Moens, Alex
Moens' work includes current analysis of American foreign and national security decision-making and diplomatic and military issues in the Atlantic Alliance. What are Canada's objectives in NATO and how should Canada best work with the European Union on security and political issues. His research also includes the study of the Canadian-American economic space and the steps needed to create more free trade.
Media Experience: Dr. Moens has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries.
Listing Details
Current position(s), Institution
Department Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University
Fields of expertise
International Relations
American Foreign Policy
Transatlantic security and defence issues
NATO and ESDP
Canadian-American Relations
American Foreign Policy
Transatlantic security and defence issues
NATO and ESDP
Canadian-American Relations
Research Groups
Projects relevant to the cluster
NATO’s Strategic Concept
Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Talks
Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Talks
Publications related to European/EU Studies
2019. “NATO’s Place in Canada’s Interest-Focused and Rules-Based International Order.” Latvian Institute of International Affairs publication (with Joseph Waugh and Cornel Turdeanu).
2018. “NATO and NORAD in the Sino-Russo-American Configuration of Power.” In Christian Leuprecht et al., (eds.) North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century. Basel: Springer International Publishing.
2018. “Fear and Dread: Russia’s Strategy to Dismantle North Atlantic and European Security Cooperation.” Macdonald-Laurier Institute Publication (with Cornel Turdeanu).
2016. NATO and Asia–Pacific. Rome: NATO Defense College (co-edited with Brooke Smith-Windsor).
2016. “How NATO’s Values and Functions Influence its Policy and Action.” NATO Defense College, Research Division, Fellowship Monograph 7 May.
2018. “NATO and NORAD in the Sino-Russo-American Configuration of Power.” In Christian Leuprecht et al., (eds.) North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century. Basel: Springer International Publishing.
2018. “Fear and Dread: Russia’s Strategy to Dismantle North Atlantic and European Security Cooperation.” Macdonald-Laurier Institute Publication (with Cornel Turdeanu).
2016. NATO and Asia–Pacific. Rome: NATO Defense College (co-edited with Brooke Smith-Windsor).
2016. “How NATO’s Values and Functions Influence its Policy and Action.” NATO Defense College, Research Division, Fellowship Monograph 7 May.
Outreach Experience
“Lessons for Canada from Hillary Clinton,” National Post, April 1, 2010.
“Free Trade, but no union,” Toronto Sun, p. 24, April 25, 2008.
“What We Need From NATO”, Globe and Mail, November 24, 2006
Invited Speaker: “NATO Challenges and Policy: A North American Perspective,” Henry Jackson Society, British Parliament, London, UK, December 15, 2008 and at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, December 16, 2008.
Invited Paper: “The Smoke and Mirrors of NATO-ESDP Synergy,” The Brussels Treaty and its Legacy: A Re-assessment of European Security and Defence Issues on its Sixtieth Anniversary, American University of Rome and Roma Tre University, Rome, March 6-8, 2008.
“Free Trade, but no union,” Toronto Sun, p. 24, April 25, 2008.
“What We Need From NATO”, Globe and Mail, November 24, 2006
Invited Speaker: “NATO Challenges and Policy: A North American Perspective,” Henry Jackson Society, British Parliament, London, UK, December 15, 2008 and at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, December 16, 2008.
Invited Paper: “The Smoke and Mirrors of NATO-ESDP Synergy,” The Brussels Treaty and its Legacy: A Re-assessment of European Security and Defence Issues on its Sixtieth Anniversary, American University of Rome and Roma Tre University, Rome, March 6-8, 2008.
Open to media contact
YES
Institution
Simon Fraser University
Department Phone Number
778-782-4361
E-mail
Education and professional achievements
NATO Research Fellowship (1990-1991)
European Community Visitors Fellowship (1991)
Marcel Cadieux Fellow, Department of External Affairs (1992)
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., Fellow, April 1999.
Senior Fellow, The Fraser Institute: 2005—
Senior Fellow, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute: 2006-
Member, CIC Strategic Issues Group: 2009—
Member, International Advisory Board of Atlantisch Perspectief, Netherlands Atlantic Commission, 2007-
European Community Visitors Fellowship (1991)
Marcel Cadieux Fellow, Department of External Affairs (1992)
Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., Fellow, April 1999.
Senior Fellow, The Fraser Institute: 2005—
Senior Fellow, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute: 2006-
Member, CIC Strategic Issues Group: 2009—
Member, International Advisory Board of Atlantisch Perspectief, Netherlands Atlantic Commission, 2007-
Courses taught
Introduction to International Politics, Distance Education (Online version as of 2005, second year undergraduate); American Foreign Policy: Process and Issues (fourth year undergraduate seminar); Politics and Foreign Policy of the European Union (fourth year undergraduate seminar); American Politics and Government: Distance Education, Online Version (2001) (second year undergraduate); The Presidency and Foreign Policy of the George W. Bush Administration (2004) (fourth year undergraduate seminar); Canadian-American Relations (2008)
Fluent spoken languages
English and Dutch
Fluent written languages
English and Dutch
