Student Collaborator
Christina Lépine is an undergraduate student at Bishop’s University currently completing her third year of a double major in international studies with a concentration in global governance and in sociology with a concentration in criminology, law, and social policy. She is the Vice-President of Academic Affairs for the Bishop’s University Students’ Representative Council, a Senator on the Bishop’s University Senate, and a co-organizer for the Canadian Undergraduate Security Conference. Her security research focuses on international crimes and conflicts as well as cybersecurity.
Scholar
Jacques Lévesque is emeritus professor of political science at Université of Québec in Montréal. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and knight of the National Order of Québec. He was senior expert for the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in 1985, 1987 and 1989. He was also special advisor at the Canadian Embassy to the United Nations. His research focuses on Russia and USSR, East Europe, China-Russia relations, foreign policy. He is the author of many books, including L'URSS et sa politique internationale depuis 1917 (Armand Colin, 1980), L'URSS et sa politique internationale,…
Scholar
Ting-Sheng Lin is associate professor of political science at University of Québec in Montréal, scholar at Centre d’études sur l’intégration et la mondialisation (CEIM) and founder and director of the Observatoire de l’Asie de l’Est : Chine, Japon, Corée. His research focuses on East Asia (principaly), on China, Japan and Korea, East Asia militarization, strategic cultures and collective security institutions. He has published in academic journals National Defense Journal, Taiwan International Studies Quarterly, Review of Global Politics, Chronique de l’Observatoire de l’Asie de l’Est, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Monde Chinois. He is the author of Le régime de travail…
Collaborator
Djallil Lounnas is Associate Professor of International Relations at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. Djallil Lounnas holds a PhD in Political Science from Université de Montréal. He has published numerous studies and scientific articles on the subject including Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Political Violence and Terrorism et Politique Étrangère. He is also the author of the book Le Djihadisme en Afrique du Nord-Sahel: D’AQMI à Daech published in 2019 by Les Presses de la fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique/L’Harmattan. He has coordinated and been part of several research teams in the framework of European H2020 research projects. He is the leader of…
Emerging Scholar
Emanuel is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Public Administration at the University of Ottawa. Prior to his MA he completed his honours degree in International Development and Globalization at the University of Ottawa. Emanuel’s research interests are in international relations; specifically studying unconventional defence threats - including climate change and artificial intelligence - and defence policy.
Collaborator
Anne-Laure Mahé is a Fellow in the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of Montreal and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Montreal Center for International Studies (CERIUM) and the East Africa researcher at the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) within the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. She is an associate researcher at the African Worlds Institute (IMAF) and at the Center for Social, Legal and Economic Studies and Documentation in Sudan (CEDEJ-Khartoum). Situated at the intersection of comparative politics, international relations…
Student Collaborator
Michelle is entering her fourth year of undergraduate studies at McGill University, pursuing a degree in Honours Political Science with a minor in Communications Studies. She is particularly interested in international law and its influence on global economic and power relations, as well as the media's role in shaping Canadian outlooks on foreign policy issues. At the CIDP, Michelle focuses on research with the NSA on global power relations. Through her work with the Canadian Council for Refugees, Michelle has researched the impact of Canada’s virtual refugee hearing process, and helped to establish a service-provision framework for Canadian organizations by…
Researcher
Stéphanie Martel is Assistant Professor of Political Studies – specializing in International Relations – at Queen’s University, where she is the Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy. She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada. She serves as a Canadian representative in informal diplomacy dialogues such as the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Expert and Eminent Persons Group and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. Her research focuses on multilateral diplomacy, security regionalism, and the role of discourse in the social construction of world politics, with a focus on Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific. He recent…
Scholar
Maria Martin de Almagro is assistant professor in the political science department at Université de Montréal. She studies gender politics, international political economy and the micro-dynamics of war to peace transitions from a poststructuralist and postcolonial perspective. Her research agenda revolves around 3 topics: 1) a multi-modal discourse approach to analyze the life cycle of international norms and their implementation in development and post-conflict environments; 2) the link between UN security and development policies; 3) transnational social movements and the production of knowledge on gender and race underpinning security and development policies. She has been Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at…
Co-director | Capacity Building
Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé is Full Professor at Bishop’s University and Non-Resident Fellow at the International Peace Institute, New York. She is the Deputy Director of the Centre FrancoPaix. In 2018–2019, she was the Canada Fulbright Research Chair for Peace and War Studies. In 2021, she was awarded the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. She is an associate faculty member of the Center for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) and of the Montreal Center for International Studies (CERIUM). Her research focuses on peacekeeping-intelligence, peace operations and security issues related to intra-state wars. Her most recent publications include “Competing for Trust: Challenges in UN Peacekeeping-Intelligence“. Author of the…
