Building a feminist alliance
If Canada is serious about its feminist foreign policy, it’s time to have something more formal in place.
Associate professor and director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University
Stéfanie von Hlatky is an associate professor of political studies at Queen’s University, director of the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy and co-director of the Réseau d’analyse stratégique/Network for Strategic Analysis. She has published a book with Oxford University Press titled American Allies in Times of War: The Great Asymmetry (2013) and four edited volumes, including The Future of US Extended Deterrence (co-edited with Andreas Wenger) with Georgetown University Press (2015) and Going to War? Trends in Military Interventions (co-edited with H. Christian Breede) with McGill-Queen’s University Press (2016). Von Hlatky is the founder of Women in International Security – Canada, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to women’s leadership in international affairs and co-host of the podcast Battle Rhythm.
If Canada is serious about its feminist foreign policy, it’s time to have something more formal in place.
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