Pacific
Simon Winchester takes us on a voyage through cross-currents of regional geopolitics, environment, technology, and culture.
The Wrong Enemy
THE WRONG ENEMY: AMERICA IN AFGHANISTAN, 2001-2014, by Carlotta Gall, 2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 352 pp, $37.00
Andrew Cohen: Two Days in June
In Two Days in June, renowned Canadian journalist and professor Andrew Cohen provides fresh insight into the political life, times and achievements of President John F. Kennedy and his talented circle of advisors. Although spending 373 pages on just two days may…
Henry Kissinger On China
Henry Kissinger needs no introduction. For the past sixty years his has been the voice of foreign policy par excellence, at the perihelion of momentous events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. At 89 his views remain central to…
Pakistan and the Aftermath of 9/11: What the West Fails to See
I have an affinity for Canadians. Close members of my family live in Canada, I have known many of your High Commissioners and I was a guest of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service a few years ago for a conference on…
Why Diplomacy is Changing: Susan Johnson Examines our Tradecraft
bout de papier took the opportunity to chat with the American Foreign Service Association’s President, Susan R. Johnson, on a recent visit to Ottawa. She spoke to audiences ranging from the Canadian International Council to PAFSO members, interspersed with liaison at Ottawa’s…
The Foreign Service and the United States or You want an exotic posting? Try this…
The great thing about a foreign service career is the opportunity to work abroad, representing Canada and assisting Canadians wherever they are. And Canadians are everywhere these days; ask the Consular Bureau!
United States of Mind
Flashback: the offices of Premier Rialto Sleazewagon, who lounged behind his desk, idly rubbing the head of his adoring Doberman, Stockwell. Across from him were two henchmen: Wild Bill van Salmon, former Premier, travelling tulip salesman and master of disguise; and farm-belt…
Sandino: The Testimony of a Nicaraguan Patriot, 1921-1934; After the Fire’s Gone Out: The Legacy of a Revolution; Our Man in Panama: The Shrewd Rise and Brutal Fall of Manuel Noriega; Intervention or Neglect: The United States and Central American Beyond the 1980s
L’Amérique centrale et son prolongement : le Panama a été par excellence une terre d’intervention des Etats-Unis durant ce siècle. Les quatre livres que nous examinons, si différents soient-ils, s’inscrivent dans cette réalité.
The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation
Fidel Castro’s social revolution struggles to survive, no longer able to rely on the unstinting support it has depended on for thirty years from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. There, socialism has vanished in the twinkling of an historical eye. How…
