FIELDS OF INTEREST:

• Peacekeeping and Postwar State-building:  Post-conflict reconstruction; security/development nexus; human security; humanitarian interventions; R2P
• Geopolitics and International Security:  NATO; EU foreign, development & security policy
• Global Governance:  International organizations and regulatory regimes; relationship to civil society and democracy
• General foreign policy analysis: Canadian foreign policy; EU foreign policy; transatlantic relations

Research Methods: mixed-method approaches.

I am currently involved in the following (broad) research projects:

1. The terrorism-development nexus
2. Female representation in fragile states and impact on failed states raking
3. The whole of government approach in Afghanistan in comparative perspective: Canada, Germany,  UK, and US in comparison.
4. How the Afghan mission was framed in Canadian and US media
5. EU’s civilian and military operations in Africa: the evolution of security culture(s)
6. How to strengthen resilience in fragile states

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