Emerging Scholar
Jacob Fortier is a doctoral student at Northwestern University in Chicago. His research interests include secession conflicts, foreign policy and political violence. Prior to his doctoral studies, he completed a Master's degree in Political Science at the University of Montreal. His thesis, supervised by Professor Lee JM Seymour, explored the influence of radical factions within the Quebec independence movement. He also worked in the Ministry of the Executive Council as an information officer. He previously attended Laval University (distinction) and the University of Mannheim, Germany.
Emerging Scholar
Maxandre is currently studying international relations at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) under the supervision of Justin Massie. His research, funded by SSHRC and FRQSC, focuses on how US allies - mainly Canada and Australia - perceive the decline of the US and the rise of China, and the strategies they are putting in place to cope with this shift. His policy briefs on the UK's Integrated Review and Taiwan's loss of diplomatic allies won him first prize in the Network for Strategic Analysis' Best Student Publication competition in 2021 and 2022. In addition to his involvement with…
Scholar | Great Powers
Michel Fortmann (Ph.D., Montréal) is professor emeritus of political science at Montreal University. He was director and founder of the Centre d’études sur paix et la sécurité internationale (CEPSI). His research focuses on weapons control, nuclear strategy, war history, foreign affairs. He is the author, with Albert Legault, of Une diplomatie de l’espoir, le Canada et le désarmement de 1945 à 1988 (Presses de l’Université Laval, 1990), and the English version (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1992) was nominated for the Gelber Prize. He is co-director of Balance of Power, Theory and Practice in the 21st Century (University Press, 2004) and Le…
Scholar | Capacity Building
Philippe M. Frowd is Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. He received his PhD from McMaster University in 2015. His research focuses on the transnational governance of security in the Sahel region of West Africa, with an emphasis on interventions around transnational organized crime, irregular migration, and border control. More generally, Philippe’s work focuses on techniques and technologies of security and the professionals who interact with them. He is the author of Security at the Borders: Transnational Practices and Technologies in West Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and his work has appeared in journals…
Scientific Board
Frédérick Gagnon is the Chairholder of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair, Director of the Observatory of the United States and Director of the Observatory of multidimensional conflicts. He is Professor of political science at University of Québec in Montréal. He received a Fullbright scholarship in 2014-2015. He has published, alone or in collaboration, books on american foreign policy (Théories de la politique étrangère américaine, with Charles-Philippe David, dir., Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2012 et 2018), the US Congress (Les sénateurs qui changent le monde, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2013; Le Congrès des États-Unis, dir., Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2006), the…
Advisory Board
Having accumulated more than 35 years of varied experience with the Canadian Army (career in the infantry with the Royal 22e Régiment), BGen (ret'd) Richard Giguère has worked in operational environments in Canada and abroad (Germany, Oka Crisis, Haiti, Kabul, Kandahar), diplomacy (military attaché in Washington) and academics. He commanded the Second Battalion of the Royal 22e Régiment and the Citadelle de Québec, the Land Force Quebec Sector (now the 2nd Canadian Division) and Joint Task Force (East), and the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, whose mission is to prepare senior military and civilian leaders (Canadian and foreign) to tackle…
Emerging Scholar
Marianne Grenier is currently in her final year of her Master's degree in Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. Her principal areas of research are cyber threats to critical infrastructure, nuclear terrorism prevention and international security regimes. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Security and Policing Studies from the University of Montreal. Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master's Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to pursue her research on a comparison of treaties to prevent nuclear terrorism, she is particularly interested in the study of new and evolving security challenges resulting from emerging technologies.
Student Collaborators
Zachary Griffiths-Julien joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2017 as an Infantry Soldier. In 2019, he deployed on OP PRESENCE as a member of the Force Protection team. Currently in his final year of undergraduate studies at Bishop’s University, honours in International Studies and Major in Political science, he interests himself in questions concerning terrorism and intelligence studies. In the past, Zachary has worked on the Conseils de sécurité Podcast, a coproduction between the Network for Strategic Analysis and the Canadian Defence and Security Network, under the supervision of Dr. Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé. Recently, he collaborates with the Équipe de recherche…
Collaborator
Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research examines effectiveness, knowledge and change in international organizations, particularly in conflict management. She has expertise in NATO, the EU, UN, international cooperation, crisis management, military operations, organizational learning, organizational culture, gender mainstreaming and gender in STEM. Hardt has authored two books: NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford University Press, 2014). Hardt’s research is published or forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, Global Governance,…
Collaborator
Ronld Hatto is Senior Lecturer of International Relations at Science Po Paris and Researcher at Centre de recherches internationales (CERI). He has served in the UNFICYP (United Nations Force in Cyprus) as a peacekeeper in the Canadian Army. His current research focuses on international security, UN peacekeeping, foreign policy of France and USA, and international order. He is a member of the Research Network on Peace Operations (ROP) and of the Observatoire sur les missions de paix et operations humanitaires. He is the author of Le Maintien de la paix : l’ONU en action (Armand Colin, 2015) and L'ONU…
