diplomacy

’Diplomacy, like a lot of other things Harper used to regard with suspicion, is back in style.’

Wary of upsetting allies who like the old, anti-Communist Harper, the Prime Minister welcomed the Dalai Lama

Why Ottawa’s decision to flout convention says a lot about its ties to the Old World

Much like "Jurist" , I had to laugh at the headlines conjured up in the wake of the most interesting Wikileaks revelation so far...

The genteel, moderate Aga Khan’s network is on the rise in Canada

COYNE on Canada’s defeat at the UN Security Council

Why China and India are not-so-friendly neighbours

WELLS: The work of historian Tony Judt, who lost all but his ability to speak, pays heed to the power of words

Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy on the prospects for peace with the Palestinians, and Iran, and why Israel is indestructible

In diplomatic circles this is apparently equivalent to mocking one’s mother.