St茅鈥媐anie von Hlatky
Professor | Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Gender, Security and the Armed Forces
She/Her
PhD (Universit茅 de Montr茅al); BA (McGill University)
Political Studies
International Relations | Gender and Politics
Professor | Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Gender, Security and the Armed Forces
Research Interests
Military cooperation, NATO alliances, deterrence, and gender dynamics in the armed forces, Women, Peace, and Security
St茅fanie von Hlatky would be interested in supervising graduate students in the areas of Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces; Women, Peace, and Security; NATO and alliance politics.
Brief Biography
St茅fanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security and the Armed Forces, Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow and former Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen鈥檚 University. She is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts and Science. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Universit茅 de Montr茅al in 2010, where she was also Executive Director for the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies. She鈥檚 held positions at Georgetown University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Dartmouth College, ETH Zurich and was a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the University of Southern California鈥檚 Centre for Public Diplomacy.
She has published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, Contemporary Security Policy, International Politics, International Affairs, International Journal, the Journal of Global Security Studies, European Security, Asian Security, as well as the Journal of Transatlantic Studies. She has published two monographs with Oxford University Press titled American Allies in Times of War: The Great Asymmetry (2013) and Deploying Feminism: The Role of Gender in NATO Military Operations (2022). Select edited volumes include Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century (co-edited with Joakim Berndtsson and Irina Goldenberg), Transhumanising War: Performance Enhancement and the Implications for Policy, Society, and the Soldier (co-edited by H. Christian Breede and St茅phanie B茅langer) and Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Assessing Domestic and International Strategies (2020).
St茅fanie von Hlatky is the founder of Women in International Security-Canada, and the Honorary Colonel of the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment. She has received grants and awards from NATO, the Canadian Department of National Defence, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Public Safety, the Government of Ontario鈥檚 Ministry of Research and Innovation, and Fulbright Canada.
Selected Publications
Monograph
Deploying Feminism: The Role of Gender in NATO Military Operations. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
American Allies in Times of War: The Great Asymmetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edited Volumes
Joakim Berndtsson, Irina Goldenberg and St茅fanie von Hlakty (eds.), Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-成人大片 Press, 2023 (forthcoming).
H. Christian Breede, St茅phanie B茅langer and St茅fanie von Hlatky (eds), Transhumanising War: Performance Enhancement and the Implications for Policy, Society, and the Soldier. Montreal and Kingston: McGill Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2020.
St茅fanie von Hlatky (ed), Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Assessing Domestic and International Strategies. Montreal and Kingston: McGill Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2020.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and H. Christian Breede (eds). Going to War? Trends in Military Interventions. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2016.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Andreas Wenger (eds). The Future of Extended Deterrence: NATO and Beyond. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2015.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Bibora Imre-Millei, 鈥淓ntrenched Heteronormativity: Gender and Work-Life Balance in the Military,鈥 Canadian Military-Journal 22, 4 (Fall 2022): 16-25.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Bibora Imre-Millei, "A Gender-Based Analysis of Recruitment and Retention in the Canadian Army Reserve,鈥 Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health 8, s1 (April 2022): 46-53.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Thomas Juneau, 鈥淲hen the Coalition Determines the Mission: NATO鈥檚 Detour in Libya.鈥 Journal of Strategic Studies, 45, 2 (2020): 136-159.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Michel Fortmann, 鈥淣ATO Enlargement and the Failure of the Cooperative Security Mindset,鈥 International Politics 57, 3 (2020): 554-572.
Heidi Hardt and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淣ATO鈥檚 成人大片 Face: Adaptation to Gender Mainstreaming in an Alliance Setting,鈥 Journal of Global and Security Studies 5, 1 (2020): 136-159.
Bastian Giegerich and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淓xperiences May Vary: NATO and Cultural Interoperability in Afghanistan,鈥 Armed Forces & Society (2019): 1-22.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Justin Massie, 鈥淚deology, Ballots, and Alliances: Canadian Participation in Multinational Military Operations,鈥 Contemporary Security Policy (August 2018): 101-115.
Sarah-Myriam Martin-Br没l茅 and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淧eace First? What Is Canada鈥檚 Role in UN Operations?鈥 International Journal, Vol. 73, Issue 2 (June 2018): 187-204.
Sara Greco and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淪oft Contributions Are Hard Commitments: NATO and Canada鈥檚 Global Security Agenda,鈥 Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (May 2018): 273-285.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Jeffrey Rice, 鈥淪triking a Deal on the F-35: Multinational Politics and US Defense Acquisition,鈥 Defence Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2018): 19-38.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淟es femmes et la s茅curit茅 internationale: perspectives canadiennes,鈥 脡tudes Internationales, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1 (Winter 2017): 7-19.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Jessica Trisko Darden, 鈥淐ash or Combat? America鈥檚 Asian Alliances during the War in Afghanistan鈥 Asian Security, Vol. 10, No. 4 (2015): 31-51.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淏urden Sharing and Collective Penny Pinching within NATO: The Implementation of Smart Defence,鈥 Studia Diplomatica, Vol. 67, No. 3 (2014): 33-52.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淩evisiting France鈥檚 Nuclear Exception after its 鈥楻eturn鈥 to NATO,鈥 Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2014): 391-403.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Jessica N. Trisko, 鈥淪haring the Burden of the Border: Layered Security Cooperation and the Canada-U.S. Frontier,鈥 Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2012: 63-88.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭he Rhetoric and Reality of Border Policy Coordination between Canada and the US,鈥 International Journal, Vol. 67, No. 2, 2012: 437-443.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淲hat, if Anything, Will France鈥檚 Reintegration Imply for the Alliance Debate on Nuclear Weapons?鈥 European Security, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010: 79-96.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淐anada and the G8 Global Partnership: Tackling the WMD Threat,鈥 International Journal, Vol. 65, No. 3, 2010: 153-167.
Book Chapters
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Ana茂s F. El-Amaraoui, 鈥淕endered War, Gendered Peace: How the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda Contributes to SDG 16鈥, in Timothy Donais, Alistair Edgar, and Kirsten Van Houten (eds.), Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the Global Governance of Violence: Critical Reflections on the Uncertain Future of Peace (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development, 2024).
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Michel Fortmann, "NATO Enlargement and the Failure of the Cooperative Security Mindset鈥 in From Cold War to the Russia-Ukraine War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023): 563-645.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淲hen the Coalition Determines the Mission: NATO鈥檚 Detour in Libya鈥 in Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Ryan Grauer (eds.), Understanding Battlefield Coalitions (Routledge Studies, 2023).
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Mats Berdal, 鈥淐anada and Norway,鈥 in Thierry Tardy (ed.), The Nations of NATO: Shaping the Alliance鈥檚 Relevance and Cohesion (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022): 233-255.
Jeffrey Rice and St茅fanie von Hlatky, "Learning the Hard Way: Harper, Canadian Defence Policy, and Combatting International Terror,鈥 in Peter McKenna (ed.), Harper鈥檚 World: The Politicization of Canadian Foreign Policy 2006-2015 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022): 124-141.
Marianne Bouchard et St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淟e genre, le f茅minisme et les organisations internationales,鈥 in Ma茂ka Sondarjee (ed.), Pender le monde autrement: Perspectives f茅ministes en relations internationales (Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al, 2022): 133-141.
Stephen M. Saideman, St茅fanie von Hlatky, and Graeme Hopkins, 鈥淐orona as a Constraint on the CAF? As Always, The Mission Matters,鈥 in Leah West, Thomas West, and Amarnath Amarasingam (eds), Stress Tested: COVID-19 Pandemic and Canadian National Security (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2021).
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淧reface鈥 in Caroline Leprince and Casandra Steer (eds), Women, Peace, and Security: Feminist Perspectives on International Security (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2021): xiii-xiv.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淲omen and Gender Dynamics in Canadian Foreign Policy鈥 in Brian Bow and Andrea Lane (eds), Canadian Foreign Policy: Reflections on a Field in Transition (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2021): 255-270.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭he Return of Trudeaumania: A Public Diplomacy Shift in Foreign and Defence Policy?鈥 in Nicholas J. Kull and Michale K. Hawes (eds.) Canada鈥檚 Public Diplomacy (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2020).
Sara Greco and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淓quity, Diversity and Inclusion: Revising the Concept of Military Professionalism in the Canadian Armed Forces,鈥 in Krystal Hachey, Tamir Libel and Gregory Ruark (eds.) Rethinking Military Professionalism: Alignment with Contemporary Armed Forces (New York: Springer, 2020).
Meaghan Shoemaker and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淎 Feminist Account of Canadian Defence Policy鈥 in Manon Tremblay and Joanna Everitt (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Sexuality, and Canadian Politics (Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2020): 421-438.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淎nalytical Challenges Linked to Military Culture in Multinational Settings,鈥 in H. Christian Breede (ed), Culture and the Soldier: How Identities, Values, and Norms Intersect in Military Engagements (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2020): 260-272.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淲PS and NATO,鈥 in Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True (eds), Oxford University Press Handbook on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019): 364-374
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭he Gender Perspective and Canada鈥檚 Armed Forces,鈥 in Robert Egnell and Mayesha Alam (eds), Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military: An International Comparison (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2019): 73-86.
Jeffrey Rice and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭rudeau the Reluctant Warrior? Canada and International Military Operations,鈥 in Norman Hillmer and Philippe Lagass茅 (eds), Justin Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018): 285-302.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淚nternational Security,鈥 in Sandi J. Davies (ed), Women in the Security Profession: A Practical Guide for Career Development (Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2016): 203-208.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淎llies by Association? The Significance of America鈥檚 Asian Alliances for NATO,鈥 in Alexander Moens and Brooke A. Smith-Windsor (eds), NATO and Asia-Pacific (Rome: NATO Defence College Research Division, 2016): 119-132.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭he Gender Turn in Canadian Military Interventions,鈥 in Fen Osler Hampson and Stephen M. Saideman (eds), Canada Among Nations (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2015): 161-176.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淪trategies and Mechanisms of Regional Change,鈥 in T.V. Paul (ed), International Relations Theory and Regional Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2012): 289-298.
Op-Eds
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Can NATO Deploy Feminism? Inkstick, 13 June 2023.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, R茅viser la diplomatie canadienne, une occasion 脿 ne pas manquer, La Presse, 29 June 2022.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, It鈥檚 Complicated 鈥 Report on Military Misconduct Tackles the Labyrinthine Nature of Canada鈥檚 Armed Forces, Ottawa Citizen, 6 June 2022.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Kim Richard Nossal, Trudeau Needs to Clearly Explain Why Canada Should Be Making Significant Investments in Both Social Programs and Contributions to the Global Order, The Hill Times, 30 May 2022.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Justin Massie, Theo McLauchlin, and Pierre Pahlavi, The Foreign Policy Challenges of the Trudeau Government, The Hill Times, 11 November 2021: .
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Tandy Thomas, Widespread Cultural Change Is Overdue in Canada's Military, The Globe and Mail, March 09, 2021. .
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Affaire Vance: Pistes de R茅flexion pour un Changement de Culture au sein des Forces arm茅es canadiennes, R茅seau d'Analyse Strat茅gique (RAS), March 04, 2021. .
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Building a Feminist Alliance, Open Canada, November 23, 2020.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Alex Mirza, The Arrest of Huawei Executive Has Put Canada in Tight Spot, The National Post, 25 January, 2019. Online:
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Alex Mirza, The Arrest of Huawei Executive Has Put Canada in Tight Spot, The Conversation, 24 January, 2019.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, More to Recent Summit than Trump鈥檚 Antics, OpenCanada.com, 13 July 2018. Online:
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Gender and Peacekeeping, Policy Options, 8 November 2017. Online:
The Battle to Get More Women into the Military, National Post, 29 June 2017 (with Meagan Shoemaker). Online:
The Battle to Get More Women into the Military, The Conversation, 28 June 2017 (with Meaghan Shoemaker). Online:
NATO, Deterence and What it Means for Canada, The Hill Times, 29 May 2017. Online:
Trump Strikes Syria, Nothing Changes, Policy Options, 11 April 2017. Online:
NATO and the Return of Deterrence, The Hill Times, 20 February 2017. Online:
Diplomacy Should be at Heart of Defence Policy, The Hill Times, 29 August,2016. Online:
Our Soldiers Can鈥檛 Do It All. So What Do We Want Them to Do? iPolitics, 22 May 2016. Online:
NATO鈥檚 Public Diplomacy in the Grey Zone of Conflict, CPD Blog, 8 April 2016. Online:
Sovereignty Collapsed: Daesh and the Return of the Bandit Kings, NATO Association of Canada, 4 January 2016 (with Eric Morse). Online:
What Post-Paris Means for NATO, Toronto Sun, 20 November 2015 (with Alex Wilner).
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: The Making of the Future Canadian Soldier, OpenCanada.com, 11 November 2015 (with H. Christian Breede). Online:
More Military Reserve, Better Deployment Decisions? OpenCanada.com, 20 August 2015. Online:
Crisis at Home for Canada鈥檚 Armed Forces, OpenCanada.com, 28 May 2015. Online:
The Canadian Forces Can鈥檛 Be Gender-Blind, The Ottawa Citizen, 18 July 2014. Online:
Policy Reports
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Benjamin Fisher, Imre-Millei and Wesley Nicol, 鈥淩ecommendations for Improving Recruitment and Retention in the Army Reserve鈥 (2022) Found at: /cidp/publications/policy-briefs/recommendations-improving-recruitment-and-retention-army-reserve
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Claude Voillat, Alan Bryden, Almero Retief, Brian Gonsalves and Morgan Fox, 鈥淐onflict Prevention Tool: Developing Multi-Stakeholder Strategies,鈥 (2022). Found at: /cidp/sites/cidpwww/files/uploaded_files/CONFLICT%20PREVENTION%20TOOL.pdf
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淐anada,鈥 in Anna Clara Arndt, Liviu Horovitz, Claudia Major, Jonas Scheider and Lydia Wachs (eds.), Euro-Atlantic Concerns Regarding a US Sole Purpose Policy (2021).
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Stephen Saideman, Maria Rost Rublee, Fernando Nunez-Mietz, Constance Duncombe, George Karavas and Don Clermont, 鈥淕ender Diversity and Inclusion in Canadian Security Studies: Implications for the Canadian National Security Workforce,鈥 Canadian Defence and Security Network (2022).
Yolande Bouka, St茅fanie von Hlatky, St茅phanie Martel, Sarah-Myriam, Martin-Br没le, Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta and Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar, "Is Canada's Foreign Policy Really Feminist? Analysis and Recommendations,鈥 Policy Report 13, Network for Strategic Analysis, (23 September 2021). Found at: https://ras-nsa.ca/publication/is-canadas-foreign-policy-really-feminist-analysis-and-recommendations/
Yolande Bouka, St茅fanie von Hlatky, St茅phanie Martel, Sarah-Myriam, Martin-Br没le, Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta and Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar, La politique 茅trang猫re du Canada est-elle r茅ellement f茅ministe? Bilan et recommendations, Note strat茅gique 13, R茅seau d'analyse strat茅gique, (23 septembre 2021).
Hannah Hollander, St茅fanie von Hlatky and Bibiora Imre-Millei, 鈥淐hanging the Canadian Armed Forces鈥 Culture Through Training,鈥 Centre for International and Defence Policy (July 2021).
Sarah-Myriam Marin-Br没l茅, St茅fanie von Hlatky, Savita Pawnday, and Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar, 鈥淕ender Training in International Peace and Security: Toward a More Effective Approach,鈥 Policy Brief published by the International Peace Institute, July 2020.
St茅fanie von Hlatky (contributor), 鈥淒eveloping a Culture and Gender Inclusive Model of Military Professionalism,鈥 NATO Task Group Report, August 27, 2020.
Sarah-Myriam Martin-Br没l茅, St茅fanie von Hlatky, Yolande Bouka, St茅phanie Martel, Maria Martin de Almagro Iniesta, and Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Feminist Foreign Policy Through the Lens of GBA+ Analysis,鈥 a memo to the Feminist Foreign Policy Team of Global Affairs Canada, December 7, 2020.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Bibora Imre-Millei, 鈥淓nhancing Diplomatic Engagement by Building a Feminist Alliance,鈥 a memo to the Feminist Foreign Policy Team of Global Affairs Canada, November 30, 2020.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淚nternal Report for the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre鈥 published by the Gender Lab for the Centre for International Defence Policy (CIDP), December 27, 2019.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Pledge to Latvia and the Bigger NATO Bargain,鈥 RUSI Newsbrief 38, 9 (2018), 3 pages.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, Lindsay Coombs, Sara Greco, Jeffrey Rice and Maya Saryyeva, Elsie Design Workshop Report (Kingston: Centre for International and Defence Policy, 2018), 14 pages.
Meaghan Shoemaker and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 NATO Got to Do With it? Women in the Canadian Armed Forces,鈥 NATO Association of Canada (November 2017), 6 pages.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淣ATO鈥檚 Enhanced Forward Presence: the Social Dimension of Deterrence. A Perspective From Canada,鈥 Latvian Institute of International Affairs (September 2017), 9 pages.
St茅fanie von Hlatky and Kim Richard Nossal, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 New Defence Policy: The Short Version,鈥 The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (July 2017), 4 pages.
H. Christian Breede and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淧utting the Human Back in Human Performance Enhancement,鈥 Vanguard Canada (May 2017), 3 pages.
St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭rudeau鈥檚 Promises: From Coalition Operations to Peacekeeping and Beyond,鈥 CDA Institute Analysis (June 2016), 8 pages.
Rob McRae, Jim R. Mitchell, Stuart A. Beare, Elinor Sloan and St茅fanie von Hlatky, Canada鈥檚 International Security and Defence Policy (Ottawa: Centre for International Policy Studies, 2015), 22 pages.