Émile Lambert-Deslandes

Émile is a doctoral student and Joseph-Armand Bombardier (CGS-D) Scholar in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University, studying International Relations and Security. He has been granted the Desjardins Scholarship, the G.G. Baron Van der Feltz Award for best master’s dissertation in International Relations, and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS; twice). Émile’s research is primarily focused on NATO deterrence, nuclear weapons proliferation, and nuclear latency. Additionally, he works on Canadian foreign and defence policy.

Émile has authored or co-authored articles, book chapters, and book reviews that have been published in International Affairs, Defence Studies, the Journal of Strategic and Military Studies, and the Palgrave Handbook on Contemporary Geopolitics. He regularly analyzes international events on the radio. He is also a Graduate Research Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy, and a Coordinator for the Network for Strategic Analysis. Previously, Émile earned a B.A. in International Development Studies at McGill University in 2020, and a M.A. in Political Studies at Queen’s University in 2022.

Expertise

• International Relations
• International Security
• Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons

Selected Publications

• Émile Lambert-Deslandes and Stéfanie von Hlatky, “NATO, Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament in an Age of US Ambivalence,” Defence Studies (March 2025): 1-8.
• Stéfanie von Hlatky and Émile Lambert-Deslandes, “The  War in Ukraine and nuclear sharing in NATO,” International Affairs 100, no. 2 (March 2024): 509-530.
• Émile Lambert-Deslandes, “A ‘Middle Power’ in Strategic Dependence: The Contemporary Geopolitics of Canada,” in The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Geopolitics, ed. by Zak Cope (Palgrave, 2024).
• Stéfanie von Hlatky and Émile Lambert-Deslandes, “NATO, the Ukraine War, and Extended Deterrence: What Future for Nuclear Sharing in Europe?” [in French] in À l’aune de la Guerre en Ukraine, eds. by André Simonyi and Frédérick Côté (Laval University Press, 2024).
• Émile Lambert-Deslandes, “Balancing, Bandwagoning, and Power Maximization: NATO Enlargement Through the Lens of Offensive Realism,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 22, no. 1 (October 2022): 175-206.