Moens, Alex
Listing Details
Current position(s), Institution
Professor 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
Research Groups
Projects relevant to the cluster
- NATO’s Strategic Concept
- Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Talks
Publications related to European/EU Studies
- ”Transatlantic Bipolarity and NATO’s Global Role,” Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 4, (2) 2006, pp. 241-252.
- “Een Jaar Obama: Tussen Droom en Daad,” Atlantisch Perspectief, 1, 34, 2010, pp. 4-9 (double column) (with Inu Barbee).
- ”Skating on Thin Ice: Canadian-American Relations in 2010 and 2011,” Fraser Institute, Studies in Canada-U.S. Relations, April 2010. http://www.fraserinstitute.org/researchandpublications/publications/7267.aspx
- ”The Bush Doctrine Abroad,” Chapter 10 in Stanley A. Renshon and Peter Suedfeld (eds.) Understanding the Bush Doctrine (New York: Routledge, 2007), pp. 251-270.
- ”The Challenges and Limits of NATO-ESDP Synergy,” Chapter 9 in Stefan Gänzle and Allen G. Sens (eds), The Changing Politics of European Security (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007) pp. 180-201.
Outreach Experience
- “Lessons for Canada from Hillary Clinton,” National Post, April 1, 2010.
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/04/01/alexander-moens-lessons-for-canada-from-hillary-clinton.aspx. - “Free Trade, but no union,” Toronto Sun, p. 24, April 25, 2008.
- 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.
“What We Need From NATO”, Globe and Mail, November 24, 2006
Open to media contact
YES
Institution
Simon Fraser University
Address
Room AQ-6035, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A1S6
E-mail
Website
Other important publications
- The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy, Loyalty (Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2004).
- NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the Cold War’s End to the Age of Terrorism (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2003), Co-edited.
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-
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
