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JAMES
FERGUSSON
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Dr.
James Fergusson is Deputy Director of the Centre for Defence and
Security Studies, and an Associate Professor in the Department of
Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. He received his
BA(Hons) and MA Degrees from the University of Manitoba, and his Ph.D.
from the University of British Columbia in 1989. He teaches a range of
courses in the areas of international relations, strategic studies,
and foreign and defence policy, with an emphasis on Canada. He has
published numerous articles in these areas, most recently "The
Coupling Paradox: Nuclear Weapons, Ballistic Missile Defence and the
Future of the Trans-Atlantic Relationship". NATO and European
Security: Alliance Politics from the End of the Cold War to the Age of
Terrorism Alexander Moens, et.al. ed.s Westport: Praeger:2003;
“Getting to 2020: The Canadian Forces and Future Force Structure and
Investment Considerations” Canadian Foreign Policy 9:3, Spring
2002. He is also one of the principal authors of To Secure a
Nation: The Case for a New Defence White Paper. Council for
Canadian Security in the 21st Century. November 2001. Dr. Fergusson is
a former NATO research fellow, who examined the implications of
ballistic missile defence for NATO and the trans-Atlantic
relationship.
In addition to his academic publications, Dr Fergusson has been
commissioned to write several reports for the Department of National
Defence and Department of Foreign Affairs. Among these reports, he has
written on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty and co-authored
with Steve James the 2000 Space Appreciation for the
Directorate of Space Development. He annually participates in the
General and Senior Officer Space Indoctrination Course, the Canadian
Forces’ College Staff Officer and National Security Courses, and the
Air Force Staff Course in Winnipeg, and most recently addressed the
Canadian Air Force Symposium on Expeditionary Forces held at the
Canadian Forces' College in Toronto. Dr. Fergusson has testified on
several occasions to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and
International Trade and the Standing Committee on National Defence and
Veteran's Affairs, most recently on Canada and the question of
participation in the U.S. ballistic missile defence program for North
America.. He has also served on several panels of the Defence Science
Advisory Board, and is a member of the Defence Industrial Advisory
Committee.
Dr. Fergusson is currently completing a manuscript entitled Deja Vu
All Over Again: Canadian Policy from ABM and SDI, to NMD and Beyond.
Keywords: Strategic studies, nuclear weapons, ballistic missile
defence, military issues and outer space, aerospace, Canadian-US
defence relations.
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FRANK
HARVEY
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Frank P. Harvey is a Fulbright Scholar and the 2007
J. William Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair in Canadian Studies
at the State University of New York (Plattsburg). He is a Professor
of Political Science and International Relations and former Director
of the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University. His
books include Smoke and Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the
Illusion of Multilateral Security (University of Toronto Press,
2004) — Shortlisted for the 2004/2005 Donner Book Prize; Millennial
Reflections on International Studies (co-edited with Michael
Brecher, University of Michigan Press, 2002), Using Force to
Prevent Ethnic Violence: An Evaluation of Theory and Evidence
(with David Carment, Praeger, 2001), The International Politics of
Quebec Secession: State Making and State Breaking in North America
(co-edited with John Stack and David Carment, Greenwood Press, 2000),
Information Warfare and Security Policy (co-edited with Ann
Grifiths, 1999), Conflict in World Politics: Advances in the Study
of Crisis, War and Peace (with Ben Mor, Macmillan Press, 1998),
The Future's Back: Nuclear Rivalry, Deterrence Theory and Crisis
Stability after The Cold War (McGill-Queen's, 1997).
He has published numerous articles on nuclear and conventional
deterrence, strategic stability, coercive diplomacy, crisis
decision-making, protracted ethnic conflict and national missile
defence in International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict
Resolution, Journal of Politics, International Journal, Security
Studies, International Political Science Review, Conflict Management
and Peace Science, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian
Military Journal and others. His commentaries have appeared in
The Globe and Mail, National Post and Chronicle Herald
(Halifax). His current research interests include globalization and
terrorism, unilateral vs. multilateral approaches to security,
comparative multilateralism, WMD proliferation, U.S. and Canadian
foreign, security and defence policy, homeland and continental
security, ballistic missile defence, nuclear and conventional
deterrence, NATO military strategy and third-party intervention,
peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention. Professor Harvey received
Dalhousie's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award for Excellence
in Teaching in 1998 and the Burgess Research Award in 2000. He was a
NATO Fellow from 1998-2000 and has received several research grants
from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the
Department of National Defence and the Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade. He is the co-author of "To Secure a Nation:
Canadian Defence and Security in the 21st Century: The Case for a New
Defence White Paper" (prepared with Jim Fergusson and Rob Huebert for
the Council for Canadian Security).
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ELINOR
SLOAN
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Elinor
Sloan is Association Professor International Relations in the
Department of Political Science at Carleton University, and is a former
defence analyst with Canada's Department of National Defence. Dr. Sloan received her B.A.
(Hons Political and Economic Science) from the Royal Military College
of Canada in 1988, her M.A. (International Affairs) from the Norman
Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University,
Ottawa, in 1989, her M.A. (Law and Diplomacy) from the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Boston, in 1995, and her PhD
(International Relations) from the Fletcher School in 1997.
Dr. Sloan's research interests include Canadian defence policy,
Canadian military capabilities, U.S. force transformation, the
Revolution in Military Affairs, homeland defence, ballistic missile
defence and NATO military capabilities. She is the author of
Bosnia and the New Collective Security (Praeger Publishers,
1998), The Revolution in Military Affairs (McGill-Queen's
University Press, 2002), Security and Defence in the Terrorist Era
(McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005) and Military
Transformation and Modern Warfare
(Praeger Publishers, 2008). Professor Sloan is currently working on a
second edition to Security and Defence in the Terrorist Era.
Keywords:
Canadian defence policy, Canadian Forces, US defence policy, homeland
defence, ballistic missile defence, defence transformation, NATO,
NORAD.
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