Canada and the International Seabed — Domestic Interests and External Constraints
The time is fast approaching when Canadians may be anxiously asking themselves whatever did become of Canada in this twentieth century that Wilfrid Laurier predicted, with due allowance for the politician’s fallibility factor, would belong to us. Policy practitioners, watchers and consultants…
The Corporate Review
Canadian foreign policy fans are anxiously awaiting the announcement of the results of the Corporate Policy Review of the Department of External Affairs and International Trade (EAITCI). Like baseball fans, who suffered through the recent Major League Baseball strike, all want to…
The CIIA: A Canadian Institution
The history of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs is in many ways a reflection of the evolution of Canadian foreign policy. It is also the story of some remarkable Canadians who left their mark on that policy.
Le Canada et l’Organisation des États Américains
La signature récente de la Charte de l’OEA par le Canada, marquant ainsi son adhésion à l’organisme hémisphérique et régional, atteste d’une nouvelle maturité de la politique étrangère canadienne. Cela ouvre aussi la porte à de nouvelles initiatives susceptibles de rehausser l’influence…
George Glazebrook
Born in 1899, George Glazebrook was a prominent historian of international relations before arriving in Ottawa in 1942 to take up war-time service in External Affairs in the intelligence and security areas. After leaving to join National Defence in 1948, he returned…
Diplomacy of Fear: Canada and the Cold War, 1941-1948
by Donald Barry
Diefenbaker’s World: A Review Article
Should, heaven help us, there remain any Canadians not convinced of the turbulence of our times, or the speed with which events and issues pass and change, a contemporary retrospective of the era of John Diefenbaker’s stewardship of this country is a…
Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean
The Commonwealth Caribbean has had ties with Canada stretching back into the eighteenth century colonial system. Yet it, like Latin America, to which it is now more bureaucratically linked, has remained less attractive to the aspiring foreign service officer than other parts…
NATO: Does Life Begin at 40?
This is a year of many anniversaires. 50 years ago the most destructive war the world has ever seen broke out. 44 years ago VE- and VJ-Days marked the end of that war, and with it the emergence of a new bipolar…
International Business
Is Canada preparing itself adequately to compete internationally by developing needed expertise in international business? This question was examined at the Corporate Higher Education Forum held in the Autumn of 1988. The following quotations were made by various CEO’s who attended the…
