On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to the Honourable Bob Rae about diplomacy, multilateralism, the rules-based international order in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Participant's bio:

Bob Rae is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York. Mr. Rae served as Premier of Ontario from 1990-1995, and interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011-2013. In October 2017, Mr. Rae was appointed as Canada’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, and, in March 2020, he was named by Prime Minister Trudeau to be Canada’s Special Envoy on Humanitarian and Refugee Issues. Bob Rae is a Privy Councillor, a Companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world. In addition to several government reports, he is the author of five books.

Host bio

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and a senior advisor at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Read, Listen, Watch

Bob Rae on the United Nations and the State of the World: https://www.cgai.ca/bob_rae_on_the_united_nations_and_the_state_of_the_world

"Putin’s War: Truth and Consequences" by Bob Rae – https://www.policymagazine.ca/putins-war-truth-and-consequences/

George Orwell: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/books-by-orwell/

Sorry, I don't speak French by Graham Fraser – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/55857/sorry-i-dont-speak-french-by-graham-fraser/9780771047671

Putin's People by Catherine Belton – https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374712785/putinspeople

Seize the Day by Geoffrey Pearson – https://www.amazon.ca/Seize-Day-Lester-Pearson-Diplomacy/dp/0886292174

Murder in Provence – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14728056/

Recording Date: 2 May 2022

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips