Andrea Charron

• POLS 2502 - Global Affairs
• POLS 2504 - International Relations Theories
• POLS 3512/3514 - Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy
• POLS 4560/7280 - Canada and the Arctic
• POLS 4160/7270 - The UN Security Council

Dr. Charron holds a PhD from the Royal Military College of Canada (Department of War Studies). She obtained a Masters in International Relations from Webster University, Leiden, The Netherlands, a Master’s of Public Administration from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Queen’s University. Dr. Charron worked for various federal departments including the Canadian Privy Council Office in the Security and Intelligence Secretariat. She is now Professor (IR), Political Studies and Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies.

Dr. Charron détient un doctorat du Collège militaire royal du Canada (en études sur la conduite de la guerre). Elle a obtenu une maîtrise en relations internationales de l’Université Webster à Leiden au Pays-Bas, une maîtrise en administration publique de l’Université Dalhousie et un baccalauréat en sciences (distinction) de l’Université Queen’s. Elle a travaillé pour plusieurs ministères fédéraux incluant le Conseil privé au sein du Secrétariat de la sécurité et du renseignement. Elle est maintenant professeure en Études politiques et Directrice du Centre de défense et études en sécurité. 

• PhD (War Studies), Royal Military College of Canada
• MA (International Relations), Webster University
• MA (Public Administration), Dalhousie University
• BSc (Honours), Queen’s University

Research interests

• NORAD
• NATO
• Arctic Council
• Sanctions
• United Nations
• Canadian foreign and defence policy

Research summary

Dr. Charron has been featured in the Economist twice for her Canadian foreign policy and NORAD expertise (2019 and 2021) and on the CBC radio show Ideas (2020). She has 4 peer reviewed books (2011, 2022, 2023, 2023) on NORAD, sanctions and 9/11. She is on the editorial board of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, the Journal, the Canadian Naval Review and the Army Journal. She has peer-reviewed articles in International Affairs, International Studies, Strategic Studies Quarterly, International Journal, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal and others.

Research affiliations/groups

• Director - Centre of Defence and Security Studies
• Network Co-Lead - North American and Arctic Security Network NAADSN
• Operations Node Co-Lead - Canadian Defence and Security Network
• Global Fellow - Wilson Center, Washington DC

Books

• Charron, Andrea, Alexander Moens and Stéphane Roussel. eds. 2023. The Legacy of 9/11: Views from “North America”, (Montreal, MQUP). 
• Charron, Andrea and Clara Portela. eds. 2022. Multilateral Sanctions Revisited: Lessons Learned from Margaret Doxey, (Montreal, MQUP). 
• Charron, Andrea and James Fergusson. 2022. NORAD in Perpetuity and Beyond, (Montreal, MQUP)
• Charron, Andrea. 2011. UN Sanctions and Conflict: Responding to Peace and Security Threats. New York: Routledge.

Select articles

• Portela, Clara and Andrea Charron 2023. "“The Evolution of Databases in the Age of Targeted Sanctions: In Search of Perfection”, International Studies Review. Volume 25, Issue 1, March, https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viac061
• Charron, Andrea. 2022. “The Recasting of the Arctic Sovereignty Theme: Assessing Harper’s Arctic Foreign Policy”, in Harper’s World: The Politicization of Canadian Foreign Policy 2006-2015. Peter McKenna (ed), (Toronto: University of Toronto Press): 211-234.
• Charron, Andrea and Jim Fergusson. 2021, “North America’s Imperative: How to Strengthen Deterrence by Denial”, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2021: 8-24. https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/SSQ/documents/Volume-15_Issue-4/D-Charron.pdf

• 2021 - Students’ Teacher Recognition Award for the Faculty of Arts
• 2019 - Faculty of Arts Teaching Award, University of Manitoba
• 2019 - Faculty of Arts Internationalization Award, University of Manitoba
• SSHRC grants and DND MINDS grants

Regular lectures to Barker College, Toronto Staff College and NATO Defence College, community groups and high schools.