Nirvana’s Not Just a Punk Rock Band
They sat at a window table in Safi’s, overlooking Saffron Street.
Leadership
AT 100 YEARS OF AGE, former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger shows few signs of slowing down. In Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy, he has provided yet another doorstopper that aims to be an authoritative guide…
The Hungry Diplomat: Pancakes
PANCAKES. Say the word pancakes and the first thing that comes to my mind is a short stack with maple syrup, butter, and a side of bacon.
Ken Sunquist
KENNETH JOHN SUNQUIST WAS BORN to be a highly successful, top level, Canadian Trade Commissioner and diplomat— intelligent, congenial, reliable, effective, an intuitive inspirational leader who cared about people, and a nomad. He was never one to see life as a glass…
Hockey Sock Diplomacy
When I recall the conversation that led to me coaching the Philippine Men’s National Hockey Team, I can only smirk. I had been playing shinny with players from the National Hockey Team for a few months, got to know them pretty well, and was welcomed to their invitational golf tournament. We were sitting in the clubhouse […]
Jacques Bilodeau
JACQUES, DÉCÉDÉ D’UN CANCER À L’ÂGE DE 78 ANS le 11 mars 2022, était un diplomate canadien très respecté et extrêmement sympathique. Il a laissé dans le deuil sa compagne, Jacqueline Lessard, quatre enfants et douze petits-enfants. Entré au Service extérieur au…
Diplomacy as the New Utopia
Let’s start with a simple premise, widely accepted to the point of making the claim almost banal: we live in a time of crises. The whole perceived global consensus created in the aftermath of World War II, and we may give it any of its different possible names – Pax Americana, Bretton Woods, the rules based […]
LGBT Rights and Human Rights Diplomacy through a Diplomatic Lens
In his new book Queer Diplomacy: Homophobia, International Relations and LGBT Human Rights, Douglas Janoff explores how LGBT rights are promoted through diplomacy. For this book, Janoff interviewed 29 diplomats, human rights advocates and experts, and representatives from the UN and other intergovernmental organizations. This article is excerpted from chapters 1 and 7 of Queer […]
Moscow 1993
February in Moscow was generally, along with November, the dreariest month of the year. Dark and gloomy, the days were still short, and the black ice underfoot on Moscow’s ungroomed sidewalks increasingly treacherous. But inside the Canadian Embassy in Moscow, the beginning of February saw a flurry of activity. The Minister, Barbara MacDougall, was coming […]
Mon ami Mobutu
Au Zaïre, aujourd’hui la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) tout événement de la vie diplomatique peut prendre des allures originales et inédites. En voici quelques exemples. Où sont passées mes lettres de créances? La présentation, pour la première fois, des lettres de créances, est un moment émouvant et solennel. Le nouvel ambassadeur espère que tout […]
