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Daryl Copeland
CPD Blog Contributor
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 Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia's London Academy of Diplomacy, and Research Associate at the Univeristy of Ottawa's Centre for International Policy Studies. From 2009-11 he served as 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 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 developed over the course of years spent backpacking through six continents.

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 University of Toronto Press, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and the International Journal and Canadian Foreign Policy. His award-winning book, Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations was released in 2009 by 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 Senior Asian Intelligence Analyst; 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 is available at: www.guerrilladiplomacy.com.

Recent Publications by Daryl Copeland
February 2, 2011 - Cairo Burning: Implications for the Defense vs. Diplomacy Debate CPD Blog

December 2010 - Taking Stock of WikiLeaks and Cablegate: A “Napster Moment” for Government?, PDiN Monitor Volume 2, Issue 1

April 13, 2010 - Getting it Right Down Under? CPD Blog

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



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.



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