James Bissett

Latest by James Bissett in Chronicles

• Reviews

  September 2010

  An Unfinished Story

  Srdja Trifkovic is no stranger to Chronicles readers, many of whom have found his articles commenting on foreign affairs, with particular attention to the Balkans, to be insightful, penetrating, and written with authority. His latest book, The Krajina Chronicle, provides further confirmation of his extraordinary talent.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  February 2008

  Honor Killings in Canada

  As Canadians were preparing for the Christmas season, they were shocked to learn that Aqsa Parvez, a 16-year-old Muslim girl from the Toronto area, was strangled to death by her devout father, a cab driver of Pakistani origin.

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• Vital Signs

  January 2007

  Kosovo in the Crosshairs

  Serbian voters have approved a new constitution that, among other things, reaffirms Serbian sovereignty over Kosovo, which, since the NATO bombing of 1999, has been administered by the United Nations with the help of NATO troops.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  April 2006

  End of Liberal Party Rule

  Stephen Harper, a 43-year-old politician from Calgary, became the leader of the newly formed right-wing Canadian Alliance in 2002. One year later, he managed to unite his party with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada.

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• View

  October 2005

  Learning From Canada’s Mistakes

  Since his appointment as Canadian ambassador to the United States, Frank McKenna has spent many hours trying to assure Americans that none of the September 11 hijackers came from Canada.

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• Cultural Revolutions

  February 2003

  Displaying Moral Outrage

  Canadian officials have been badgering the United States for deporting Syrian Maher Arar from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in October 2002. The Canadian government, however, is not entitled to display such moral outrage.

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