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Curriculum Vitae DAVID STEPHEN MCDONOUGH

Education
Ph.D in Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 2006-2011 Thesis: Supervisor: Committee: Exams: Ambivalent Ally: Culture, Cybernetics, and the Evolution of Canadian Grand Strategy (nominated for Dalhousies Best Dissertation in Social Sciences and Humanities) Dr. Frank P. Harvey Dr. David Black, Dr. Brian Bow, Dr. David Haglund (External Examiner) International Relations (Major); Comparative Politics (Minor)

M.A. in Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2002-2003 Thesis: Supervisor: The Bush Administrations Nuclear Strategy: The New Triad, Counterproliferation Doctrine and Asymmetrical Deterrence Dr. Brian L. Job

B.A. (Hon.) in Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 1996-2001 Supervisor: Received: Dr. Douglas A. Ross Certificate of Liberal Arts, 1999

Work Experience
SSHRC Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2013 Researched and published articles on defence and security issues Created professional website and blog (www.davidsmcdonough.com)

SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Balsillie School of Internatonal Affairs, Waterloo, ON, 2012 Researched and published articles on defence and security issues Edited book manuscript and liaisoned with University of Toronto press

Editor and contributor (freelance/contract), Canadian International Council-Strategic Studies Working Group, Ottawa, ON, 2009-2011 Edited chapters and liaisoned with authors for University of Toronto Press volume Wrote the introduction and conclusion, and co-authored a chapter

Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 2008 Organized and ran seminar for POLI 3525, graded papers, exams and assignments, assisted students in understanding materials

Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, UK, 2006 Researched and published articles on defence and security issues, both in-house and external (RUSI Journal, Strategic Survey, Adelphi Paper)

Communications and Programmes Officer, Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, ON, 2004-2005 Collaborated with the Acting Executive Director, President and Defence Studies Committee in managing the RCMI publications/research programme Edited and liasoned wth authors for RCMI publications (SITREP, RCMI Commentary, The General Sir William Otter Papers, edited books) Researched and published articles on defence and security issues, both in-house and external (SITREP, RCMI Commentary, International Journal)

Research Officer, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, Toronto, ON, 2003-2004 Edited CISS newsletter and publications (edited books, Strategic Datalinks) Researched and published articles on defence and security issues, both in-house and external (Strategic Datalinks, International Journal)

Publications
(* denotes refereed publication) Books: *Nuclear Superiority: The New Triad and the Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, Adelphi Paper 383. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2006, 112 pages. Edited Books: *Editor and contributor, Canadas National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests, and Threats. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. Editor, US Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security. Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 2009. Co-editor (with Anita Singh) and contributor, From Defence to Development: Resolving Threats to Global Security. Halifax: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 2007.

Co-editor (with Douglas A. Ross) and contributor, The Dilemmas of American Strategic Primacy: Implications for the Future of Canadian-American Cooperation. Toronto, ON: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 2005. Co-editor (with Brian S. MacDonald), The New World of Robust International Peacekeeping Operations: What Role for NATO and Canada? Toronto, ON: Royal Canadian Military Institute 2005. Co-editor (with David Rudd), The Future is Unmanned: Remote Systems in Canadas Defence and Security. Toronto, ON: The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2004. Co-editor (with David Rudd), The New Security Environment: Is the Canadian Military Up to the Challenge? Toronto, ON: The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2004. Edited Special Series: Guest Editor, International Journal (Special Issue on Nuclear Strategy in the Age of Weapons of Mass Destruction), 63, 4 (Autumn 2008). Articles: *Getting It Just Right: Strategic Culture, Cybernetics, and Canadas Goldilocks Grand Strategy, Comparative Strategy (2013), forthcoming. *Canada, Grand Strategy, and the Asia-Pacific: Past Lessons, Future Directions, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 18, 2 (2012), 273-286. Canada, NORAD, and the Evolution of Strategic Defence, International Journal 67, 3 (Summer 2012), 755-769. *Grand Strategy, Culture, and Strategic Choice: A Review, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 13, 4 (2011), 33 pages. *Afghanistan and Renewing Canadian Leadership: Panacea or Hubris? International Journal 64, 3 (Summer 2009), 647-665; and awarded the 2010 Marvin Gelber Essay Prize. Beyond Primacy? Hegemony and Security Addiction in US Grand Strategy, Orbis 53, 1 (Winter 2009), 6-22. *From Guerrillas to Government: Post-conflict Stability in Liberia, Uganda and Rwanda, Third World Quarterly 29, 2 (2008), 357-374. *The Paradox of Afghanistan: Stability Operations and the Renewal of Canadas International Security Policy? International Journal 62, 3 (Summer 2007), 620-641. *BMD and US Strategic Doctrine: Canadian Strategic Interests in the Debate on Missile Defence, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 9, 3 (Spring 2007), 41 pages.

*Nuclear Superiority or Mutually Assured Deterrence: The Development of the US Nuclear Deterrent, International Journal 60, 3 (Summer 2005), 811-823. *The New Triad of the Bush Administration: Counterproliferation and Escalation Dominance in US Nuclear Strategy, International Journal 59, 3 (Summer 2004), 613-634. Book Chapters: *Introduction, in Canadas National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests, and Threats , ed. David S. McDonough. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012, 3-21. *Conclusion in Canadas National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests, and Threats , ed. David S. McDonough. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012, 289-296. *WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective (with James Fergussson) in Canadas National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests, and Threats, ed. David S. McDonough. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012, 253-268. Canadas Conservative Foreign Policy, in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2008, 90-95. Canadas Growing International Confidence, in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies 2007, 104-108. Canada: Renewed Emphasis on Hard Power, in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2006, 99-103. The 'New Triad,' Bunker Busters and 'Counterproliferation Wars': Nuclear Primacy and the Implications for Canadian Security Policy, in The Dilemmas of American Strategic Primacy: Implications for the Future of Canadian-American Cooperation, eds. David S. McDonough and Douglas A. Ross. Toronto, ON: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 2005, 89-123. Papers and Reports: *Americas Pivot to the Pacific: Selective Primacy, Operational Access, and Chinas A2/AD Challenge, Calgary Paper in Military and Strategic Studies (2013), forthcoming Back to the Future: Debating Missile Defence in CanadaAgain, CDFAI Policy Update (June 2013), 1-7. Tailored Deterrence: The New Triad and the Tailoring of Nuclear Superiority, Strategic Datalink, 8 (March 2009), 6 pages. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Assessing a Regional Approach to Canadian Defence Policy, Strategic Datalink, 119 (April 2004), 4 pages. The War on Microbes: Infectious Diseases, Bio-weapons, and Biological Security, Strategic Datalink, 118 (February 2004), 4 pages. 4

Fear of Small Shadows: Counter-proliferation in US Nuclear Strategy, Strategic Datalink, 116 (December 2003), 4 pages. Relations Between the US and India: Towards a De Facto Strategic Partnership, Strategic Datalink, 115 (November 2003), 4 pages. The 2002 Nuclear Posture Review: The New Triad, Counterproliferation, and U.S. Grand Strategy, Centre of International Relations (CIR) Working Paper, 38 (August 2003), 28 pages. Commentaries and Magazine Articles: *The US Pacific Pivot and Implications for the Future of the RCN, Canadian Naval Review 8, 4 (Winter 2012), 19-23. The Future of the RCN in the Pacific, Vanguard Magazine, Febuary-March 2013, 46. From Sea to Shore: The Phased Adaptive Approach to Missile Defence, On Track 16, 3 (2011), 39-41. *Joint Expeditionary Warfare and the Dilemmas for Canadian Maritime Strategy, Canadian Naval Review 3, 3 (Fall 2007), 4-9; awarded first prize in the 2nd Annual Bruce S. Oland Essay Competition. The Canada First Defence Strategy: Expeditionary Capabilities under a Conservative Government SITREP, 67, 1 (January/February 2007), 3-4, 14-15, and awarded the 2007 Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award. The US Nuclear Shift to the Pacific: Implications for Strategic Stability, RUSI Journal 151, 2 (April 2006), 64-68; reprinted in SITREP, 66, 3 (May/June 2006), 3-4, 12-13, 16 and awarded the 2006 Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award. Canada, Missile Defence and the Potential for Strategic Instability SITREP, 65, 3 (May/June 2005), 10-12. The Siren Song of Continental Isolationism, SITREP, 64, 2 (May/June 2004), 14. Other Publications: Canada and the F-35 Procurement, The Foreign Exchange (online), Canadian International Council, 29 October 2010. Obamas Nuclear Vision, The Foreign Exchange (online), Canadian International Council, 19 April 2010. American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Canada, International Security Series (online). Canadian Institute of International Affairs, July 2007, 6 pages.

The Defence Policy Statement and Its Vision of Expeditionary Capabilities RCMI Commentary (May 2005), 3 pages. Co-editor (with Don Macnamara), Strategic Profile: Canada, 2003-2004. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2004. Lessons from Libya: Regime Change, Deterrence, and Coercive Diplomacy, The Bulletin (Spring 2004), 4-8. Book Reviews: Review of Reluctant Crusaders: Power, Culture, and Change in American Grand Strategy, by Colin Dueck, reviewed in International Journal, 63, 1 (Winter 2007/08), 221-225. Works in Progress: Culture, Cybernetics, and the Making of Canadian Grand Strategy (book manuscript to be submitted to University of Toronto Press). Obamas Pivot in US Grand Strategy: A Canadian Perspective (submitted to Asian Security). Back to the Future: Canada and US Ballistic Missile Defence (to be submitted to CDFAI)

Presentations and Other Conference Participation


Canada, Grand Strategy, and the Asia-Pacific: Past Lessons, Future Directions, presented at the workshop on Canada and Asia: Building a New Policy Agenda Program, Ottawa, ON, February 2021, 2012. WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective, presented at the workshop on The Future of Nuclear Strategy, Winnipeg, MN, September 24-25, 2009. Discussant, Geopolitics vs. Global Governance: Reinterpreting International Security, 4th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Dalhousie University, March 5-6, 2009. From Afghanistan to Global NATO: Canadian Strategic Options to US Grand Strategy, presented at the workshop on New Perspectives and Debates in Canadian International Policy, Ottawa, ON, October 25, 2008. From Afghanistan to Global NATO: Canadian Strategic Options to US Grand Strategy, poster presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 46, 2008 Beyond Primacy? American Grand Strategy Options in the Long War, presented at the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States Biennial Conference, Toronto, ON, November 14-18, 2007.

Tailored Deterrence: The New Triad and the Tailoring of Nuclear Primacy, presented at the Arundel House Security Seminar Series, International Institute of Strategic Studies, London, UK, April 4, 2006 (invited). Counterproliferation in the New Triad: Implications for Canada, presented at the Joint Workshop, Canadian-American Strategic Review, Vancouver, BC, March 18, 2005 (invited). Kosovos humanitarian and security justifications, presented at the Undergraduate Student Conference on International Security, Vancouver, BC, March 10, 2001.

Conferences and Workshops Organized


Co-organizer (with Jim Fergusson and Thomas Adams), The Future of Nuclear Strategy, Joint Workshop, University of Winnipeg, September 2009. Member, Steering Committee, Geopolitics vs. Global Governance: Reinterpreting International Security, 4th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Dalhousie University, March 2009. Organizer, American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications to Global Security, CIC Halifax Workshop, Working Group on Nuclear Strategy, Canadian International Council, May 2008 Member, Steering Committee, Challenging Canada: Strategic Threats and Shared Responsibility in an Insecure World, 3rd Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Dalhousie University, March 2008 Co-organizer and co-chair of the Steering Committee (with Anita Singh), From Defence to Development: Resolving Threats to Global Security, 2nd Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Dalhousie University, March 2007 Assistant to organizer (Brian MacDonald), The New World of Robust International Peacekeeping Operations: What Roles for NATO and Canada, Joint Research Conference, Royal Canadian Military College, September 2004 Assistant to organizer (David Rudd), The Future is Unmanned: Remote Systems in Canadas Defence and Security, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, Spring 2004 Assistant to organizer (David Rudd), The New Security Environment: Is the Canadian Military Up to the Challenge, Canadian Strategic Forecast, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, Fall 2003

Scholarships, Awards, Contracts and Grants


($ is CAN, unless otherwise noted) SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo/Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, 2012-2013 (totaling $86,000 over two years this includes $76,000 for two years, $5000 research allowance, and a Balsillie School top-up of $5,000 in 2012); nominated for the SSHRC Post-Doctoral Prize.

Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship, RAND Corporation, 2011-2012 (US$75,000 - declined). Izaak Walton Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, 2011-2013 (totaling $96,000 over two years - declined). Munk School Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, Munk School for Global Studies, University of Toronto, 2011-2012 ($50,000 declined). R. B. Byers Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Security and Defence Forum, Department of National Defence, 2010-2011 ($35,000 declined). Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Killam Trusts and Dalhousie University, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2010-2011 ($25,000). Marvin Gelber Essay Prize for the best contribution by a young scholar to International Journal (Canadian International Council), 2010 ($1,000). Editor, Canadas National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests and Threats. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010 Canadian Internatonal Council, Strategic Studies Working Group, 2009 two contracts (totalling $9,500). WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective Canadian Internatonal Council, Strategic Studies Working Group, 2009 contract ($2,500). Dr. Ronald Baker Doctoral Scholarship, Security and Defence Forum, Department of National Defence, 2009-2010 ($22,500). Honourary Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Killam Trusts and Dalhousie University, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2009-2010 ($25,000 as a receipient of the Dr. Ronald Baker Doctoral Scholarship for 2009-2010, this scholarship top-up raises funding to the Killam Scholarship level). Honorary Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, Killam Trusts and Dalhousie University, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2008-2009 ($25,000 as a recipient of a SSHRC CGS scholarship during 2008-2009, this scholarship does not have any monetary value) Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council, 2006-2009 ($105,000 over three years). Canadas Conservative Foreign Policy, Strategic Survey International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2008 contract (500). Member Grant, Dalhousie Student Union, Dalhousie University, 2008 ($100). Security and Defence Forum Special Projects Fund, Department of National Defence, Support for Workshop on American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security, 2008 ($10,000). Office of the President, Dalhousie University, Support for Workshop on American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security, 2008 ($1,000). 8

Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, Support for Workshop on American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security, 2008 ($6,500). Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, Support for Workshop on American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security, 2008 ($2,000). Canadian International Councils Security and Defence Forum Grant, Support for Workshop on American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security, 2008 ($4,000). Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Support for Workshop on on American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security, 2008 ($500). Canadas Growing International Confidence, Strategic Survey International Institute of Strategic Studies, 2007 contract (500). Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award for the best contribution to SITREP, Royal Canadian Military Institute, 2007. Presidents Award (Partial), Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, 2007 ($2827). Conference Travel Grant, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, 2007 ($750). Member Grant, Dalhousie Student Union, Dalhousie University, 2007 ($100). First Prize, 2nd Annual Bruce S. Oland Essay Competition, Canadian Naval Review, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2007 ( $1000). Doris Boyle Prize for the best graduate essay in IR / Foreign policy, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, 2007 ($500). Graduate Studies Scholarship, Dalhousie University, 2006-2007 ($7,000 declined). Canada: Renewed Emphasis on Hard Power, Strategic Survey International Institute of Strategic Studies, 2006 contract (250). Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award for the best contribution to SITREP (Royal Canadian Military Institute), 2006. Young Professional International Internship, Foreign Affairs Canada, 2006 ($12,000). Security and Defence Forum Internship, Department of National Defence, 2003-2004 ($24,000 award subsequently increased to $35,000 in 2004-2005). The 2002 Nuclear Posture Review: The New Triad, Counterproliferation, and U.S. Grand Strategy, Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia, 2003 honorarium ($500).

Service to Profession
Manuscript Reviewer, International Journal, 2008 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (1); Contemporary Security Policy, 2012 (1); Defence Research and Development Canada, 2012 (1). Guest Editor, Special Issue of International Journal on Nuclear Strategy in the Age of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Autumn 2008). Chair, Study Group on Nuclear Strategy, Halifax Branch of the Canadian International Council (CIC), 2007-2008 Graduate Student Selection Committee, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University 20072009

Professional Affiliation
Visiting Research Associate, Centre for Internatonal Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, 2009-2011 Research Fellow, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2011Member, Canadian International Council, 2007Member-at-Large, Canadian Internatoinal Council-Halifax Branch Executive Committee, 2007-2009 Member, Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2006-

Current Research Interests


US nuclear and grand strategy; WMD proliferation; Canada-US defence relations; Canadas international security policy; Asia-Pacific security; strategic studies.

Related Skills
Computer Platforms: Microsoft Office (Word/Publisher/Frontpage); Adobe Acrobat/Photoshop; Quark Xpress; WordPerfect; Outlook Other Languages: French (basic); Chinese, Mandarin (basic verbal comprehension)

References
Available upon Request

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