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by Paul Heinbecker

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2013 Global Governance Innovation Report - CCIEE/UNDP, June 2013, contribution to the book, by Paul Heinbecker

The United Nations and the G20: Synergy or Dissonance by Paul Heinbecker in Leadership in Transition: Making the G20 More Effective and Responsive, Paul Heinbecker's contribution to the book edited by Colin Bradford, Brookings Institution Press, June 15, 2011  

Embassy Magazine's Top 20 Reads for 2010

2010, Paul Heinbecker, ISBN: 1554702984

In his most recent book, Getting Back in the Game, Heinbecker presents his compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy—a future in which Canada can work both with the United States and apart from it; in which our government can take a stand and effect change on issues of the day, from climate change to the Middle East; in which this country has a key role to play in the rehabilitation of global governance.

Canada Among Nations", 2009-2010: As Others See Us, by Fen Osler Hampson and Paul Heinbecker, (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010).

Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice, 2007, Paul Heinbecker and Bessma Momani, eds. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ISBN13: 978-1-55458-024-8

Irrelevant or Indispensable: The United Nations in the 21^st Century, 2005, edited by Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff, published by the Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ISBN 0-88920-493-4

Heinbecker, Paul (2006), "A Canadian Is...a promissory note", in What is a Canadian? edited by Irwin Studin, (McClelland and Steward, 2006).

Heinbecker, Paul (2005), "The Way Forward," Conclusion in Irrelevant or Indispensable: The United Nations in the 21st Century, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005).

Heinbecker, Paul (2004), "Canada Among Nations", Chapter 15: The UN in the Twenty-first Century: Canada Needs this Old Dog to Learn New Tricks, David Carment, Fen Osler Hampson and Norman Hillmer, eds, Canada Among Nations 2004: Setting Priorities Straight (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004).

Heinbecker, Paul (2004), "Kosovo" in The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century (Project of the International Peace Academy) by David M. Malone (David Malone: Lynne Rienner Publishers; 2004)

1. Paperback: 745 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 9.00 x 1.50 x 6.00
2. Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers; (February 1, 2004)
3. ISBN: 1588262405

Heinbecker, Paul with Rob McRae (2001), "Chapter 4: Case Study - The Kosovo Air Campaign" in Human Security and the New Diplomacy: protecting people, promoting peace, Rob McRae and Don Hubert, eds (Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001).

- Derek Burney, Getting it Done book review for Diplomat and International Canada magazine May-June 2005)

- Jennifer Welsh, At Home in the World, book review for the Globe and Mail (September 2004)

- Gwyn Dyer, Future Tense, book review for the Literary Review of Canada (January 2004)

• This article is the English original of the article “Die Vereinten Nationen und die G20. Konkurrenz oder Synergie?”, published in: VEREINTE NATIONEN – German Review on the United Nations, Vol. 63, No. 5, 2015, pp. 195–200.
• Article “Die Vereinten Nationen und die G20. Konkurrenz oder Synergie?, published in: VEREINTE NATIONEN – German Review on the United Nations, Vol. 63, No. 5, 2015, pp. 195–200.
• Reconfiguring Global Governance: Global Governance Innovation, United Nations Development Programme, Paul Heinbecker Thursday, August 29, 2013
• Conference Reports for the Constructive Powers Initiative - The first CPI regional conflict management workshop, organized by CIGI, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and the Middle East Technical University, was held in Istanbul, Turkey on June 2–3, 2011. A second CPI meeting was held from September 5-7, 2012 in Mexico. A third CPI meeting took place from May 13-14, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. The fourth CPI meeting took place in South Korea in November 2013. These meetings bring together academics and policy practitioners from CPI countries to identify and develop the policy responses needed to address global security challenges.
• Leadership in a Turbulent Age, CIGI Paper No. 11, Paul Heinbecker and Fen Hampson, January 22, 2013
• Filling The Gaps in International Governance, CIGI '11 Conference, October 28–30, 2011, background paper by Paul Heinbecker
• Re-energizing Canada-Asia Relations: Defining an Asian Strategy, CIGI Conference report, by Paul Heinbecker, Paul Evans and Fen Hampson, June 28, 2011
• The Future of the G20 and Its Place in Global Governance, CIGI G20 Paper No.5, by Paul Heinbecker, April 27, 2011
• The G20 Agenda and Process: Analysis and Insight by CIGI Experts, March 8, 2011, commentaries analyzing the policy issues and debates that are still relevant to the ongoing G20 agenda. 21 CIGI experts, including Paul Heinbecker
• Canada’s World Can Get a Lot Bigger: The Group of 20, Global Governance and Security, February 13, 2011
• The United Nations and the G20: Synergy or Dissonance? Paul Heinbecker, Brookings Korea Paper 22, October 8, 2010
• Making the G20 Summit Process Work: Some Proposals for Improving Effectiveness and Legitimacy, Barry Carin, Gordon Smith, Paul Heinbecker, and Ramesh Thakur, CIGI G20 Paper No. 2, Thursday, June 10, 2010
• The G20 and Climate Change: the Quintessential Global Governance Issue, Gordon Smith and Paul Heinbecker, Wednesday, June 9, 2010
• Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the United Nations, commissioned paper for the Four Nations Initiative, January 26, 2007
• Our Nuclear Future: Hanging Together or Hanging Separately, printed in Behind the Headlines, Volume 63, Number 4, The Canadian Institute of International Affairs quarterly publication
• The UN: if it didn't exist, we would have to invent it, IRPP, October 2006
• Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and Security: Hanging Together or Hanging Separately? Paper delivered at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, January 2006
• Between the UN and the US: Reforming One Restraining the Other, IRPP Policy Options, September 2005
• The UN in the Twenty-First Centurty: Why an old dog has to learn new tricks, The Attache, University of Toronto, Volume 5 No. 2, 2004
• Multilateral Cooperation and Peace and Security, International Journal, Fall 2004
• Washington's Exceptionalism and the United Nations, Global Governance, (10) July-Sept 2004
• The UN Between Heaven and Hell, printed in Behind the Headlines, Volume 62, Number 2, The Canadian Institute of International Affairs quarterly publication
• Human Security, printed in Behind the Headlines, Volume 56 Issue 2, The Canadian Institute of International Affairs quarterly publication
• Human Security - the Hard Edge, Canadian Military Journal, Spring 2000
• Human Security, an article by Paul Heinbecker in Peace Magazine, Summer 1999

• What Happened to Canada?, by Paul Heinbecker, published September 29, Special to the Toronto Star
• Canada’s foreign policy should be about statecraft – not stagecraft, by Paul Heinbecker, published September 29th, Special to The Globe & Mail
• Foreign Policy, How does Harper's foreign policy stack up?, article by Paul Heinbecker, Literary Review of Canada, October 2015
• Turkey’s Shift on the Syrian War, comments to the New York Times by Paul Heinbecker , as published, July 28, 2015
• What the West is Forgetting, as published in the Globe & Mail, July 29, 2015
• Support the Nuclear Deal with Iran, as published in the Globe & Mail, April 6, 2015
• Syria, published in the eGlobe, March 18, 2015
• Baloney Meter: Is Canada's stature in the world growing, as John Baird says?, Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press Feb 13, 2015 07:30:03 AM
• 10 Ways to Fix Canadian Foreign Policy, February 9,2015, published in the Globe & Mail
• Palestine and the International Criminal Court, January 28, 2015, published in the Globe & Mail

2014

• Time for real leadership from Ottawa on Syrian refugees, Dec. 17 2014, Special to The Globe and Mail
• Remembering the Unremembered, November 11, 2014, op ed in iPolitics, by Paul Heinbecker
• On Syria and the Kurds, by Paul Heinbecker, special to The Globe and Mail, published Friday, October 31, 2014
• Israel and Gaza: With rights come responsibilities, Paul Heinbecker, Special to The Globe and Mail, Published Monday, Jul. 28 2014
• Monarchy and Foreign Policy, published in the Globe & Mail, July 1, 2014
• Turkish Democracy, published in the Globe & Mail, May 29, 2014
• Foreign Policy in Wonderland, published in the eGlobe & Mail, April 1, 2014
• Harper In Israel - an Opportunity for Statesmanship Missed, January 22, published in the eGlobe and Mail
• Time to Be a Statesman, January 14, published in the Globe & Mail

2013

• A rapidly changing US and what that means for Canada and others, November 14, published online in The Mark News
• Being Smart About Intelligence, October 29
• UN Bashing, The Globe and Mail, as submitted, September 27
• Obama no foreign policy ace, but he’s not flunking it, The Globe and Mail, September 20
• A Not So Grand Bargain, The Globe and Mail, September 11
• Reconfiguring Global Governance: Global Governance Innovation, United Nations Development Programme, by Paul Heinbecker, August 29, 2013
• Five myths about Canada’s striking diplomats, The Globe and Mail, Paul Heinbecker, June 26, 2013
• Syria: The G8 should call for intervention, now, op-ed, electronic version, the Globe and Mail, June 17, 2013
• Syria: The Case for Intervention, Now, op-ed, printed version, the Globe and Mail, June 18, 2013
• Canada isn't running for a UN Security Council seat, and it won't be missed, The Globe and Mail, Paul Heinbecker, Tuesday, May 7, 2013
• A response to Mitch Wolfe, The Blog, Huffington Post Canada, April 21, 2013
• It's not just the drought treaty. Canada is vanishing from the United Nations, The Globe and Mail, April 1, 2013
• Heed the lessons of Iraq, The Globe and Mail, March 15, 2013

2012

• UN is the forum for peace and prosperity, Ottawa Citizen, December 3, 2012
• To see ourselves, op-ed on the Palestine Application, October 4, 2011
• Canadian Diplomacy and the coming challenges, Canadian Government Executive, Volume 15, Issue 4, September 2012
• The United Nations and the Future of Global Governance, Fen Osler Hampson, Gordon Smith and Paul Heinbecker, Councils of Councils, CFR, September 24, 2012
• In defence of diplomats and diplomacy, Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 2012
• Natural Resources Diplomacy, paper by Paul Heinbecker and Barry Carin, August 27, 2012
• Time for creative diplomacy, Embassy, March 7, 2012
• Iran as sequel? Another bomb, The Globe and Mail, February 8, 2012

2011

• Think twice, Canada, before attacking Tehran, The Globe and Mail, November 22, 2011
• Response to Jonathan Kaye, October 2011
• Canada took the wrong side, Ottawa Citizen, September 24, 2011
• We Can Do Better, by Paul Heinbecker Spring 2011 issue of Canada Watch
• Plenty of Credit to go Around in Gadhafi's Fall, Ottawa Citizen, August 23, 2011
• United Nations recognition of Palestinian statehood, Global National News article, July 11, 2011
• Diplomacy is not a job for amateurs, Ottawa Citizen, January 6, 2011

2010

• Invest in Canadian Diplomacy, Don’t Starve It, Ottawa Citizen, December, 2010
• Diplomacy in a Post-Wiki World, Globe and Mail OP-ed December 7, 2010
• Security Council failure was of Canada's own making, Ottawa Citizen, October 23, 2010
• UN Security Council election, Ottawa Citizen op-ed, recalled, October 12, 2010
• The Security Council: Ready or Not, Embassy Magazine (withdrawn), October, 2010
• OK, now what?, published in the Ottawa Citizen, October, 2010
• Embassy's Top 20 reads of 2010, October 6, 2010
• Getting What You Wish For, Globe and Mail Op-ed, on the UN Security Council election, September 24, 2010
• The case for travel and hospitality funds, article in Embassy, September 8, 2010
• Being an energy superpower, letter to the Globe, June 30, 2010
• Dangers and opportunities after a bloody clash at sea, Toronto Star, June 4, 2010

2009

• The return of diplomacy: A vital investment for an effective voice, published in Vanguard Magazine, March 2009
• Respect in Washington Through Action Abroad, published in Embassy, February 11, 2009\

2008

• It's not just about NAFTA, published in The Ottawa Citizen, November 9, 2008
• Letter to the National Post, response to Israeli Ambassador Baker and Post columnist Jonathan Kay on the Lebanon war, May 2008

2007

• Concentrating on Foreign Aid, published in The Toronto Star, December 9, 2007 and Small Wars Journal, December 10, 2007
• Reforms should be carefully weighed, published in The Record, December 8, 2007 and The Toronto Star, December 9, 2007
• Above all else, safeguard the civilians; Never a day goes by when civilians are not killed, maimed or otherwise victimized in the Middle East, Paul Heinbecker and Pauline Baker, published in the Globe and Mail, November 27, 2007
• Canada's forward defence: Why Ottawa should learn to love the Department of Foreign Affairs, published in the Globe & Mail, September 4, 2007
• Dear Mr. Bush: Don't Attack Iran, published in the Globe and Mail, January 18, 2007

2006

• Lessons Learned from Lebanon , also published in the Insider Edition, Globe and Mail, August 18, 2006
• Talk is mightier than the tank, published in the Globe and Mail, August 18, 2006
• Tilting toward Israel, as published in the Globe and Mail, July 25, 2006
• Reflections on anti-Americanism and global leadership, as published in the Hill Times, April 3, 2006
• Doing Good Well in Kandahar, Afghanistan, as published in the Hill Times, March 27, 2006

2005

• Is the United Nations Worth Saving?, Embassy Hill Times, October 22, 2005
• The world has to work together, as published in The Record, September 17, 2005
• Volcker's report is more passing-the-buck than oil-for-food, Globe and Mail, September 16, 2005
• U.S. record of agreements ignored is growing, the Toronto Star, August 30, 2005
• The Test of Humanity, Canada World View, Summer 2005
• R2P, article in the Diplomat Magazine, July, 2005
• Let's do the right thing right in Darfur, Paul Heinbecker and Lloyd Axworthy, The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2005
• UNA-USA article, May 15, 2005

2004

• The Road Ahead, in Embassy Magazine, December 15, 2004
• Resist Rush to Judgement, the Toronto Star, December 13, 2004
• 101 Ways to Change the United Nations, The Globe and Mail, December 3, 2004
• UN 101, Op-ed, Hill Times, November 12, 2004
• The US, the UN, and Indispensible Multilateral Cooperation, The Queen's International Observer, October 2004
• Canada got it right on Iraq, the Globe and Mail, March 19, 2004
• Was War Worth the Costs, the Ottawa Citizen, March 2004
• UN for the 21st Century, U of T Attache article, Spring 2004

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• CTV Interview, re Obama at the UN, September 23
• Syria, with Brian Dunstan, Live interview on Syria on the Right Now show, September 16, Sun News Network
• Game Changer in Syria, CTV News Channel interview with CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker
• CTV live interview, Tue Aug 27 at 2:00 pm, with Merella Fernandez, with Paul Heinbecker, on Syria
• CIGI Interview on the US Chairmanship of the UNSC, July
• Coalition of the Willing - an interview with Marco Werman, with Paul Heinbecker, March 2013, a phonetic transcript of a radio story broadcast by PRI’s THE WORLD

2012

• Will New Non-Permanent Members Bring Change to the UN Security Council?, Interviewee: Paul Heinbecker, Interviewer: Kevin Dias, CIGI, October 17, 2012

2011

• Cooler Heads Shall Prevail as Diplomatic Pressure Mounts on Iran, Interviewee: Paul Heinbecker, Interviewer: Kevin Dias, December 8, 2011
• Global National Interview, October 20, 2011
• The Global Implications of Turkey's election, Interviewee: Paul Heinbecker, Interviewer: Brandon Currie, June 16, 2011

2008

• Obama and Trade, Montreal Gazette Interview, Sept 11, 2008

2003

• NPR Interview Canada's Proposal to Impose a Disarmament, Interview, NPR, March 5, 2003