Diplomatic Immunity
In response to a recent discussion among users of the informal chat room of foreign service officers, the “e-whine” messages urging that we stop using the word “diplomat” to describe ourselves, I would like to offer a somewhat different perspective on this…
Liebnitz and the Double Helix
Chief MacBannock couldn’t find his hearing aid. A Scot to the core, he still used an early model, with an earpiece wired to an external box receiver. Today, the earpiece dangling unconnected from his ear, he was subjecting his office to a…
Diplomatic Language
The powerful involvement of non-governmental organizations in the lead-up to the Ottawa Landmines Treaty carries an important lesson for our department. As the more people-centred issues of the “new diplomacy” cupy the international agenda, many nongovernmental interest groups are entering the fray.…
Seriez-vous un bon diplomate
Êtes-vous bien dans votre peau, cher collègue? Quelle est votre véritable vocation? Découvrez-la à travers le test qui suit. Il a d’abord été conçu par des professionnels de divers rangs diplomatiques dont à l’origine l’ambassadeur portugais, Luis Da Cunha, personnage au pseudonyme…
Llewellyn Stephens
After service in the Canadian Army, Llewellyn Stephens joined DEA in 1945, serving in a number of posts abroad and in Ottawa. He was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 1963-66. He died in Ottawa on August 1, 1991.
Theodore F.M. Newton
After a career as a university professor and a journalist, Theodore Newton joined DEA in 1947 from the Wartime Information Board. He served as Ambassador to Indonesia, Colombia and Ecuador. He died in Montreal on April 20, 1991.
A Scrap of Paper
As one of bout de papier’s supporters and contributors, from time to time I am asked why PAFSO’s quarterly was given its distinctive name.
Celebrating Diplomats Day
The following is an unclassified report dated June 8, 1990, received from “our” illustrious diplomat in Brasilia.
A Failure of Soviet Intelligence?
Although newspapers at the time did not report it, and no mention of it is to be found in External Affairs’ files, the USSR’s vaunted intelligence apparatus seemed, curiously, to have failed for a few days back in 1971. This is what…
DIPLOCOR INTERNATIONAL
In an age when the concept of “privatization” was being applied to a growing number of public sector services, it was hardly a surprise when the following advertisement appeared in the June 1992 international editions of major European and North American publications.
