Stéphanie Martel

Stéphanie Martel is Assistant Professor of Political Studies – specializing in International Relations – at Queen’s University, where she is the Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy. She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada. She serves as a Canadian representative in informal diplomacy dialogues such as the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Expert and Eminent Persons Group and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. Her research focuses on multilateral diplomacy, security regionalism, and the role of discourse in the social construction of world politics, with a focus on Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific. He recent book titled Enacting the Security Community: ASEAN’s Never-Ending Story was published in 2022 at Stanford University Press. Dr. Martel’s work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, International Affairs, International Studies Perspectives, PS: Political Science & Politics, The Pacific Review, Monde Chinois and L’Espace Politique, among others.

Expertise

• Regional Security
• Multilateral Diplomacy
• Southeast Asia

Selected Publications

• Stéphanie Martel. “Canada-ASEAN relations at Forty-Five: A Mixed Scorecard.” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (2023).
• Stéphanie Martel et Aarie Glas. “The contested meaning-making of diplomatic norms: competence in practice in Southeast Asian multilateralism.” European Journal of International Relations (2023).
• Stéphanie Martel, Jennifer Mustapha, and Sarah Sharma. “Women, Peace and Security governance in the Asia–Pacific: a multi-scalar field of discourse and practice.” International Affairs (2022).
• Stéphanie Martel, Enacting the Security Community: ASEAN’s Never-Ending Story (Stanford University Press, 2022).
• Stéphanie Martel, « The Polysemy of Security Community-Building: Toward a ‘People-Centered’ Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?, » International Studies Quarterly (2020).
• Stéphanie Martel, « Enjeux de sécurité en Asie du Sud-Est et au-delà, » in L’Asie du Sud-Est à la croisée des puissances (Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2019).
• Stéphanie Martel, “From Ambiguity to Contestation: Discourse(s) of Non-Traditional Security in the ASEAN Community,” The Pacific Review 30:4 (2017): 549-565.