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by Yaroslav Baran

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Putin’s Assault on Common Decency and the Rule of Law Has Backfired

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Overtime at COP26: Toward a Common Future

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The Diplomats

by L. Ian MacDonald

Memories of My Father: Sharing a Mission, 50 Years Apart

Dispatch From a Wartime Ambassador

by Larisa Galadza

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Canada’s Diplomacy Game

by Jeremy Kinsman

Trade Diplomacy in a Time of Flux: Q&A With Nadia Theodore

by Nadia Theodore and Lisa Van Dusen

Changing the Face of Security: Being a Woman Ambassador to NATO

Letter from Brussels: The Power of a United Response

by Ailish Campbell

Policy Q&A with Senator Peter Boehm: Is Canada’s Foreign Service ‘Fit for Purpose’?

by Peter Boehm and Lisa Van Dusen

How the Internet Has Changed Multilateral Diplomacy

by Michael W. Manulak and Duncan Snidal

Diplomacy as Crisis Management

How the Free World Helped Free Two Canadians: Diplomacy and the Two Michaels

by Mike Blanchfield and Fen Osler Hampson

Book Reviews

‘Above the Fold’: How John Honderich Got it First, Sewed it Up and Played it Big

Master Negotiator: James A. Baker and the Hinge of History

by Colin Robertson

‘Hope is a Woman’s Name’: Leading Between the Lines

by Gray MacDonald

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Canada’s Role in Strengthening Critical Minerals Security

by Jonathan Price

‘We Must Protect and Preserve One Another’: Ambassador Iddo Moed on the Anniversary of October 7

by Ambassador Iddo Moed