Emerging Scholar
Charline Hutin is a French student who speaks four languages and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation at Aix-Marseille University. Her academic and international background has centered on issues of defense, international security, crisis management, and military cooperation. She has had the opportunity to study in several countries, including Turkey, Italy, and Canada, allowing her to gain a comparative understanding of strategic, military, and diplomatic environments. With a particular interest in military issues, European crisis management, and counterterrorism, Charline is now pursuing a military career, with the goal of applying her academic, linguistic, and international skills to…
Emerging Scholar
Anvesh Jain is a Juris Doctor student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. He holds an honours degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto, with a focus in Canadian Foreign and Security Relations. His work examines grand strategy trends within the South Asian and Euro-Atlantic contexts, and he has been published by the Columbia SIPA Journal of International Affairs, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, the Stimson Center, and the U.S Air University’s Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, among others. He is currently affiliated with both the NATO Association of Canada and the Canada Tibet Committee, as well as the…
Emerging Scholar
Tancrède Jankowski holds a bachelor’s degree in law and political science from the Institut Catholique de Paris and a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Montreal. Specializing in the study of armed conflicts, he currently serves as International Security Advisor at La Poste Group. He began his career as an analyst at the Strategic Analysis Network (RAS/NSA), before serving as Communications Manager for the partner platform Le Rubicon and then as a Research Officer with the French Air and Space Force. He then spent more than two years as a Geopolitical Monitor at OFPRA (French Office for…
Strategic steering committee
Daniel Jean served as National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada (2016-18). Previously, he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2016) and Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage (2010-2013). From 2007 to 2010, he held a number of critical deputy minister positions first as Associate Secretary at the Treasury Board and later on as Deputy Secretary (Operations) at the Privy Council Office. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Minister in 2007, Daniel had a stimulating career in international and migration related issues both in Canada and abroad that included two postings in Haiti, two separate assignments in…
Practitioner
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer has been the Ambassador-designate of the French Republic to the United Republic of Tanzania since August 10, 2026. Since 2022, he has served as France’s ambassador to Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, where he led a team of 25 people addressing key Indo-Pacific, climate, and regional security issues. In this capacity, he managed several major crises: Category 5 cyclones, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that destroyed the embassy, and complex evacuations during the unrest in neighboring New Caledonia. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs for acts of courage and…
Fellow researcher
Joseph T. Jockel is Piskor Professor and Chair of Canadian Studies at St. Lawrence University. He is also co-editor of International Journal, the scholarly publication of the Canadian International Council, Toronto. His research has focused on the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). He is the author of two books, No Boundaries Upstairs: Canada, the United States and the Origins of North American Air Defence, 1945-1958 (1987) and Canada in NORAD, 1957-2007: A History (2007) as well as an article, “NORAD Does Not Need Saving” (2015). His most recent monograph is Canada and the Netherlands in Afghanistan (2014). Jockel is…
Researcher
Pierre Jolicoeur is Full Professor at the Department of Political Science at Royal Military College of Canada. Specialist of the former Soviet Union and South Eastern Europe, his research focuses on secessionist movements, foreign policy, federalism and cybersecurity. At RMCC, he teaches international relations and comparative politics. Through NATO programs, he also taught in Moldova and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Author or co-author of 2 books, 10 articles in Peer review journals, 23 chapters in university press, his publications, both in French and English, appeared in Études internationales, Journal of Borderland Studies, Canadian Journal of Foreign Policy,…
Researcher
Nicolas Klingelschmitt is a professor and researcher in political science specializing in multilateralism and African geopolitics. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and serves as associate director of the FrancoPaix Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping Missions at the Raoul Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate-level political science courses at UQAM and the University of Sherbrooke. His dissertation, supported by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec en Société et Culture (FRQSC) and completed while serving as a visiting researcher at the Institute for Peace…
