# Stephen Saideman

> Stephen Saideman holds the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

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Modified: 2026-08-21

Stephen Saideman holds the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University’s[Norman Paterson School of International Affairs](http://www1.carleton.ca/npsia/). He is also the[Director of both the Canadian Defence and Security Network](https://www.cdsn-rcds.com/) and the **Civil-Military Relations Network**. Heco-hosts[Battle Rhythm](https://www.cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm), 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 has also worked on the domestic politics of ethnic conflict, and Canadian defence and foreign policy issues. He is the author of *Adapting in the Dust*(University of Toronto Press, 2016) and co-author of *Overseen or Overlooked: Legislators, Armed Forces, and Democratic Accountability*(Stanford University Press, 2015). He has published in academic journals such as *International Organization, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies, Quarterly, and European Journal of international Security**.*He has won awards for teaching, for mentoring other faculty, for public engagement, and for his blogging on international studies. His social media address on a variety of outlets is*@smsaideman.*