Academic experts available to provide context or comment on the following topic:
NATO Summit in Lithuania: Topics in discussion, including Sweden, Ukraine, Turkey
NATO Summit in Lithuania: Topics in discussion, including Sweden, Ukraine, Turkey
Members of the media may directly contact the following experts:
Ferry De Kerckhove (English, French, Spanish, Russian)
Senior fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Bureau / Office: 613-562-5800 (4852)
Professor De Kerckhove can provide analysis of NATO’s Security Issues.
Benjamin Zyla (English and German)
Full Professor, School of International Development & Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Professor Zyla’s research and writings sit at the intersection of global governance and peace & conflict studies. In particular, he is interested international peace operations, NATO, and questions related to Canada and the world .
Errol Mendes (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
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Professor Mendes can provide expertise on:
- why Canada is against the cluster munitions, rightly so;
- why Ukraine is de facto already part of NATO’s military umbrella so will be given a faster process but will not be given full membership to avoid a full scale war with Russia.