Who Stole Schrödinger’s Cat??
Dryan Tweedie, the Centre’s lanky archivist, poured another generous glass of port as the two friends sat watching the sun go down over the river from the balcony of his office. “Not a very good vintage, I’m afraid, but it was raining…
The Canadian Way: Shaping Canada’s Foreign Policy, 1968-1984
Among the recurring yarns concerning the Trudeau years this one may qualify as the most disappointing because it falls so far short of its potential for clearcut revelations, frank disclosures and persuasive rationalizations. This collection is admittedly conceived by Ivan Head and…
À la recherche du savoir et de la liberté
a cyjecianons a Lu nuvunt tr u niger.
Clothes Make the Man
“Where”, I asked, rummaging in my suitcase, “are the trousers for my dinner jacket?”
The Taiwan Strait in 1950
(Robertson) and I appreciated the talk we had with you a short time ago about Korea and other matters. It was good of you to give us so much time when you were harassed with so many pressing matters.
Solitaire
The truth is, I had been trying rather aggressively to sell my services to Personnel. You can never leave a posting completely behind and when those horrific images from the former Yugoslavia began to appear on our screens in 1990 and 1991,…
Radio Canada International: Projecting Canada to the World
In downtown Kishinev, a Moldovan technician adjusts a satellite dish to downlink a “live” signal to be broadcast on local stations throughout his country. In the Adriatic Sea, Canadian sailors tune their radio frequencies carefully. In Southern Chile, a Canadian tourist checks…
Diplomacy and Peacekeeping: Part One
The nineties started on a wave of enthusiasm for the United Nations (UN) and its refurbished capacity to contain, and gradually quell, conflict. By the time Barbara McDougall, Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs (the position now titled Minister of Foreign…
Retooling the Political Officer
For over a decade, officers in the political-economic stream of the department have been under silent pressure to change. This is because successive governments have been placing greater and greater emphasis on trade promotion in foreign policy. Last year’s foreign policy review…
Turkey, the West’s Eurasian Ally
Turkey and the Turks conjure up many images and passions in western minds.
