On Defence and Security

Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guest Ori Swed, Associate Professor, Texas Tech University. Ori is Editor-in-Chief of the Armed Forces & Society Journal. Armed Forces & Society: an interdisciplinary journal publishes articles quarterly on civil-military relations, veterans, force effectiveness and diversity, military culture, officer education and training, military institutions, ethics, unit cohesion, military families, peacemaking, privatization, public opinion, and conflict management. The journal is international in scope with a focus on interdisciplinary and policy discourse. The editors and contributors include political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal scholars, historians, and economists, as well as specialists in military organization and strategy, and peacekeeping.Armed Forces & Society Journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/AFSsign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp

CIDP Associate Director and host of today's episode Amarnath Amarasingam is discussing Genocide, the crime of crimes, with guest Mark Kersten, assistant Professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.Mark Kersten is an Assistant Professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, and a Senior Consultant at the Wayamo Foundation in Berlin, Germany. He has a law degree from McGill University (2022) and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics (2014). Mark is the author of numerous academic articles and the book, Justice in Conflict. He runs a blog by the same name. From 2023-2024, Mark worked as a legal researcher for the Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, focusing on the application of international criminal law and human rights law, the primary areas of his expertise and research.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp

Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guests Asa McKercher, Steven K. Hudson Research Chair at St Francis Xavier University, and Leah Sarson, Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University. Both Asa and Leah are editors at International Journal.Founded in 1946, International Journal (IJ) is Canada’s pre-eminent journal of global policy analysis. Published in conjunction with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (CCIH), it combines brief, policy-relevant articles with longer, peer-reviewed, scholarly assessments of interest to foreign policy makers, analysts and academics in Canada and around the world. International Journal: https://thecic.org/research-publications/ij/sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp

CIDP Fellow and host of today's episode H. Christian Breede is joined by our guest Commander Peter MacNeil (Commanding Officer, HMCS Ville de Québec) to discuss his experience on the sea, what leadership means to him, and the influence technology has on strategy and planning. Commander Peter MacNeil grew up in a small town in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a Naval Warfare Officer in August 2001. Upon completion of the Fleet Navigating Officer(FNO) course, Commander MacNeil served as Navigating Officer in HMCS Montréal, Weapons Officer and Combat Officer in HMCS Halifax, and Combat Officer in HMCS Iroquois for her final Tiered Readiness Programme to High Readiness, including Iroquois' final Standard Missile firing in 2012. In 2018 Commander MacNeil received his first command, in HMCS Glace Bay. This was followed by an appointment as Executive Officer and then Commanding Officer of HMCS Charlottetown, and in 2024, he was appointed Commanding Officer of HMCS Ville de Québec, a position he still holds today.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-list Visit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp

Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guests Simon J. Smith and Christoph Harig, both associate professors at the Royal Danish Defence College. Simon is the Editor in Chief at the Defence Studies journal and Christoph is Chief Editor at the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies.Defence Studies:https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fdef20/about-this-journal#aims-and-scopeScandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS):https://sjms.nu/sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp