bout de papier, Volume 11, Issue No. 1, 1994
Are Crisis Operations the New Normal?

DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE, destabilizing events have come at us fast and furious: a global pandemic, the triumphant re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Each, on their own, could be described as…
A Foreign Service for the 21st Century

FIRST OF ALL, my deepest appreciation and warm thanks for the many kind and encouraging words sent my way after the publication of the last issue of bout de papier. They gave me a sense of what readers would like to see…
Emil Ihor Baran

Emil Baran was born in Bibrika, Western Ukraine. His family moved from refugee camp to refugee camp in Allied occupied Europe until they obtained their papers for migration to Canada settling in Saskatoon in 1949.