Diplomacy and Peacekeeping

Diplomacy and Peacekeeping

In the first instalment of this article (bout de papier, Volume 13 No. 2), the author described a visit by Barbara McDougall, then Secretary of State for External Affairs, to the former Yugoslavia in May, 1993. This was the first and longest…

Diplomacy and Peacekeeping: Part One

Diplomacy and Peacekeeping: Part One

The nineties started on a wave of enthusiasm for the United Nations (UN) and its refurbished capacity to contain, and gradually quell, conflict. By the time Barbara McDougall, Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs (the position now titled Minister of Foreign…

Making a Difference? Canada’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order

Making a Difference? Canada’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order

In December, 1991, an all-star line-up of academics, NGO leaders, government specialists and political leaders met in Toronto at a conference marking the sixtieth anniversary of the Statute of Westminster. This book, edited by two widely respected historians of Canada’s external relations,…