Containment: Forty Years Later
We asked four retired Canadian diplomats: George Grande, John Halstead, John Holmes and George Ignatieff for their views on the success of containment. They all reread Kennan’s famous piece and then went to work.
A Chat with the Ignatieffs
Last spring we ran the first half of an interview conducted with George and Alison Ignatieff. In this concluding half the Ignatieffs talk of life in Washington during the McCarthy era, at NATO, as Ambassador in: Belgrade, working with George Drew in…
The Making of a Peacemonger
I unhesitatingly commend to Bout de papier readers — of whatever vintage and stream — that they read George Ignatieff’s shortish book. First, it is a highly entertaining and witty “good read” – quite a rarity among memoirs dealing with Canada’s foreign…
Professional Committee Report
The PAFSO Professional Committee’s Breakfast Seminars continued in full force through the winter season. Speakers included International Trade Minister James Kelleher, (see interview on page) Frank Petrie, Lord Carrington, Robert Ford, John Harker, Greg Newell, Stephen Lewis, Charles McMillan and Jeffrey Simpson.
Paul Martin
With this issue we begin a series of interviews with former Secretaries of State for External Affairs. Paul Martin was SSEA during the Pearson years (1963-68). Member of Parliament since 1935, Paul Martin was later Government Leader in the Senate (1968-75) and…
