Member of the Month - July 2008

Stefanie von Hlatky

PhD candidate at the Université de Montréal and deputy director for the Research Group in International Security (Université de Montréal/McGill University)
[WIIS Member Since June 2007, Summer Symposium Class of 2007]

She currently teaches American foreign policy at McGill University. Her dissertation, entitled The Great Asymmetry: America’s Closest Allies in Times of War, looks at the responses of Canada, the UK, and Australia to wars led by the United States, from the end of World War II to the present. The dissertation is expected to be completed in 2009. Other research interests include security issues in the Canadian Arctic and nuclear politics. She has published “L’Arctique en péril: vers une remise en questions des enjeux de sécurité dans le Grand Nord” in Nortéamerica and presented several papers at the International Studies Association, Canadian Political Science Association, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States and is a past participant of the WIIS Summer Symposium. Her most recent publication is a co-authored chapter (with Michel Fortmann), entitled “The RMA: Impact of Emerging Technologies on Deterrence,” in the forthcoming volume Complex Deterrence: Theory and Practice in a Complex Era, edited by T.V. Paul, Patrick M. Morgan, and James J. Wirtz (The University of Chicago Press). She is also the recipient of two doctoral scholarships, from the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) and the Security and Defence Forum (SDF). This year, Stefanie von Hlatky is inaugurating WIIS Canada at the Research Group in International Security, with conferences and events featuring women in international security. REGIS hosted the first annual Workshop for Women in International Security on May 1-4, 2008, in Montreal.

Advice for women:

Find a mentor: you must work hard as an individual, but if you can develop a special relationship with a mentor, you can have access to advice and opportunities that will allow you to share your own contributions more broadly.

Build a network: nurture the links you make with women in your field and support their initiatives and projects. It is important to participate in activities and projects organized by your peers, as it fosters a sense of community and encourages you to share your ideas, getting valuable feedback in the process.

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