Middle Power Diplomacy in 2021: Making a difference in unsettling times
Presented by His Excellency Mark Glauser, High Commissioner of Canada to Australia
When: Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 6pm until 7pm
Where: Holding Redlich, Level 1, 300 Queen Street, Brisbane
This is event is free for AIIA members from all states. Non-members pay $10 and student non-members $5
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You can attend this event in-person or view it online. If attending in person, please arrive at Holding Redlich at 5.30pm for registration and drinks. Guests chat and mingle until 6pm. Because of COVID restrictions, AIIA Queensland needs to have accurate information about audience numbers. Please register for this event.
Details for viewing online: After registering, on July 6 you will receive a follow-up confirmation email containing further details on how to join the webinar which will commence at 6pm AEST. If you have not received an email by early afternoon, please check your junk folder.
About the event
In the world of diplomacy, 2021 is a continuation of the tumult of 2020. International diplomacy was facing an active agenda prior to the pandemic. The agenda has only grown, and the ways in which diplomats, Minsters and Leaders are engaging has evolved to meet the challenges. In this context, the contribution of Middle Powers has never been more necessary. Countries like Canada and Australia have been especially active on many of the most pressing issues. We have shared interests and common objectives. We are engaged – sometimes separately and sometimes together – in our efforts to work with many other Middle Powers to achieve those objectives. These include: overcoming the pandemic and laying the foundations for an inclusive recovery; advancing our security and prosperity interests in the Indo-Pacific; and, addressing the challenge of climate change by delivering on our Paris commitments.
About the speaker
Mark Glauser is High Commissioner of Canada to Australia, a position he has held since October 2019. He is also High Commissioner to Nauru, High Commissioner-designate to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, and Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. He is a career diplomat, having previously served abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, Amman, Jordan and Washington, DC. During his 28 years of public service, he has held a number of leadership positions in Ottawa and abroad dealing with international security, national security and intelligence, Canada-US relations and the Middle East. He holds a BA (Honours - History and Political Science) from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA (Political Science) from Dalhousie University. He enjoys hiking and cycling (slowly) and recently took up golf. He and his wife, Diane, have two adult children.
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AIIA QLD
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