Will the Long March to Democracy in Pakistan Finally Succeed?
to the country (and even for Pakistanis), never mind for those trying to make sense of events from afar. Fortunately two new publications have appeared that help: Sheila Fruman’s Will The Long March to Democracy in Pakistan Finally Succeed?, Peaceworks No. 73,…
L’Ouest et le monde musulman
Ferry de Kerckhave La soute chose qui me dédouane c’est qu’à part « ma » victoire sur l’URSS à l’OTAN, presque toute ma carrière et une bonne partie de ma vie se sont déroulées en pays musulmans, me donnant peut-être un soupçon…
Pakistan and the Aftermath of 9/11: What the West Fails to See
I have an affinity for Canadians. Close members of my family live in Canada, I have known many of your High Commissioners and I was a guest of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service a few years ago for a conference on…
South Asian Trilogy: Personal Perspectives on Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
Canada’s death toll in Afghanistan stood at 157 at the time of writing. It is a sobering figure. The withdrawal of Canadian troops from Kandahar represented a milestone in our engagement with South Asia, but have we reflected on what was actually…
Strengthening Federalism and Democracy in Pakistan: Canadians Lend a Hand
Editor’s Note: Ms. Fruman is a Canadian and the former Country Director for NDI Pakistan. While Mr. Preston believes that Bob Rae offers policy makers in Ottawa a future for Canadian foreign policy, Ms. Fruman offers a “test case” on how Canadians…
A Troubled Pilgrimage
Although we think of pilgrimages as devotional trips to special places like Santiago de Compostela or Mecca, usually the real destination is the same: the soul. Born in Lahore just before British India’s brutal partition in 1947, in 2006 Bill Bhaneja took…
Pakistan’s Jingle Trucks
f you travel the precipitous mountain roads of Afghanistan or northwestern Pakistan, sooner rather than later you’ll find yourself stuck behind a huge old Bedford truck, overloaded with sugar, cows or refugees, creeping uphill at five kilometres/hour and belching thick black diesel…
Pastoral Pursuits in Pakistan’s Punjab
Malik Ata Muhammed Khan, Prince of the Awans, thinks that the running of the bulls in Pamplona, immortalized by Ernest Hemingway, is for pussies …
John Hadwen 1923–2007
The following is the tribute given by James (Si) Taylor at the Memorial Service on Friday, September 7, 2007. John Hadwen was a member of the senior editorial board of bout de papier and a constant supporter of the foreign service.
John Small 1919–2006
Memories of John Small by Arthur Menzies at memorial service in Ottawa on 31 May 2006.
