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Senior Fellows
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Current Senior Research Fellows
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Barry Cooper
Barry Cooper, a fourth generation
Albertan, was educated at Shawnigan Lake
School, the University of British
Columbia and Duke University (PhD,
1969). He taught at Bishop's University,
McGill, and York University before
coming to the University of Calgary in
1981. He has been a visiting professor
in Germany and the United States. His
teaching and research has tried to bring
the insights of Western political
philosophers to bear on contemporary
issues, from the place of technology and
the media in Canada, to the debate over
the constitutional status of Quebec and
Alberta, to current military and
security policy. Cooper has published 30
books and over 150 articles and papers
that reflect the dual focus of his work;
most recently (with Lydia Miljan) he
wrote Hidden Agendas: How Canadian
Journalists Influence the News
published by UBC Press (2003). In the
spring of 2004, New Political
Religions: An Analysis of Modern
Terrorism was published by the
University of Missouri Press. In 2009 he
edited Tilo Schabert’s How World
Politics is Made: France and the
Reunification of Germany. He
publishes a regular column in the
Calgary Herald and other CanWest
Global papers.
Cooper has lectured extensively in
Europe, the United States, India,
Australia and China. He has received
numerous on-going research grants from
public and private Canadian, French,
German, and American granting agencies.
In addition he has received two major
awards, the Konrad Adenauer Award from
the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, and
a Killam Research Fellowship.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada and of the Centre for Military
and Strategic Studies at the University
of Calgary.
Keywords: Terrorism, Canadian
defence and security policy, Canada-US
relations
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Daryl
Copeland
Daryl Copeland,
Senior Fellow at the Canadian Defence
and Foreign Affairs Institute, is an
analyst, author, educator and consultant
specializing in the relationship between
science, technology, diplomacy, and
international policy. His book,
Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking
International Relations, was
released in 2009 by Lynne Rienner
Publishers and is cited as an essential
reference by the editors of Oxford
Bibliographies Online. A frequent
public speaker, Mr. Copeland comments
regularly for the national media on
global issues and public management, and
has written over 100 articles for the
scholarly and popular press. His work
has appeared in many anthologies, as
well as in the International
Journal, World Politics Review, Foreign
Policy in Focus, The Hague Journal of
Diplomacy, Place Branding and Public
Diplomacy, The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Star, Ottawa Citizen, Embassy,
The Mark, iPolitics and
elsewhere. He was awarded the 2010 Molot
Prize for best article published in
Canadian Foreign Policy
(“Virtuality, Diplomacy and the Foreign
Ministry”, 15:2).
From 1981 to 2011 Mr. Copeland served as
a Canadian diplomat with postings in
Thailand, Ethiopia, New Zealand and
Malaysia. During the 1980s and 1990s, he
was elected a record five times to the
Executive Committee of the Professional
Association of Foreign Service Officers.
From 1996-99 he was National Program
Director of the Canadian Institute of
International Affairs in Toronto and
Editor of Behind the Headlines,
Canada’s international affairs magazine.
In 2000, he received the Canadian
Foreign Service Officer Award for his
“tireless dedication and unyielding
commitment to advancing the interests of
the diplomatic profession.”
Among his
positions at the Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
in Ottawa, Mr. Copeland has worked as
Senior Intelligence Analyst, South and
Southeast Asia; Deputy Director for
International Communications; Director
for Southeast Asia; Senior Advisor,
Public Diplomacy; Director of Strategic
Communications Services; and, Senior
Advisor, Strategic Policy and Planning.
He was DFAIT representative to the
Association of Professional Executives
(APEX) 2001-06.
Mr. Copeland
teaches at the University of Ottawa’s
Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs, and is Visiting
Professor at the London Academy of
Diplomacy (UK) and Otago University
(NZ). He serves as a peer reviewer for
University of Toronto Press,
Canadian Foreign Policy, the
International Journal and The
Hague Journal of Diplomacy, and is
a member of the Editorial Board of the
journal Place Branding and Public
Diplomacy. From 2009-11 he was
Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at
the University of Toronto’s Munk School
of Global Affairs. In 2009 he was a
Research Fellow at the University of
Southern California’s Center on Public
Diplomacy.
Mr. Copeland grew
up in downtown Toronto, and received his
formal education at the University of
Western Ontario (Gold Medal, Political
Science; Chancellor’s Prize, Social
Sciences) and the Norman Paterson School
of International Affairs (Canada Council
Special MA Scholarship). He has spent
years backpacking on six continents, and
enjoys travel, photography, arts and the
outdoors.
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Hrach
Gregorian
Hrach Gregorian is President of the
Washington D.C.-based research
organization, the Institute of World
Affairs (IWA). He is member of the
Graduate Faculty, School of Peace and
Conflict Management, Royal Roads
University; Adjunct Professor and
Research Fellow, Centre for Military and
Strategic Studies, University of
Calgary; Adjunct Professorial Lecturer,
School of International Service,
American University; Senior Research
Fellow, Centre for Global Studies,
University of Victoria; and Senior
Fellow, Canadian Defence & Foreign
Affairs Institute. For over three
decades Gregorian has been active in
deep cultural and risk analysis in
fragile states, with field experience in
Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans,
Central and East Asia.
Gregorian served as one of the founding
directors of the United States Institute
of Peace (USIP). He developed the
Institute’s first professional training
program in conflict analysis and
negotiation. The course was offered to
senior members of the US State
Department, USIA, Voice of America, and
USAID. A similar course was developed
for foreign affairs officials in Angola,
Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nigeria and
Thailand. He is also one of the
co-founders of the Alliance for
Peacebuilding, the largest US-based
membership organization of institutions
and professionals in the field of peace
and conflict management.
Gregorian’s work on stability and peace
operations in fragile states has taken
him to twenty-five plus countries. For
the May 2010 meeting in Gatineau of G8
Senior Officials, he prepared and
presented the analytical paper on
effectiveness and coherence of G8
security sector capacity building
efforts in vulnerable states. His
current publications have focused on
interagency coordination in peace
operations, capacity-building in fragile
states, and energy and conflict.
Gregorian’s op-ed pieces have appeared
in U.S. and Canadian newspapers. He has
made presentations before professional
societies, academic institutions,
government agencies, and on television
and radio. He has been awarded research
and applied project grants by
foundations and government agencies in
the North America and Europe. He is the
recipient of American University’s
Capital Area Peacemaker Award, and a
Boston University Distinguished Alumni
Award. He sits on various boards.
Gregorian earned his M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees at Brandeis University, and his
B.A. at Boston University. He and his
wife of 38 years, Judith Lynn (Kramer),
reside in Vienna, Virginia and are the
parents of three grown children.
Keywords: International
Conflict Management, Post-Conflict
Peacebuilding, Capacity Building
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Frank P. Harvey
Frank P. Harvey was recently appointed
University Research Professor of
International Relations, Dalhousie
University. He held the 2007 J. William
Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in
Canadian Studies (SUNY, Plattsburgh), is
a Senior Research Fellow with the
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs
Institute, and was former Director of
the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at
Dalhousie. His books include The
Homeland Security Dilemma: Fear, Failure
and Future of American Insecurity
(2008, Routledge),
Smoke and
Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the
Illusion of Multilateral Security
(University
of Toronto Press, 2004) – Runner-up
2004-05 Donner Book Prize, and finalist
2005-2006 Harold Adam Innis book prize.
His other books include Millennium
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);
Conflict in World Politics:
Advances in the Study of Crisis, War and
Peace (co-edited 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 widely on post-9/11
security, the Iraq war, American foreign
and security policy, nuclear and
conventional deterrence, coercive
diplomacy, proliferation, crisis
decision-making, protracted ethnic
conflict and national missile defence in
International Studies Quarterly,
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal
of Politics, International Journal,
International Negotiation, Security
Studies, International Political Science
Review, Canadian Journal of Political
Science, and Conflict Management and
Peace Science (among others). His
commentaries have appeared in the Globe
and Mail and National Post. 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 Research Fellow from 1998-2000 and
has received 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).
Keywords: Globalization
and terrorism, unilateral vs.
multilateral approaches to security,
comparative multilateralism, WMD
proliferation, US & 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
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Rob Huebert
Rob Huebert is an associate professor in
the Department of Political Science at
the University of Calgary. He is also
the associate director of the Centre for
Military and Strategic Studies.
He was a senior research fellow
of the Canadian International Council
and a fellow with Canadian Defence and
Foreign Affairs Institute. In November
2010, he was appointed as a director to
the Canadian Polar Commission
Dr. Huebert has taught at
Memorial University, Dalhousie
University, and the University of
Manitoba. His area of research interests
include: international relations,
strategic studies, the Law of the Sea,
maritime affairs, Canadian foreign and
defence policy, and
circumpolar relations. He publishes on
the issue of Canadian Arctic Security,
Maritime Security, and Canadian Defence.
His work has appeared in
International Journal; Canadian
Foreign Policy; Isuma- Canadian
Journal of Policy Research and
Canadian Military Journal..
He was co-editor of Commercial
Satellite Imagery and United Nations
Peacekeeping and Breaking Ice:
Canadian Integrated Ocean Management in
the Canadian North. His most book
written with Whitney Lackenbauer and
Franklyn Griffiths is Canada and the
Changing Arctic: Sovereignty, Security,
and Stewardship. He also comments on
Canadian security and Arctic issues in
both the Canadian and international
media.
Keywords:
Canadian arctic security and
sovereignty, maritime security,
environmental security, Canadian defence
policy
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Philippe Lagassé
Philippe Lagassé is
associate
professor
of Public and International Affairs at
the University of Ottawa. His research
focuses on Canadian defence policy and
politics, civil-military relations in
Westminster democracies, machinery of
government related to foreign policy and
national security affairs, and the
nature and scope of executive power in
the Westminster tradition. He holds a
B.A. in philosophy from McGill
University, an M.A. in war studies from
the Royal Military College of Canada,
and a Ph.D in political science from
Carleton University. His academic
articles have been published in
Defense & Security Analysis,
Defence and Peace Economics,
Canadian Foreign Policy, Canadian
Public Administration,
International Journal, Diplomacy
and Statecraft, Canadian Military
Journal, and by the Institute for
Research on Public Policy. He routinely
offers an academic perspective on
defence issues in Canadian media
outlets, and he regularly contributes
articles to newspapers and magazines,
such as the Globe and Mail,
Ottawa Citizen, Maclean's,
La Presse, and Embassy Magazine.
His work in the media and communications
earned him the University of Ottawa's
Faculty of Social Science award for
media and community relations and the
President's Award for Excellence in
Media Relations in 2012.
Lagassé also works as a contract defence
analyst for government, the armed
forces, political parties, and industry.
Notably, he has co-authored a report for
the Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy)
at the Department of National Defence
(2004), has advised the European
Aeronautic Defense and Space Company
Canada (2005), has served as a member of
the Royal Canadian Navy's Strategic
Advisory Group (2008-2009), recently
served as a member of the defence
procurement working group of Industry
Canada's Aerospace Review (2012), and is
currently an external advisor for the
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
and a member of the Independent Review
Panel overseeing the evaluation of
options to sustain Canada's fighter
aircraft capabilities within the
National Fighter Procurement
Secretariat. In addition, he has given
talks on Canadian defence policy and
civil-military relations for the
Canadian Forces College, the Canadian
Forces Leadership Institute, the Office
of the Judge Advocate General, the
Conference of Defence Associations,
Thales University, l'Institut des Hautes
Études en Défense nationale (ministère
de la Défense de France), and has
testified before the House of Commons
Standing Committee on National Defence.
Lagassé's current research focuses on
the challenges confronting Canadian
defence policy and procurement, and on
the constitutional foundations of
military command authority in Canada.
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Roland Paris
Roland Paris is University Research
Chair in International Security and
Governance at the University of Ottawa.
He is also founding Director of the
Centre for International Policy Studies
and Associate Professor in the
Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs. His research
interests are in the fields of
international security, international
governance and foreign policy.
Before joining the University of Ottawa
in 2006, Prof. Paris was Director of
Research at the Conference Board of
Canada, the country's largest think
tank; foreign policy advisor in the
Department of Foreign Affairs and the
Privy Council Office of the Canadian
government; Assistant Professor of
Political Science at the University of
Colorado-Boulder; and Visiting
Researcher at the Johns Hopkins School
of Advanced International Studies in
Washington, D.C. He has won two awards
for public service and four awards for
teaching.
Prof. Paris’ writings have appeared
in leading academic journals including
International Security and
International Studies Quarterly. His
research has earned international
distinctions and citations, including
the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving
World Order, which he received for At
War’s End: Building Peace After Civil
Conflict (Cambridge University
Press, 2004). He has co-edited two other
books on peacebuilding, and is the
co-editor of the Security &
Governance book series at Routledge.
In 2012, Prof. Paris was appointed a
Global Ethics Fellow by the Carnegie
Council on Ethics and International
Affairs in New York. He is a member of
the board of directors of the World
University Service of Canada, and serves
on the editorial boards of several
academic journals. He lectures around
the world and is a regular commentator
on international affairs in traditional
and new media.
He holds a Ph.D. from Yale
University, an M.Phil. from Cambridge
University, and a B.A. from the
University of Toronto.
Keywords: International Security,
International Governance,
Multilateralism, Peacebuilding
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David Pratt
David Pratt is an independent
consultant. Most recently, he spent five
months in Baghdad, Iraq as a Senior
Parliamentary Expert with the USAID
sponsored Iraq Legislative Strengthening
Program – currently the largest
legislative capacity building project in
the world. From 2004-2008, he served as
Special Advisor to the Secretary General
of the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) where
his focus was on humanitarian issues. He
also led the CRC’s ‘Auxiliary to
Government’ project which promoted a new
relationship between the CRC and
governments at all levels. Mr. Pratt
served as an elected representative at
the municipal, regional and federal
levels for 16 years. He was first
elected to the House of Commons in 1997
and was Chair of the Standing Committee
on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
from 2001 to 2003. He served as Canada’s
36th Minister of National Defence in
2003-04.
Related article:
Former Canadian Defence Minister
appointed as Honorary Consul for Sierra
Leone
Keywords: Conflict
prevention, small arms and light weapons
control, international humanitarian law,
war-affected children, security sector
reform
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Elinor Sloan
Elinor Sloan is
Professor of International Relations in
the Department of Political Science at
Carleton University, Ottawa, and is a
former defence analyst with Canada’s
Department of National Defence. She is a
graduate of the Royal Military College
of Canada (BA), the Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs at
Carleton (MA), and the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
(PhD).
Dr. Sloan's
research interests include: the defence
policies and military capabilities
(army, navy, air force) of Canada, the
United States, major NATO allies,
Australia and China; NORAD and ballistic
missile defence; and the Arctic.
Her books include
The Revolution in Military Affairs
(McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002);
Security and Defence in the Terrorist
Era (McGill-Queen's University
Press, 2005 & 2010); Military
Transformation and Modern Warfare
(Praeger Publishers, 2008); and
Modern Military Strategy (Routledge,
2012).
Keywords:
Canadian defence policy, Canadian
Forces, Canadian military, Royal
Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force,
Canadian Army, US defence policy, US
military, ballistic missile defence,
NATO, NORAD, China military, rare
earths, satellites, RADARSAT, Arctic,
space
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Ron Wallace
Dr. Ron Wallace is a Senior
Fellow of the Canadian Defense and
Foreign Affairs Institute having
previously retired as the CEO of an
award-winning Canadian-US defense
manufacturer. Recently he has encouraged
enlightened federal-provincial
regulatory and industrial policy
development through successive
ministerial appointments to Alberta
advisory panels concerned with
monitoring of the oilsands region. He
has worked extensively throughout the
circumpolar Arctic region and was
recognized in 1996 with the Alberta
Emerald Award for achievements with the
World Bank in Russia. He subsequently
served as the interim Executive Director
of the NWT Water Board and then provided
formative corporate advice to establish
the Nunavut Resources Corporation. He
has published widely on northern,
environmental and military affairs and
actively supports the western Canadian
visual art community.
Keywords: Arctic security,
environmental research
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