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Daryl Copeland
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daryl.copeland@guerrilladiplomacy.com


Daryl Copeland is a Canadian analyst, author and educator who writes and speaks on international policy, global issues, diplomacy and public management. He is Adjunct Professor of International Studies and a Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre, and in 2009 was appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy.

Mr. Copeland grew up in Toronto and received his formal education at Jarvis C.I., the University of Western Ontario, where he won the Chancellor’s Prize (social sciences) Gold Medal (political science), and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, where he was awarded the Canada Council Special MA Scholarship. His informal learning, life skills and world-view have been nurtured over the course of years spent backpacking through six continents. He has experience and expertise in diplomacy, foreign ministries and careers in the foreign service, international and non-governmental organizations.

Mr. Copeland is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy and serves as a subject matter expert/peer reviewer for The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and the International Journal and Canadian Foreign Policy. His book, Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relationswas released in 2009 from Lynne Rienner Publishers.    

From 1981 – 2009 Mr. Copeland served as a Canadian diplomat with postings abroad in Thailand, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Malaysia. Among his positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa Mr. Copeland worked as Deputy Director for International Communications; Director for Southeast Asia; Senior Advisor, Public Diplomacy; Director of Strategic Communications Services and; Senior Advisor, Strategic Policy and Planning.  From 1996-99 he was National Program Director of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto and Editor of Behind the Headlines, Canada's international affairs magazine. He was elected five times to the Executive Committee of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers. In 2000, he received the Canadian Foreign Service Officer Award for his "tireless dedication and unyielding commitment to advancing the interests of the diplomatic profession."

Further information on Daryl Copeland and his thinking on diplomacy, development and security in the age of globalization are available at: www.guerrilladiplomacy.com.

Recent Publications by Daryl Copeland
February 2, 2010 - Hard Power vs. Soft Power The Mark

January 25, 2010 - Beyond Relief The Mark

January 11, 2010 - A Future Without Force The Mark

January 5, 2010 - The Year Ahead: A Strategic Opportunity For European Public Diplomacy CPD Blog

December 28, 2009 - "Failure in Copenhagen" The Mark

November 30, 2009 - "It's Time To Build A Better Diplomat" The Globe and Mail

November 11, 2009 - "How Obama's Nobel Can Resurrect Diplomacy" Embassy Magazine

October 13, 2009 - "Guerrilla Diplomacy: The Revolution in Diplomatic Affairs" World Politics Review

October 13, 2009 - The Meaning of Obama’s Nobel Prize? Diplomacy Rehabilitated Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations

October 7, 2009 - Is Public Diplomacy for Everyone? CPD Blog

September 10, 2009 - Science and Public Diplomacy – Two Solitudes? CPD Blog

July 10, 2009 - Putting the Human Back In Security The Mark

July 10, 2009 - Whither Development? The Mark

(2009) Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.

June 16, 2009 - PD’s Most Formidable Adversary: The Say-Do Gap CPD Blog

May 5, 2009 - Smart Power and the Diplomatic Surge The Mark


Daryl Copeland in the News
December 16, 2009 - Copeland discusses the geopolitics of the upcoming decade. Embassy

December 3, 2009 - Copeland discusses "Guerrilla Diplomacy" on CBC Radio's "The Current." (audio)

October 25, 2009 - A review of "Guerrilla Diplomacy" by Euro-blog Brussels Agenda New Europe

October 8, 2009 - Copeland discusses "Guerrilla Diplomacy" as part of CPD event series 'Conversations in Public Diplomacy.' (audio)

September 1, 2009 - Library Journal publishes a capsule review of Daryl Copeland's 'Guerrilla Diplomacy."

August 12, 2009 - "Guerrilla Diplomacy," by Copeland, reviewed by Embassy Magazine.

July 20, 2009 - Daryl Copeland's book, "Guerrilla Diplomacy," reviewed by the Diplo Foundation.

July 1, 2009 - Daryl Copeland quoted in Canadian foreign policy newspaper Embassy story DFAIT's Guerrilla Diplomat Bids Adieu

May 18, 2009 - Daryl Copeland interviewed about his new book, "Guerrilla Diplomacy" New Europe



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