What I Have Learned about Washington
The following speech was given to the National Press Club in Washington on December 20, 1988, just before Mr. Gotlieb ended his 7 year assignment as Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.
Vignettes
In December, 1965 John Holmes spoke to the Toronto Board of Trade about Diplomacy — Canadian Style. Some 23 years have not aged these comments.
Russian and Russians are No Enigma When You Know Both
The question of how it is that the Soviet Union fields so many English-speaking officials while our side fields so few came out in stark relief last June when the Soviet authorities pulled their service staff out of our Moscow embassy in…
The Vatican, Islam, and the Middle East
Critique de Léopold Battel
Who Needs Diplomatic Training
Canada, like the U.K., recruits university graduates for its diplomatic service and trains them on the job. In contrast, a number of European, Asian, African and Latin American countries have specialized institutes or programs for training diplomats both on entry into the…
Today’s Diplomacy – Part II
In our last issue John Halstead looked at the perils of contemporary diplomacy. He concludes his piece on Today’s Diplomacy with a look at the qualities required by the current diplomat diplomat.
The Changing Role of the Diplomat
The Oxford Dictionnary defines diplomacy as “the management of international relations by negotiation: the method by which these relations are adjusted and managed by ambassadors and envoys.”
