Liebnitz and the Pan-Galactic Fondue
The year 2055 was proving to be interesting
Reply from Ottawa: What about shoes… and sealing wax?
When John Kearney composed his first despatch after the presentation of his credentials as Canada’s first minister to Denmark, he evidently took the admonition from the Walrus, at least according to Lewis Carroll, to heart. In a wide-ranging account of his travels…
A Year of Self-Funded Leave
Picture this. You are in remote Borneo, climbing Southeast Asia’s highest mountain and enjoying some of the greatest biological diversity on the planet. You start out early in the morning with a spring in your step and frequent stops to soak in…
Sylvia Ostry’s Life, Method and Thought on the International Stage
This article has been adapted from the author’s introduction to a collection of essays in honour of Sylvia Ostry. Annotation and references to other contributions to the book have been omitted and the text has been edited for length. This version appears…
The United Nations:
This article first appeared in a collection of essays edited by Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff, Irrelevant or Indispensable? The United Nations in the 21st Century which was published in 2005 by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, to whom we express our thanks…
Towards the “Carthaginian Peace”
Then use Cathaginia peace tre ly whose terms are so onerous that the next war becomes almost inevitable. A classic example often cited is the 1920 Treaty of Versailles (at least that’s how the Germans and John Maynard Keynes perceived it). The…
Left Behind In Nanjing
As Chester Ronning closed the doors of the Canadian Embassy C in China in 1951, police arrested innocent locally-engaged employee Tessie Wong
Paul Dunbar 1944–2005
Paul Dunbar died suddenly on July 1, 2005, doing what he loved best – walking in the great outdoors. He was 61 at the time of his death and had been with the government since 1974, after first working in a family…
Leonard Mader 1948–2005
Len Mader’s sudden death on March 5, 2005 at the age of 57 was a tragedy for his family and a shocking loss for his many friends in Canada and around the world. It was especially poignant because Len had recently retired…
The Netherlands and the Oil Crisis
This book is worth reading because it provides an excellent case study of non-state actors directly influencing foreign policy outcomes. As such, it serves as a primer on the intervention of non-state centres of influence on political outcomes. This book covers one…
