Executive assistant
Holder of a bachelor's degree in translation from Colombia, Nadia continued her studies with a master's degree in Hispanic studies at Concordia University, followed by a certificate in public service administration at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Practitioner
Since graduating in 1979, Moustapha Soumaré has had over 40 years of extensive experience in several policy, management and leadership positions of increasing responsibility both in his country and at international level in several countries across Africa, Europe and the UN HQ in the USA. Moustapha Soumaré is currently member of the Board of Directors of the Peace Operations Training Institute (POTI). From 2015 to 2020 he served as the Deputy Special Representative (Political) for the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). From 2012 to 2015 he was the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the…
Emerging Scholar
Arthur Stein is a senior analyst at the Institute for Advanced National Defense Studies (IHEDN) in France. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Montreal; his doctoral research focused on determining whether and how the public disclosure of external support for rebels influences their use of violence against civilians during internal wars. More broadly, his research focuses on civil conflicts and violence against civilians. Prior to his doctoral studies, he earned a master’s degree in political science from the Institute of Political Studies in Strasbourg (France). He also served as an intern at the United Nations…
Emerging Scholar
Balthazar Stengelin is a Ph.D. student in public administration and a research assistant at the École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP). His research focuses on Canada’s role in the Arctic defense architecture, relations with Russia in the context of the region’s growing militarization, and Kremlin propaganda. He holds a master’s degree in European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies from Carleton University and is the author of two chapters in a collaborative book published by Presses de l’Université du Québec on security issues in the Arctic. He is the recipient of a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2025–2028).
Emerging Scholar
Katerina Sviderska is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). A Gates Cambridge Scholar, she focuses on European politics and the study of nationalism, particularly in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. She teaches at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and the Kyiv School of Economics (Ukraine). Her master’s thesis at the University of Montreal (winner of the Jenson-Pétry Prize from the Quebec Political Science Association) focused on Russian historical myths concerning Ukraine, while her broader research explores European integration, nation-building, and identity politics. As an associate member of the Chair in…
Practitioner
Thierry Tardy is Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Previously he held senior research and management positions at the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), and the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris. His fields of expertise include NATO’s policy and adaptation, the European Union Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), NATO-EU relations, the politics of crisis management, UN peace operations, and French security and defense policy. He has published six books and more than 100 articles or book chapters. His most recent book is…
Practitioner
Ludwine Tchatat is a public policy analyst and political science researcher. She holds a master’s degree in political science, with a specialization in international relations, from the University of Montreal, and her work focuses in particular on civil conflicts, international security, and military capacity-building. Her academic research has focused on the consequences of rebel victories in civil conflicts and their effects on the socioeconomic conditions of populations. She has also contributed to studies on military training abroad, particularly on the effects of U.S. military training programs and their implications for Canada. In recent years, she has developed professional expertise in…
Emerging Scholars
Benjamin Toubol is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at Université Laval. His thesis focuses on the fragmentation and hybrid governance of armed groups in political competition in Northern Iraq. More specifically, his research focuses on the influence of non-state groups in Iraqi Kurdistan and their legitimacy in delegating violence to the population. Holder of a master's degree from the Institut Français de Géopolitique, he conducted several research fields in Iraq between 2017 and 2023. With a degree in literary Arabic studies, he has lived in Tunisia and several Middle Eastern countries. He has also worked for…
Emerging Scholar
Vincent Tourret is a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Justin Massie at the Department of Political Science of the University of Quebec in Montreal. He holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Paris II Assas and in History from the University of Paris IV. He was a research fellow at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique from 2018 to 2022, where he remains a research associate. His work has focused on the "techno-operational" analysis of armed conflicts, which consists in assessing the impact of doctrinal and capability innovations on military apparatuses, at the level…
Practitioner
Jacob Tuckey is an early-career policy professional with a focus on industrial strategy and defence, and an emerging fellow at the CDA Institute. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Waterloo’s Balsillie School, where his research focused on how NATO member states on the eastern flank developed their defence industries in response to two major flashpoints in the Russo-Ukrainian War. In addition to his work with the Network, Jacob has served as a Balsillie Graduate Fellow studying economic resilience, as well as a research lead for a policy task force at the NATO Association of Canada. His…
