Bill Jenkins

Bill Jenkins

Parler de Bill Jenkins, c’est parler de quelqu’un à qui s’appliquerait le testament spirituel de Gogol : « Que chacun accomplisse son oeuvre… Ne soyez pas des âmes mortes, mais des âmes vivantes ».

A Day in the Life of a Canadian in Kabul

A Day in the Life of a Canadian in Kabul

Lt. Col. David Leslie was the senior Canadian officer with the United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP). The following article is based on his impressions and observations after six months in Afghanistan and before the last of the…

Over the Khunjerab to Kashgar

Over the Khunjerab to Kashgar

In May 1986, the governments of Pakistan and China announced the opening to foreign nationals of the Karakorum Highway over the Khunjerab Pass. At an altitude of 16,000 feet, the Khunjerab is reportedly the highest paved mountain crossing in the world. Its…

DIPLOCOR INTERNATIONAL

DIPLOCOR INTERNATIONAL

In an age when the concept of “privatization” was being applied to a growing number of public sector services, it was

What I Have Learned about Washington

What I Have Learned about Washington

The following speech was given to the National Press Club in Washington on December 20, 1988, just before Mr. Gotlieb ended his 7 year assignment as Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.