Emerging Scholar
Balthazar Stengelin is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Montreal and a research assistant at the École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP). His research focuses on Canada's place in the Arctic defense architecture, relations with Russia in the context of the region's growing militarization, and the vectors and narratives of Russian propaganda. He is particularly interested in the evolution of international cooperation in the Arctic and the narratives that Russian state media construct around tensions in the region. He holds a master's degree in European, Russian, and Eurasian studies from Carleton University, has also studied at McGill…
Emerging Scholar
Katerina Sviderska is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Cambridge (UK). A Gates Cambridge Scholar, she is interested in European politics and nationalism studies, particularly in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. Her master's thesis (Prix Jenson-Pétry from the Société québecoise de science politique) focused on Russian historical myths about Ukraine, while her broader work explores European integration, national construction and identity politics. An associate fellow of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa, Katerina is co-coordinator of the annual convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) and of the…
Collaborator
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…
Emerging Scholar
Ludwine Tchatat currently works as a scientific advisor at the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP). She holds a master's degree and a bachelor's degree with honours in political science from the Université de Montréal. She conducted research for her dissertation on the impact of rebel victories in civil conflicts on the improvement of socio-economic conditions of the population. Her work was supervised by Professor Théodore Mclauchlin with whom she also worked as a research assistant on projects related to military training and capacity building.
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…
Emerging Scholars
Jacob Tuckey is a graduate student at the University of Waterloo pursuing an MA in Global Governance and researching defence-industrial strategy. His broader interests include trade weaponization and Euro-Atlantic security. Jacob is currently a Balsillie Graduate Fellow in economic security, where he is examining Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs and Chinese industrial overcapacity. He is also serving as a member of the NATO Association of Canada’s policy task force on achieving the alliance’s financing commitment of 2.8% of GDP for national defence. Previously, Jacob earned a BBA in Strategic Management and International Policy at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School, where…
Emerging Scholar
Gabriel Turmel is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He is particularly interested in security policies. His research focuses on the adoption of different forms of capabilities-based planning (CBP) in the security and defence infrastructure of Western states, particularly in the United States and France. He currently works as a senior analyst in the Government of Canada’s national security community, as well as in military intelligence within the Canadian Armed Forces. Before joining the doctoral program in January 2022, Gabriel completed a bachelor’s degree in history at Université Laval…
Emerging Scholar
Louis-Charles is currently completing his Master's degree in Political Studies at Memorial University, after finishing his Bachelor's degree at the University of New Brunswick in the same field. He is particularly interested in political conflict, and how environmental issues and political communications affect political conflict. Most of his work, covered by a case study conducted in New Brunswick, focused on political and social conflicts related to the implementation of renewable energy projects.
Emerging Scholars
Stéphanie Veillette is in her final year of a Master's degree in International Studies, majoring in International Security, at Université Laval. Her research interests focus mainly on security and defence issues in the Euro-Atlantic region; her final MA essay examined Germany's defence policies and recent military investments following the conflict in Ukraine. She also has a particular interest in NATO and military coalitions. Over the past year, she has had the opportunity to research these two topics in support of subsequent publications.
