Fellow researcher
Chiara Ruffa is Academy fellow at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and associate professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defense University. Chiara's research focuses on civil-military relations and state militaries in nonconventional operations (such as peacekeeping and search and rescue). Her work has been published in the European Journal of International Relations, Security Studies, Acta Sociologica, Armed Forces and Society, Security and Defence Analysis, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Comparative European Politics, and several edited volumes. Her first book Military Cultures in Peace and Stability Operations was published with the University of Pennsylvania Press in…
Researcher
Stephen Saideman holds the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. He is also the Director of both the Canadian Defence and Security Network and the Civil-Military Relations Network. Heco-hosts Battle Rhythm, the CDSN’s podcast. His main area of research is International Security, defined broadly. For much of his career, he focused on the international relations of intervention: why do groups and countries get involved in conflicts elsewhere in the world, how do they engage in such efforts, and to what effect. Recently, he has spent most of his time comparing the civil-military relations of democracies and he…
Fellow researcher
Miguel Salazar is a PhD candidate in political science and international relations at the Centre d'études internationales (CERI) of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, Sciences Po. His thesis, entitled "Governing in common: the scientific-environmental regime of the Antarctic Treaty System in the light of Chilean Antarctic policy (1991-2021)", is supervised by Hélène Combes. He is also a research associate at the Millennium Institute - Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE) in Chile, where he collaborates with a wide range of natural and social science professionals involved in the study of biodiversity in these regions. In addition to his…
Fellow researcher
Natalie is Founder and Executive Director of Verve Research, an independent research collective focussed on the relationship between militaries and societies in Southeast Asia. She is also a Non-resident Fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Program and a PhD scholar at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, the Australian National University, focussing on Indonesian military history. In 2018, the Royal United Services Institute awarded her the Leo Mahony bursary to support her doctoral research. Natalie has been a guest lecturer and presenter at the Australian National University, Australian National Security College, Australian War College, Indonesian National Resilience Institute (LEMHANNAS),…
Fellow researcher
Christopher Sands is Director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute and an internationally renowned specialist on Canada and US-Canadian relations. He is also a Senior Research Professor of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He regularly gives testimony to the U.S. Congress and the Canadian Parliament, is a widely quoted source on Canadian and has published extensively over a career of more than 25 years in Washington think tanks. His work has been commissioned by Washington think tanks including the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Center for the Study…
Emerging Scholar
Rachel M. Sarfati is a master's student in international studies at the École supérieure d'études internationales of Université Laval. She is currently writing her essay under the supervision of Fannie Lafontaine. She previously obtained a law degree from the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Montpellier, France. Her academic interests are currently focused on international justice, in particular on the criminal repression of the most serious international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes). She has worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and for the Lexsitus website, at the request of the International Academy of…
Practitioner
Eric Sauvé is a defense, security, and intelligence consultant with over 30 years of experience in military operations, strategic analysis, and international security. A former infantry and intelligence officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, he was deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan before holding various training and leadership positions, notably at the NATO Special Operations University, where he trained officers and analysts from allied nations. As President of Innovigo, he advises government departments, public and private organizations, and technology companies in the fields of intelligence, risk management, strategic analysis, and organizational transformation. His work focuses in particular on…
Emerging Scholars
Mariana is a Master’s student at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. Her master’s project seeks to clarify the concept of strategic communication and identify the principal ways in which technological developments (social media and artificial intelligence) may be shaping its evolution in practice, focusing on its uses in conflict. Mariana’s research interests are rooted in the evolving landscape of international security. These include security studies, including critical theories; the role of international organizations, such as NATO, in shaping global security dynamics; and emerging frontiers of competition. Beyond traditional security paradigms, she is…
Fellow researcher
Olivier Schmitt is professor and head of research at the Institute for Military Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College. He's also a senior non-resident associate fellow at the NATO Defence College, and an associate at RAND Europe. He's currently an associate editor of the European Journal of International Securityand a board member of the Journal of Strategic Studies and of the Review of International Studies. He's a founding member of the French Association for War and Strategic Studies (AEGES), of which he was vice-president and scientific director, and a board member of the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS). Before…
Emerging Scholars
Lily Schricker is a graduate student at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, pursuing an MA in International Affairs with a specialization in foreign policy and diplomacy. She graduated with a BA at Bishop's University in International Relations and a double-minor in Political and Classical studies. Lily is a research assistant at Carleton University, pursuing research in both Indigenous-settler relations and international law. Currently, she is working on a co-authored paper focusing on the best methodological practices for conducting voting behaviour studies with Indigenous Peoples. Previously, she has assisted in the EPON mandate renewal study for UNITAMS…
