Le Canada à l’Organisation des États américains (OEA)
Le 27 octobre 1989, le Premier ministre Mulroney annonçait à San José, Costa Rica, que le Canada n’entendait plus « rester à l’écart » de l’Hémisphère : nous allions donc adhérer à l’OEA et « devenir des citoyens à part entière qui…
The Washington Mood
The following article was adapted from informal remarks made by Derek Burney, Ambassador to the USA, on May 14 in Ottawa to the PAFSO Professional Committee. These written remarks were provided Neil Reeder, Executive Assistant to the Ambassador. Editor
Pressure: How America Runs NATO
Who really runs NATO? That is the question that Dan Smith, associate director of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, addresses in his book Pressure: How America Runs NATO. Smith’s argument is a more subtle variation of the conspiracy theories one finds in…
Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic
Chia Chen and Chia Jung were imprisoned in the Prefecture of Chin-yi while the Ning Mansion was confiscated, together with all effects and clothing.
The Power Game — How Washington Works
Shortly before leaving office, Harry Truman made a famous remark about his successor, Dwight Eisenhower: “He’ll sit right here and he’ll say, ‘Do this. Do that!’ And nothing will happen. Poor Ike — it won’t be a bit like the Army. He’ll…
A Tale of Two Canadians
The odds of winning LOTO/649 surely must be lower by far than the odds of Personnel effecting such perfect posting symmetry in the normal course of business. Two well-known Canadian authors (spouses at that) landing at our two major missions in the…
The Difference Between New York and Washington?
(Editor’s note: Sidney Freifeld’s new book about some of the amusing sidelights of the Department over the years, Undiplomatic Notes: Tales from the Canadian Foreign Service, was published by Hounslow Press in October. See our review on page 40.)
The Uneasy Alliance: Religion, Refugee Work, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Reviewed by Gerald Dirks
The New Internationalism: Implications for Canada’s Foreign Policy and Foreign Service
The following was originally a speech given to a meeting of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers which was subsequently revised for publication in bout de papier.
Controlling the Crisis Climate
One always wishes for greater age, wisdom, insight or argumentative powers in crises cases, but what is really needed is a formal crisis management plan. Such a plan need not anticipate the actual cause of the crisis, but it should contain policy…
