On @CBCNews to comment on the ongoing spat between #China and #Canada, CIC President @benrowswell explained that there are two ways of looking at power in the international system. There is the power to force, and there is the power to convince. cbc.ca/player/play/14… #cdnpoli
"#China is experimenting with the former right now, to see how it can throw its weight around. But it's actually frittering away the other kind of power. It's making it more difficult for other countries to follow China's lead." @benrowswell on @CBCNews #cdnnatsec #Huawei
"#Canada is symbolic of something in the international system. We're a country that's respected and admired, so when a country decides to be a bully and when they pick on Canada they have really picked on the wrong country.", @benrowswell @CBCNews cbc.ca/player/play/14… #cdnfp
"#SaudiArabia found out that they had picked on the wrong country, and it ended really badly for them. Not because #Canada retaliated in any way, but because in the eyes of the rest of the world, it really showed what the true nature of the Saudi regime was."@benrowswell #cdnpoli
"#China is a much bigger player and has a more sophisticated #foreignpolicy than #SaudiArabia so I don't think that they will need to make that error. China has an opportunity to abandon the role of bully and embrace the role of role model." @benrowswell cbc.ca/player/play/14…
