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DIPLOMATICA|
Cartoons from around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Fen Hampson on the nuclear threat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Questions Asked: Manufacturers boss Dennis Darby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Good Deeds: ODA raises funds for Reach Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Notes from the field: Co-operatives change lives in Rwanda . . . . . . . 34 Diplomatic Agenda: South Korean ambassador on North Korea . . . . 35 Trade Winds: China, Peru and Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
DISPATCHES|
Spotlight on innovation Our Top-10 list of life-changing global innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 An economist's take: Where is innovation taking us? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Innovation is a must to diversify Canada's economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Canada's innovation underperformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Expo 2017's innovation showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: What to expect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 African migrants fleeing the continent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 China's spreading its word through Confucius Institutes . . . . . . . . . . 68 Russia's long-term plan for the west . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
DELIGHTS|
Books: On the Russian Revolution and border walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Entertaining: Vivacious Vietnamese cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Wine: The enduring appeal of good Riesling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Residences: The Hungarian ambassador's home with a reno . . . . . . . 86 Envoy's Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Photo Finish: Mike Beedell's Spirit Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
DIGNITARIES|
New arrivals in the diplomatic corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
DIPLOMATIC LISTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 DESTINATIONS|
Exploring Japan with a sake samurai and ambassador . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Swimming with whales in the Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 COVER PHOTO: PIXABAY
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