bout de papier, Volume 25, Issue No. 1, 2010
bout de papier, Volume 19, Issue No. 4, 2003
Yemen, the Sequel: What’s at Stake?
Hark Kroll’s piece on Yemen (bout de papier Volume 25, No. 1) brought back vivid memories of my own visits to that lovely but troubled country. My first posting was Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. There being two Yemens in the late 70s, the…
Yemen: Why Canada Should Do More
The appearance of Yemen in the world news in recent months brought to mind memories of my posting in Riyadh at the end of the last century, when regular visits to Yemen provided the type of experiences that kept so many of…
In Arabia Felix
On the one hand, it was generally agreed to be a member of President Bush’s Junior Axis of Evil; it had been on the wrong side in the last Gulf War; it was the ancestral home of the bin Laden family and…
Guerre et paix au Moyen-orient et en Afrique / War and Peace in the Middle East and Africa
Le sous-ministre adjoint consulte sa montre. Il attend toujours les nouvelles du Haut Commissariat à Kenya sur les soeurs disparues au Rwanda. Il est quatorze trente dans la plupart des postes de sa région. Les priorités canadiennes dans la région sont au…
Early Morning Watch to Morning Alert
It is a clear, cool 00:01 night in Ottawa. The Lester Pearson Building, home of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, is a massive black shadow on the backdrop of an inky night. The four unequal towers of the Pearson…
