Fürst with the Wurst
Hamish MacBannock studied the glittering Hall of the Singers through a gap in the curtains, then turned to ask, “How do I look, Liebnitz?” “You look like a giant green sausage in top hat and tails, Chief.” “Oh, that’s all right then.”
How others (in Ottawa) see us
In an earlier issue (bout de papier, Vol. 28, No. 4) we looked at the terms of reference and a town hall meeting that launched the “McGill Report” on the role of the Department of External Affairs in August 1975. As part…
Cold War Capers: or, The Pest from Budapest
Way back in the 1970s the Department’s Ottawa duty officer normally stayed at home and fielded calls forwarded by the Commissionaires at Fort Pearson. It was my great pleasure to have been volunteered as duty officer for the August bank holiday long…
The Hungry Diplomat
Food is arguably one of the world’s most important and ubiquitous diplomatic tools.
The Wrong Enemy
THE WRONG ENEMY: AMERICA IN AFGHANISTAN, 2001-2014, by Carlotta Gall, 2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 352 pp, $37.00
Guerilla Communications and Spokespersonry
GUERILLA COMMUNICATIONS, by Eduardo del Buey, 2014, Friesen Press, Victoria, B.C., 155 pp.
Max Yalden
Max Yalden, who died in Ottawa on February 9, 2015, entered the public service as a foreign service officer in 1956. After serving in Moscow, Geneva and Paris, he transferred to the Secretary of State’s Department as Assistant Under-Secretary in 1969. Subsequently…
Michael Chesson
Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from the tribute by Rodney Moore at the funeral for Michael Chessons held in Ottawa on February 20, 2015.
Sumeeta Chandavarkar
Colleagues and friends were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sumeeta Chandavarkar, who passed away unexpectedly in Ottawa on November 16, 2014 at the age of 43. She leaves her husband David Moodie, her parents Shyamsunder and Sujata Chandavarkar, her…
Les Prix de l’APASE 2015 // PAFSO Awards 2015
Le mercredi 10 juin 2015, 270 collègues et invités se sont réunis pour célébrer l’excellence au sein du service extérieur canadien lors du dîner de remise des Prix de l’APASE 2015. C’est au son de la cornemuseur-majeure des Sons of Scotland, Bethany…
