At a time when the news is full of lives lost before their time it sometimes seems unreasonable to be saddened by the passing of a man at the age of 97, but the community of public diplomacy scholars and practitioners should pause for a moment to mark the passing of the great American public diplomat Walter R. Roberts, on June 29, 2014.

Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair has been relieved of his functions as Quebec’s official representative in New York City at his own request so he can fight allegations involving his past cocaine use.