Diplomacy, globalization and heteropolarity

Globalization is the defining historical process of our times, conditioning, if not determining outcomes across vast swathes of human activity. At the same time,a heteropolar world is emerging, one in which various and competing sources of power and influence are based more on difference than on similarity. In the face of these transformatative forces, diplomacy is struggling to evolve. Canada's diplomatic ecosystem is in a perilious state and Canadian interests are suffering. In the age of globalization and heteropolarity, this won't do.