Some Little Time

Canada’s longest-serving Prime Minister, W.L. Mackenzie King, retired from that office on 15 November 1948. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of that change in this country’s political leadership, Dr. Gibson recalls that a favourite diversionary tactic for Mr. King in dealing…
PAFSO Forum // Forum de l’APASE

PAFSO Forum/Forum de L’APASE will be a regular feature of bout where foreign service officers and others are encouraged to raise issues of current interest to the broad PAFSO membership. For the inaugural PAFSO Forum, we reproduce below a letter sent to…
NATO Membership Enlargement — A Moral Issue

The word “expansion”, when applied to geo-political situations, connotes an element of calculated planning and irredentism which is wholly lacking in the current enlarged membership issue facing the NATO member states. In fact, in the intense planning for peace within the Alliance…
Letters // Correspondance

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Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur

As I put pen to paper for my first editorial as the new bout Editor, I first wish to recognize the stellar contribution of Carol Turner-Trusca as bout Editor over the past year. All of us at bout, and in the foreign…
