Middle Power at Mid-Century
In the early 1950s, deputy under-secretary of state for external affairs, Escott Reid, inspired and led an ambitious project to produce a series of thematic papers “to focus and clarify our longer-range thinking on the objectives and the application of Canadian foreign…
Cold War Capers: or, The Pest from Budapest
we had a “diplomatic incident”. Now he has a cup of kosher salt at the ready beside the sink to avoid future tragedy.
The Power of Deterrence
In 2015, the world will be marking a notable anniversary, but one likely to be largely ignored
Cold Warrior
“ Note de la rédaction : « Tian Bei » ou « trésor céleste », tel était le nom honorifique chinois donné à Arthur Menzies, enfant
Whose Man in Havana? Adventures from the Far Side of Diplomacy
At the suggestion of bout, I have selected excerpts from three chapters in my book of memoirs Whose Man in Havana: Adventures from the Far Side of Diplomacy to be published by Penumbra Press in 2013. The book ranges through Latin America,…
Robert Parke Cameron
Born in Montreal, October 15, 1920, died in Ottawa, Ontario March 12, 2012, aged 91.
John Starnes: Portrait of a Very Canadian Diplomat
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Looking Back on the Cold War
I look back from time to time on my working life and ask myself what it was all about. I was in the foreign service for 40 years from 1953-93. Much of what I did in those years had something to do…
Getting the Message Out
f Canada’s Foreign Service Officers were to be described as the heart L. the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, then the Communicators, who kept the various elements linked, must surely be seen as the arteries which ensured safe and secure…
A Funny Thing Happened…
Recently I have been involved in what I am sure is a retiree passage, the attempt to winnow through the paraphernalia that accumulates over a career. This may be more difficult for former Foreign Service Officers because there is often some element…
