bout de papier, Volume 8, Issue No. 2, 1991
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 Two Michaels
WHAT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF CAMERAS, in courtrooms, behind closed doors and behind bars during the extradition hearings of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver, British Columbia, is part of a vast story of geopolitical proportions. Most history books might not put…
There is Nothing for You Here
THE “IMPROBABLE FIONA HILL,” as the author calls herself, emerged into the limelight in the first impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump in 2019. Previously a respected Russia expert in the think tank circles of Washington, D.C. and a professional…
Murder in the Family
“I THINK THAT MY FATHER murdered my mother.” The first line of Jeff Blackstock’s true crime memoir, Murder in the Family: How the Search for My Mother’s Killer Led to My Father, reads like something out of a thriller novel. In a…
Triple Sex & Other Tales from an Ambassador’s Wife
HAVE YOU EVER OPENED A NEW BOOK and felt like you were sitting down with a dear friend over a glass or three of wine, nibbling on some divine snacks, shucking off your shoes, and shooting the breeze for the rest of…
Diplomates en péril ?
« LE CANADA EST DE RETOUR » annonçait fièrement premier ministre Justin Trudeau alors qu’il venait d’être élu une première fois en 2015. Depuis, il est clair que ce n’était qu’un slogan. Notre échec en 2020 pour obtenir un siège au Conseil…
Mike’s World
IN A RECENT GLOBE AND MAIL COLUMN, John Ibbitson complained that, with the switch of Champagne for Garneau, Canada has had 14 foreign ministers in just over 20 years. 14! And many of them non-memorable. We grump about Canada’s loss of credibility…
Péripéties de diplomatie de la Gaspésie à Paris
JACQUES ROY LA ÉCHAPPÉ BELLE! Il aurait pu se prénommer Flandin, en l’honneur du ministre Pierre-Étienne Flandin, venu à Gaspé en août 1934 pour représenter la France lors du 400° anniversaire de l’arrivée de Jacques Cartier au Canada. Impressionné par le discours…
Planet Canada
ANYONE WHO HAS SERVED ABROAD knows about the Canadian expatriate community. Canadians are everywhere in the world, from the halls of academe in Europe to California’s Silicon Valley, to the displaced persons camps in the Congo to the remote mining operations of…
