rogers - January 4, 2013 - Al-Quaida, Idea in Motion  

Paul Rogers - January 25, 2013 - Mali, and the Al-Quaida Trap

John Siebert, January 26, 2013 A Mali-first security strategy for Canada

Michael Byers, February 5, 2013 Mali: Canada's Return to UN Peacekeeping?

"Does the World Still Trust Canada?" Hassan Arif, Telegraph Journal, and Huffington Post Canada - January 7, 2013 - Column on the work of the Group of 78 to promote stability in Africa.

Group of 78 bookshelf - Read book reviews by our members.

• Manfred Bienefeld on Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety.
• Yves Morneau, Afghanistan: Five Reviews of Books Pertaining to the Present Conflict

Group of 78 Luncheon Speaker Series

• May 28, 2013 - John Christensen - Tax: The Forgotten Element of Development
  Program
  Slide Show
  More information: Tax Justice Network, Canadians for Tax Fairness
  
  
• April 30 , 2013 - Kate Higgins - International Development at a Crossroads: The Millennium Development Goals Beyond 2015
  Program
  
  
• March 26, 2013 - André Laliberté - Challenges to the New Leadership in China
  Program
  
  
• February 26, 2013 - Jamie Swift - Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety
  Program
  Jamie swift is co-author of Warrior Nation.
  
  
• January 29, 2013 - John Jacobs - Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA): For Whose Benefit And At Whose Cost?
  Program
  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives paper - Straightjacket: CETA's Constraining Effects on Ontario
  
  
• November 27, 2012 - Ilario Maiolo - Current Challenges to International Humanitarian Law
  Program
  
  
• June 19, 2012 - Paul Hannon and Earl Turcotte - Cluster Bomb Law: What Is Wrong and How To Correct It
  Program
  Paul Hannon Speaking Notes
  Earl Turcotte Speaking Notes
  More information at Mines Action Canada
  
  
• May 29, 2012 - Julia Sanchez - Challenges and Opportunities for Canadian Civil Society in a Transforming World
  Program
  
  
• April 24, 2012 - Carolyn McAskie - Canada and Multilateralism: Missing in Action
  McLeod Group paper, December 2011 (PDF)
  
  
• March 27 , 2012: Dr. Andrew Pocock - Zimbabwe - Looking Back and Looking Forward
  Program (PDF).
  
  
• February 28, 2012: Obang Metho - A New Colonialism for Africa? Hunger, Aid Dependency and Selling Off of Land & Resources
  Program (PDF).
  Speaking Notes (PDF)
  Global Response Campaign Alert Ethiopia (PDF)
  Related Video - message from Obang Metho
  Publications on Land Investment Deals in Africa by Oakland Institute
  
  
• January 31, 2012: Robert Fowler - Sleeping with Al-Qaeda
  Program (PDF).
  His book, A Season in Hell, is available at HarperCollins.
  

Special Speaker Series

• October 30, 2012 - Rt. Hon. Joe Clark - Leading from Beside: Opportunities for Canadian Foreign Policy
  Program
  Speaking Notes
  
  
Previous speakers and topics.

Past Conferences:

• 2012: Armed Intervention: Lessons from Afghanistan
• 2011: The Growing Struggle between Democracy and Global Economic Liberalization
• 2010: Security and Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy
• 2009: Peace, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law: Canada's Role in the Middle East
  
• 2008: All Politics Are Global: Canadian Foreign Policy in an Inter-connected World
  
• 2007: Global Stewardship: A Vision for Canada in the World
  
• 2006: African Stability: A Role for Canada?
  
• 2005: Internationalism Revitalized, or "Pax Americana": W[h]ither Canada?
• 2004: Sovereignty and the Interdependence of Nations: Implications for Canada
• 2003: Canada and the Developing World: Meeting our Responsibilities
• 2002: Hot-Button issues in Canadian Foreign Policy since Sept. 11
• 2001: Change and Challenge to Canadian Foreign Policy, 1981-2001
• 2000: Canada's Commitment to World Peace
• 1999: Globalization and its Discontent

Statements

March 25, 2011 - The Group of 78 has endorsed the Voices-Voix declaration on democracy, free speech and transparency in Canada.

Group of 78 Vision Statement: Global Stewardship: Awakening Canada's Commitment to the World

Afghanistan: In Search of Peace. December 1, 2007
Group of 78 submission to the Independent Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan