ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the contributory factors which have shaped the relationship between ‘spies and scholars’ and looks ahead to possible future developments. The readiness to assume that there is or should be a relationship between Intelligence and the academy derives from a shared intellectual activity – collection and analysis of information. In seeking a closer relationship with Intelligence, the Academy expects easier access to an enhanced flow of privileged information which would have both practical benefits and serve its longer-term capacity-building aims. Budgets became tighter, individuals and institutions became more risk averse and inward looking, and cost/benefit calculations regarding the relationship changed. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) describes the initiative as ‘an experiment in developing a new relationship with the realm of research and myriad other sectors to draw maximum benefit from publicly available knowledge in support of CSIS and the rest of the Government of Canada’.
