“Interesting times”, exciting times
“May you live in interesting times” goes the old Chinese curse, but few diplomats who love their profession would want it otherwise! These are very interesting times, and where they lead is uncertain.
Guerrilla Diplomacy
Editor’s Note: Daryl Copeland, a colleague and committed critic of Canadian diplomacy currently with the Munk Centre at the University of Toronto, paid the Pearson Building a visit on September 20, 2009. At the invitation of PAFSO’s Professional Committee, he addressed a…
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
In the wake of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, in the early years of the twenty-first century we seem to have reached a defining moment, a moment characterized by extraordinary flux and uncertainty. The post Cold War era is over, with the…
Letter to the Editor
Having read the rather jingoistic article by Satya Das (The Kinder Gentler Nation, bout de papier Vol. 17,No.2) in which he presented his views on how Canada might be “branded” and “marketed” worldwide, I must offer one or two points of clarification.
Culinary Diplomacy on the Upper North Side: Newer, Better and Tastier
by Michael Phillips, Kevin O’Shea, and Lianne Verheyden Photos: Greg Kinch Photography
The Right Honourable Kim Campbell — An LA Story
bout de papier: What was it like coming to California as a former Prime Minister and taking on the job of Consul General?
The Kinder, Gentler Nation
It is absolutely no surprise that most Americans don’t have a clue about Canada. The findings of pollsters commissioned by the federal government are dismal indeed — although I wonder whether those who couldn’t name Prime Minister Jean Chrétien were asked if…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
bout’s summer issue leads with its cover story “The Kinder, Gentler Nation: Why Canada is a Beacon in the Globalized World” by awarding-winning Edmonton Journal writer, Satya Das. Das is a respected commentator on international affairs and we welcome this, his first…
Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Ithough Public Diplomacy is a relatively new term, having come into the Department’s parlance as a “Business Line” through the amalgamation of Public Affairs and Culture and Communications a couple of years ago, it is by no means a totally new concept.…
Editor’s Notebook // Carnet du rédacteur
The knock on DFAIT has often been that it’s a Department that faces the world but ‘has its back to downtown’ Ottawa. That Foreign Service Officers who achieve such remarkable success overseas through adept networking and use of their diplomatic skills fail…
