A Soliloquy for Septuagenarians
In recent months some of our historians have published their matured spin to explain the course of Canadian events way back in the Trudeau era. Pirouette: Pierre Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy cries out for comment on its treatment of policy development…
J.E. Ghislain Hardy
An officer of the Department for 38 years, Ghislain Hardy served in Rome, London and Geneva, and was Canada’s Ambassador to Spain, Moscow, Italy and the North Atlantic Council. He was an active member of the Senior Editorial Board of bout de…
Diplomacy of Fear: Canada and the Cold War, 1941-1948
by Donald Barry
Shades of Green in Longer Shadows
by Geoffrey Murray
NATO: Does Life Begin at 40?
This is a year of many anniversaires. 50 years ago the most destructive war the world has ever seen broke out. 44 years ago VE- and VJ-Days marked the end of that war, and with it the emergence of a new bipolar…
Christoph Bertram on Future Foreign Policy Challenges
In March 1988 the Canadian Institute of International Affairs sponsored a conference in Ottawa on “Canadian Foreign Policy: Preparing For The 21st Century”. One of the concluding speakers was Christoph Bertram whose thoughtful observations about future international challenges warrant some careful consideration.…
NATO: Reviewed, Revised and Renewed
What I have to say about the review of Canada’s participation in NATO, following the election of the first Trudeau government in 1968, will be my personal recollections. They will be of a general character as befits a Minister. In the nature…
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…
Monty the Field Marshal, 1944-1976
Hamilton’s third volume — Monty the Field Marshal 1944-1976 — is long (almost 1000 pages) and often filled with detail that could easily have been omitted. From the mass of data it is nonetheless possible to paint a fairly clear picture of…
Le Canada et l’Otan
Depuis la seconde guerre mondiale, le Canada s’est délibérément et constamment appliqué à préserver et à promouvoir sa souveraineté, son indépendance, son identité et son influence en mettant l’accent, dans sa conduite internationale, sur l’interdependance des nations et des peuples et sur…
