THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE PODCAST

February 21, 2024

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Phil Calvert, Nick Etheridge, and Helen Lansdowne to discuss their recent book, "Supervising a Peace that Never Was: Recollections of Canadian Diplomatic Personnel in Indochina, 1954-1973".

You can find a short paper on the book on CGAI's website entitled "International Control Commissions: Canadian Diplomatic Pioneers in Southeast Asia".

And a review of the book by Colin in Policy Magazine entitled "The Quiet Canadians: Stories from Two Decades of Diplomacy in Indochina".

Guests:

• Phil Calvert is a CGAI Fellow and former Canadian ambassador to Thailand.
• Nick Etheridge served with the International Control Supervisory Commission in both Hanoi and Saigon and later as Canada’s representative to Cambodia and as High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
• Helen Lansdowne is the Associate Director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI) at the University of Victoria.

Host:

• Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

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