Yi Xing on Mars
Yi Xing, Hairy Harry January and Bugbyte sat down at a synthwood table. An attractive waitress came over and said, “42, Master Yi.” The immortal replied, “42, Eccentrica.4 Please bring me tea – Celestial Seasonings of course – and sandstorms for my…
Middle Power at Mid-Century
In the early 1950s, deputy under-secretary of state for external affairs, Escott Reid, inspired and led an ambitious project to produce a series of thematic papers “to focus and clarify our longer-range thinking on the objectives and the application of Canadian foreign…
The Hungry Diplomat: Coffee
For those of you who choose to indulge without the caffeine (though I can’t imagine why you would choose to forego the Elixir of Life), you may be familiar with the term “Swiss Water Decaf”. That’s a company name as well as…
Superforecasting
On August 17, 2007, George Soros hosted twenty of Wall Street’s most senior financiers to lunch at his Long Island estate. Earlier in the month, BNP Paribas had frozen withdrawals from three of its funds and central bankers around the world were…
Points of Entry
CANADA’S IMMIGRATION OFFICERS DECIDE WHO GETS IN, by Vic Satzewich, University of Toronto Press, 2015, 305 pp, $32.95 paper
Jacques Noiseux
We put the question to the late Jim Gould, who was among Global Affairs’ best-known experts on Arab and Islamic affairs, and Judith his spouse and life’s partner.
James Frederick Gould
Jim Gould was the consummate diplomat: polyglot, hugely knowledgeable and armed with an amazing trove of enthralling stories. He was greatly respected by his peers, and a good friend to all. His richly informed insight into Middle Eastern affairs ensured that his…
Les Prix de l’APASE 2016
Le 9 juin 2016, 290 collègues et invités se sont réunis pour célébrer l’excellence au sein 1 service extérieur canadien lors du dîner de remise des Prix de l’APASE 2016. C’est au sc Karen Bongard
When Diplomacy Fails
to the port in Manama for HMCS Protector to allow for the urgent delivery of needed supplies and services. (Local authorities had initially refused to dock the massive supply ship saying that it was a floating gas station and thus a potential…
Trade and Civilization
« James Bond », mais peu d’instructions pour les utiliser. Nous nous retrouvions souvent dans l’impossibilité de reprendre la route, car elle se verrouillait toute seule et le pauvre chauffeur ne pouvait ouvrir les portes avec ses clés. Stationnée devant la mission,…
