The myth of the Pacific society: Quebec's contemporary strategic culture.
Introduction One of the most enshrined notions in Canadian foreign policy is that French-speaking Quebecois have a different attitude toward many issues than other Canadians, resulting in a national division that has come to be known as 'the two solitudes." This attitudinal difference is said to be...

I am too liberal to join politics, says Clooney.
Byline: Indrani Bagchi (##include msid=2162032,type=11 ##) Hollywood actor George Clooney at a hotel in New Delhi on Tuesday (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: He has twice been voted the "sexiest man alive". So you wouldn't really expect George Clooney, armed with another Oscar nomination...

When it's humid, dark and sticky: less discussed.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Less discussed than the conflicts in the arid terrain of Iraq and Afghanistan are the long-running conflicts in Colombia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka--being fought entirely or partially in jungle. Colombia's armed forces lose one soldier per day in fighting against the Farc (Fuerzas Armadas...

By George, Clooney's here.
Byline: Jyothi Prabhakar & Piyali Dasgupta (##include msid=2162032,type=11 ##) George Clooney (AP Photo) More pics http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2528463.cms Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney is currently in New Delhi on a recce trip to understand the country before he makes his first visit as peace ambassador here....

Economists ponder over global challenges.
Byline: Ashish Kumar Mishra COPENHAGEN: The Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) is receiving research reports which will help it rank grave world problems. Problems are plenty. Living in a world of scarce resources, it is necessary that spending to tackle the challenges be prioritised. To do...

Joining the Foreign Service--then, now, and in-between.
Editor's Note: A senior active-duty Foreign Service Officer examines the process of entering the Foreign Service, from the Rogers Act of 1924 to the present. She looks at how the changing needs of the Foreign Service have affected the examination-entry process, especially in regard to the present emphasis on...

New ArticleLakeside lazy days.
Byline: Anita Limaye We Army wives have to face the reality of staying alone at many points in our lives. Although we know at the back of our minds that it will happen, our hearts don't always accept the reality so easily. And this is my exact...

Safer 4 x 4 x necessity: the asymmetrical nature of current conflicts has sparked off a demand for a new generation of 4 x 4 armoured vehicles to protect troops from roadside explosive devices.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The need to provide better protection against hidden explosives and rocket-propelled grenades is the raison d'etre behind the American Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap) vehicle programme. In January 2007 the US Department of Defense launched the programme, with the US Marine Corps Systems Command as...

Is Celina Jaitly's hair real?
(##include msid=2162032,type=11 ##) Celina Jaitly (TOI Photo) More pics http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3059438.cms Celina Jaitly may be going through the best time of her professional life but the actress says that she has just come out of a really low phase on the personal front. "My...

International peacekeeping; the yearbook of international peace operations; v.11. (CD-ROM included).
9789004156784 International peacekeeping; the yearbook of international peace operations; v.11. (CD-ROM included) Ed. by Harvey Langholtz et al. Martinus-Nijhoff 2007 471 pages $395.00 Hardcover JZ6374 The core of this yearbook consists...