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Alex Olteanu

Alex (Codin) Olteanu

Doctoral Candidate

He/Him

Political Studies

Doctoral Candidate

11co1@queensu.ca

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B303

Supervisor: David Haglund

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Brief Biography

Mr. C. Alexander Olteanu is a PhD student at Queen鈥檚 University, Canada, where he also obtained his BA (with Distinction) in Political Studies and Spanish. He is currently working on the 鈥楴ew NATO Project鈥 investigating how NATO and the EU adapted to the post-Cold War environment during the critical 1989-1993 period and is completing the Public Leadership Credential at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is also a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Political Studies and a Researcher with the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen鈥檚 University.

 Previously, Alex completed a Masters (Research) with Distinction in Global Security Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Alex has been active for over three decades in the legal profession and has taught business management, law, and social science courses at post-secondary institutions in Canada and Iraq. He appears regularly on British Columbia鈥檚 Rompost TV show as a political commentator for the local Romanian community is a former 2. Lieutenant in the CAF Reserves and is fluent in five languages.

Research Interests

Alex is particularly interested in social entrepreneurship projects focusing on the theory and practice of public and private organizational design, adaptation and change, and the emergence of post-sovereign structures of governance and citizenship, beyond the boundaries of nation-states. He focuses in particular on the history of and current developments in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. 

Teaching Assistant at Queen鈥檚 (2020-2022):

  • POLS 332: Politics of Post-Communism
  • POLS 261: Introduction to International Relations
  • POLS 244: Comparative Politics: Democracy and Democratization
  • POLS 243: Comparative Politics: Governing Difference
  • POLS 242: Comparative Politics: Political Regimes

Selected Publications

鈥淩e-casting the EU鈥檚 democratic deficit dilemma beyond the intergovernmentalist-integrationist debate鈥, Student Strategy and Security Journal 2 (2), June 2022.

鈥淭he Good Friday Agreement, the Civic Forum and the Fate of Deliberative Consociationalism in Northern Ireland鈥, Student Strategy and Security Journal 2 (1), February  2022

Grazia Scoppio, Sara Greco, CA Olteanu, 鈥淭ransitioning from Exclusion to Integration and Ultimately Inclusion: Enabling Greater Participation of Immigrants/Non-citizens in Countries鈥 Armed Forces鈥 CIDP Policy Brief, Vol. 7, Issue 5, October 2021

鈥淭he Hexagonal Cast, Post-imperial Nationalities and the Rise of Illiberal Democracies: A Hungarian Case Study鈥欌, Student Strategy and Security Journal 1 (3), May 2021

鈥淩equired Reading for A New Trans-Atlantic Grand Strategy: Thucydides鈥 Trap or Tocqueville鈥檚 Treatise?鈥, Student Strategy and Security Journal 1 (2), September 2020; ()

鈥淚deas of Power and the Power of Ideas: Alignment, Application, Adaptation, Articulation in Jomini and Clausewitz鈥檚 Studies of Strategy鈥, Student Strategy and Security Journal 1 (1), May 2020; ()

 鈥淭he Transatlantic Tetrarchy: From Crisis to Convergence in the Connexity  Era鈥 (CR脝DO Press, forthcoming, January 2023);

鈥淭he Seventh Republic and the Rise of POTUS 2.0鈥 (CR脝DO Press, April 2019);

"Britain Beyond Brexit: Charting a Clear Course鈥 (CR脝DO Press, February 2019);

鈥淏rexit Revisited: Rejection, Revolution, Reformation鈥, European Financial Review (Aug.-Sept. 2016); ()

鈥淪tronger United 鈥 A Stronger UK in a United Europe: How to Win the Brexit Battle and What To Do the Day After鈥 (CR脝DO Press, April 2016);

鈥淭aking the Lafayette Gambit鈥 (CR脝DO Press, 2015) and producer of a documentary with the same name. ()