Canada: A Nation of Shopkeepers?
Note de la rédaction : bout de papier se penche sur la diplomatie d‘entreprise, sa base comme son tableau d’ensemble. À l’échelle micro, dans le prochain numéro, Joya Donnelly profile trois entrepreneurs membres de la collectivité du service extérieur qui sont passionnés…
L’ONU, le Canada et l’OACI
installée à Montréal depuis 1947, l’Organisation de l’aviation civile internationale (OACI) appartient à la famille des quinze organisations spécialisées de l’ONU, au même titre que l’UNESCO à Paris, la FAO à Rome, l’UNICEF à New York, et la Banque mondiale à Washington.
Jillian Stirk: Why Diplomacy Matters
Jillian Stirk: Why Diplomacy Matters
Winter winds – Les vents d’hiver
Roland Paris, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies, argued in a recent blog that Canada has no foreign policy — which begs the question: of what use is a Foreign Ministry without one? It also underscores the…
Does Canada Need a Department of Peace?
In my many years as a Science & Technology Counsellor with Canada’s diplomatic service I was always struck by the vast allocation of resources to military establishments and related technology, understandable given global security concerns. However, it always begged the question: would…
Canada’s Fast Fading Footprint
When the Canadian government tabled its main estimates for the year 2013-14, it revealed that it intended to reduce the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade by $270 million or slightly more than 10 per cent. If this…
On Voltaire and Joint Ventures
That famous turn of phrase is attributed to Voltaire. Although it borders on the melodramatic, it captures the spirit of the Enlightenment and is something of a keystone for modern democracy. Perhaps editors in particular need to hold that thought, especially when…
Peyton Vaughan Lyon
Born Winnipeg, October 2, 1921. Died Ottawa, March 24, 2011, aged 89. Teacher, commentator and historian on Canada’s role in world affairs. Vigorous advocate of the cause of Palestine. Died of natural causes.
Useful Secrets: Intelligence for Canadian Foreign Policy Professionals
When left the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in 2006 to join the International Assessment Staff (IAS) of the Privy Council Office — one of the main intelligence assessment bodies of the government of Canada — entered a world…
L’Ouest et le monde musulman II
Editor’s Note: In Part I of Ferry de Kerckhove 5 essay on relations between the Muslim world and the West, our former Ambassador to Egypt, Pakistan and elsewhere focused on the largely favourable reception of the growing Muslim population in Canada (not…
