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Curriculum Vitae

DAVID STEPHEN MCDONOUGH

Education

Ph.D in Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 2006-2011

Thesis: Ambivalent Ally: Culture, Cybernetics, and the Evolution of Canadian Grand Strategy (nominated for Dalhousie’s Best Dissertation in Social Sciences and Humanities)

Supervisor: Dr. Frank P. Harvey Committee: Dr. David Black, Dr. Brian Bow, Dr. David Haglund (External Examiner)Exams: International Relations (Major); Comparative Politics (Minor)

M.A. in Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2002-2003

Thesis: The Bush Administration’s Nuclear Strategy: The ‘New Triad,’ Counterproliferation Doctrine and Asymmetrical Deterrence

Supervisor: Dr. Brian L. Job

B.A. (Hon.) in Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 1996-2001

Supervisor: Dr. Douglas A. RossReceived: Certificate of Liberal Arts, 1999

Work Experience

SSHRC Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow , Department of Political Science, University of BritishColumbia, 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

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Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 2008

• Organized and ran seminar for POLI 3525, graded papers, exams and assignments, assistedstudents 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 Committeein 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, Canada’s 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.

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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 Canada’s 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 MassDestruction), 63, 4 (Autumn 2008).

Articles:

*“Getting It Just Right: Strategic Culture, Cybernetics, and Canada’s 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 (Summer2012), 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 (Winter2009), 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 Canada’s InternationalSecurity 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.

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*“Nuclear Superiority or Mutually Assured Deterrence: The Development of the US NuclearDeterrent,” International Journal 60, 3 (Summer 2005), 811-823.

*“The ‘New Triad’ of the Bush Administration: Counterproliferation and Escalation Dominance inUS Nuclear Strategy,” International Journal 59, 3 (Summer 2004), 613-634.

Book Chapters:

*“Introduction,” in Canada’s 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 Canada’s 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 JamesFergussson) in Canada’s National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests, and Threats , ed. DavidS. McDonough. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012, 253-268.

“Canada’s Conservative Foreign Policy,” in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute forStrategic Studies, 2008, 90-95.

“Canada’s Growing International Confidence,” in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute forStrategic Studies 2007, 104-108.

“Canada: Renewed Emphasis on Hard Power,” in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute forStrategic 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:

*“America’s Pivot to the Pacific: Selective Primacy, Operational Access, and China’s A2/ADChallenge,” Calgary Paper in Military and Strategic Studies (2013), forthcoming

“Back to the Future: Debating Missile Defence in Canada…Again,” CDFAI Policy Update (June2013), 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.

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“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. GrandStrategy,” 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 2 nd Annual Bruce S. Oland Essay Competition .

“The ‘Canada First’ Defence Strategy: Expeditionary Capabilities under a ConservativeGovernment” 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 the2006 Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award .

“Canada, Missile Defence and the Potential for Strategic In stability” SITREP , 65, 3 (May/June2005), 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.

“Obama’s Nuclear Vision,” The Foreign Exchange (online), Canadian International Council, 19 April2010.

“American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Canada,” International Security Series (online). Canadian Institute of International Affairs, July 2007, 6 pages.

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“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).

“Obama’s 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 20-

21, 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 GraduateStudent 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,” posterpresented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 4-6, 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, November14-18, 2007.

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“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).

“Kosovo’s humanitarian and security justifications,” presented at the Undergraduate StudentConference 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 Canada’s 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 aBalsillie School top-up of $5,000 in 2012); nominated for the SSHRC Post-Doctoral Prize.

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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 Schoolfor Global Studies, University of Toronto, 2011-2012 ( $50,000 – declined).

R. B. Byers Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Security and Defence Forum, Department of NationalDefence, 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, Canada’s 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” – CanadianInternatonal Council, Strategic Studies Working Group, 2009 – contract ($2,500 ).

Dr. Ronald Baker Doctoral Scholarship, Security and Defence Forum, Department of NationalDefence, 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 DoctoralScholarship 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 scholarshipduring 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).

“Canada’s 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 NuclearStrategy and the Implications for Global Security’, 2008 ( $1,000 ).

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Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, Support for Workshop on ‘AmericanNuclear 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

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Canadian International Council’s 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 ‘AmericanNuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security’, 2008 ( $500 ).

“Canada’s Growing International Confidence,” Strategic Survey – International Institute of StrategicStudies, 2007 – contract ( £500 ).

Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award for the best contribution to SITREP , Royal

Canadian Military Institute, 2007.

President’s 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 ForeignPolicy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2007 ( $1000 ).

Doris Boyle Prize for the best graduate essay in IR / Foreign policy, Department of PoliticalScience, 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 StrategicStudies, 2006 – contract ( £250 ).

Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award for the best contribution to SITREP (RoyalCanadian 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. GrandStrategy,” Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia, 2003 – honorarium( $500 ).

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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 2007-2009

Professional Affiliation

Visiting Research Associate, Centre for Internatonal Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, 2009-2011

Research Fellow, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2011-

Member, Canadian International Council, 2007-

Member-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; Canada’sinternational 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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