Back to the Future? Lessons From Historical Decision-Making in Canadian Foreign Policy
Date
Thursday December 11, 20251:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
Robert Sutherland Hall Room 448

Open to all, no registration required.*
13:30 – Opening Remarks
- Justin Massie (UQAM): Looking Back to Lead Forward: Canada 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s Historical Playbook for a New Geopolitical Era
13:45-15:15 – Leadership, Bureaucracy, and Alliance Politics in Canadian Strategic Decisions
- David Haglund (91ÖÆÆ¬³§): From Farce to Tragedy? Canada, NATO, and the Trump ‘Greenland Conundrum’
- Nicolas-François Perron (UQAM): Challenging the Pearsonian Consensus: Trudeau 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s Defence Review and the Limits of Counter-Strategic Culture
- Émile Lambert-Deslandes (91ÖÆÆ¬³§): Death by Bureaucracy? The Mulroney Government, Nuclear Submarines, and the Art of Playing for Time
- Stéfanie von Hlatky (91ÖÆÆ¬³§) & Thomas Juneau (University of Ottawa): From friendship motive to absolute loyalty: Lessons from Canada 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s participation in NATO 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s campaign in Libya
15:15-15:30 – Break
15:30-17:00 – Crisis, Pressure, and Rearmament: Canada 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s Recurring Defence Dilemmas
- Stéphane Roussel (ENAP), David Albert (ENAP) and Alexane Dumoulin (ENAP): ReArmCanada: Lessons from 1914, 1939 and 1950
- Joseph T. Jockel (St. Lawrence University): Canada Rearms under Allied Pressure: Lesson from 1950-51 for 2025-26
- Justin Massie (UQAM): Canada 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ ’s Participation in the Korean War and Lessons for its Current Strategic Trilemma
- Kim Richard Nossal (91ÖÆÆ¬³§): The End of the Special Relationship? Canada-U.S. Relations in the Trump Era
17:00-17:30 – Closing Remarks
- Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard (Canadian Forces College): Historical lessons for Strategy-Making
*note: Attendance to this event does not count towards the Emerging Leaders program.