The Foreign Service Journal, December 2003

tion technologies, and many other service- and technology-based chal- lenges. Our National Energy Policy of May 2001 (known informally as the Cheney Report) provided a compre- hensive blueprint for enhancing our energy security on five fronts: increasing energy supplies; modern- izing conservation; modernizing energy infrastructure; accelerating the protection and improvement of the environment; and building strong international relationships. Canadians helped to develop this blueprint and they are already experiencing this future with us; they share both our challenges and our vision. That’s why Canadian energy experts, officials, researchers and companies responded so positively to the National Energy Policy Report. And their enthusiasm gave it momentum which has helped to keep its work moving forward through the turbulent events of the past two-and-a-half years. Looking to the future, Canadians are just the kind of energy partners we need. Success Is Never Assured We form poor strategies when we are complacently certain about what matters, what works, and what won’t. And one of our dangerous, compla- cent certainties is that the growth in Canadian energy sup- plies can be taken for granted. Take just one example: electric power. Canada holds great untapped potential for new electri- cal power generation. Forecasters believe that as much as F O C U S D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 3 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 43 Canadians aren’t just our energy partners of the future; they’re our energy partners today. It’s time we recognized them as such. T he Center for International Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan research center established in 1975 to promote peace, democracy and respect for human rights. A staff of former diplomats, academics and activists works to increase citizens’ awareness of what their government is doing abroad in their name. The Center’s president is Robert E. White. Our national security program, led by Melvin Goodman, a veteran of the State Department and the CIA, and Parker Borg challenges the militarization of foreign policy and the politicization of intelligence. Prominent journalist Selig Harrison leads the Center’s Asia program and Wayne Smith heads the Cuba program. Both projects promote diplomatic approaches to foreign policy issues. To learn more about these and other Center programs, visit our website ( www.ciponline.org ). Supported only by foundations and individual donors, including a number of former FSOs, the Center has the independence to challenge those agencies and officials who, in the name of a vague, all purpose national security doctrine, undermine our democratic system of checks and balances. The Center for International Policy 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2000 202-232-3317; cip@ciponline.org Books by FS Authors Here’s how it works: 1. Go to the AFSA Web site, www.afsa.org. 2. Click on the Marketplace tab (second brown tab from the right). 3. Click on the “AFSA and Amazon Books” icon 4. Click on “FS Authors” and then go directly to book list- ings by subject. 5. Shop away! So bookmark the AFSA site, use the link and help your association — and yourself!