bout de papier, Volume 20, Issue No. 4, 2004
bout de papier, Volume 16, Issue No. 4, 1999-2000
bout de papier, Volume 8, Issue No. 3, 1991
The Decline of Democracy in the World
FREEDOM IN THE WORLD, THE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT of Freedom House, a US institution, carried the title, Democracy Under Siege. It noted with sadness that 2021 marked the 15th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. In 2020, its evaluation was that…
Multilateralism to a Latin Beat
THE BEAUX-ARTS GRANDEUR OF THE CARNEGIE-BUILT EDIFICE that houses the Organization of American States (OAS) speaks to the unifying aspirations of the Pan-American movement. Situated on the Washington Mall just four blocks from the White House, it recalls the formation in 1889…
2019: A High Stakes Year
IL SEMBLE QUE 2019 SERA une année d’enjeux importants, non seulement pour le service extérieur, mais pour le monde entier : l’avenir des institutions de l’ordre international, de la démocratie, de la dignité et des droits de l’homme que de nombreuses sociétés…
The Vote from Here to Timbuktu
It’s likely that I learned parliamentary elections would be held in Mali the same way most Malians did, through a text message inviting me to find out what my polling station was. The first message came a week or two before the…
A Walk in the Burmese Sun
Note de la rédaction: C’est en lisant le livre de John Graham, Who’s Man in Havana, dans lequel il raconte, entre autre, sa participation à des missions d’observation électorales que l’équipe de bout de papier a eu l’idée de demander à nos…
Will the Long March to Democracy in Pakistan Finally Succeed?
to the country (and even for Pakistanis), never mind for those trying to make sense of events from afar. Fortunately two new publications have appeared that help: Sheila Fruman’s Will The Long March to Democracy in Pakistan Finally Succeed?, Peaceworks No. 73,…
Japan, the Blighted Blossom and The Future Japan
Despite the general current trendiness of things Japanese and the significance for Canada of Japan’s increasing impact on the world, remarkably little has been published here about Japan. As a glance through almost any library shows, most books relating to Japan concern…
