Cold Warrior

Cold Warrior

Note de la rédaction : « Tian Bei » ou « trésor céleste », tel était le nom honorifique chinois donné à Arthur Menzies, enfant de missionnaires canadiens en Chine qui devait devenir une sorte de missionnaire de la Chine au Canada.…

Bill Barton in Profile

“I’m building a better world” — Bill Barton’s Carleton University bequest advertisement.

On December 10, 2012 Bill Barton, frail but full of spirit, celebrated with family and friends. It was his 95th birthday.

Geoffrey Pearson

Geoffrey Pearson

The following tribute was written by Mr. Basil Robinson and read by his daughter Brigitte Ann at the Memorial Service to celebrate Geoffrey Pearson’s life held at St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church on Saturday, April 12, 2008.

Saul Rae 1914-1999

Saul Rae 1914-1999

The following are excerpts from a eulogy by Jake Warren, retired Ambassador, at a Memorial Service for Saul Rae on Wednesday, January 13, 1999.

Une diplomatie de l’espoir. Le Canada et le désarmement 1945-1988

Une diplomatie de l’espoir. Le Canada et le désarmement 1945-1988

Il faut féliciter Albert Legault et Michel Fortmann pour la somme de travail qu’ils ont fournie dans la préparation de ce volumineux ouvrage. Une diplomatie de l’espoir est, en effet, comme son titre l’indique, une étude complète de la politique canadienne vis-à-vis…

Pressure: How America Runs NATO

Pressure: How America Runs NATO

Who really runs NATO? That is the question that Dan Smith, associate director of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, addresses in his book Pressure: How America Runs NATO. Smith’s argument is a more subtle variation of the conspiracy theories one finds in…

The Defence White Paper

The Defence White Paper

Publication of the White Paper on Defence on June 5, 1987 signalled a welcome end to a period of neglect and decay in our Armed Forces spanning more than two decades. Although in the last ten years there have been occasional procurements…