Searching for a Pakistan policy
Eight years after 9/11, Canadian policy towards Pakistan is still a work in progress.On a cold winter morning in mid-January, about 90 academics, journalists, former political leaders and diplomats gathered in a room in the Ottawa headquarters of Canada's spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. While drawn from different backgrounds, they all shared one thing in common: deep interest or expertise in Pakistan.
The next two days were spent discussing the factors that had...