Alex Moens
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Alexander Moens is a professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University
in Vancouver and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute
in the Centre for Canadian-American Relations. He teaches American Foreign Policy and the Political and Security Relations between Europe and North America. He is the author of The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy, Loyalty (Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, November 2004) as well as Foreign Policy Under Carter (Boulder: Westview Press, 1990).
His edited and co-edited books are: Disconcerted Europe: The Search for a New Security Architecture (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the Cold War
’s End to the Age of Terrorism (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2003), and Foreign Policy Realignment in the Age of Terror (Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2003).
Moens has published in numerous Canadian, American and European journals on foreign, security and defence issues, including most recently, “Transatlantic Bipolarity and NATO’s Global Role,” Journal of Transatlantic Studies
, 4, (2) 2006, pp. 241-252 He periodically contributes to U.S., Canadian, and Dutch newspapers. In 2006, Moens published two major papers on Canada—US relations: Mad Cow: A Case Study in Canadian-American Relations,” Fraser Institute Digital Publication (www.fraserinstitute.ca), 66p, March 30, 2006, and Achieving Energy Security Through Integrated Canadian-American Markets, Fraser Institute Digital Publication, Vancouver, October 2006, 52pp. (www.fraserinstitute.ca). In 2007 he published: Canadian-American Relations in 2007: Recent Trouble, Current Hope, Future Work,” Fraser Institute Digital Publication, 32 pages, May 2007.
Moens served in the Policy Planning Staff of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Department in 1992 and was a visiting fellow at the National Defense University
in Washington, D.C. in 1999. He is also a researcher with the Council For Canadian Security in the 21st Century, and a Fellow of the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute.
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
in Vancouver and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute
Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank. It has been described as politically conservative and right-wing libertarian and espouses free market principles...
in the Centre for Canadian-American Relations. He teaches American Foreign Policy and the Political and Security Relations between Europe and North America. He is the author of The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy, Loyalty (Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, November 2004) as well as Foreign Policy Under Carter (Boulder: Westview Press, 1990).
His edited and co-edited books are: Disconcerted Europe: The Search for a New Security Architecture (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994), NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
’s End to the Age of Terrorism (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2003), and Foreign Policy Realignment in the Age of Terror (Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2003).
Moens has published in numerous Canadian, American and European journals on foreign, security and defence issues, including most recently, “Transatlantic Bipolarity and NATO’s Global Role,” Journal of Transatlantic Studies
Journal of Transatlantic Studies
The Journal of Transatlantic Studies is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects pertaining to transatlantic relations....
, 4, (2) 2006, pp. 241-252 He periodically contributes to U.S., Canadian, and Dutch newspapers. In 2006, Moens published two major papers on Canada—US relations: Mad Cow: A Case Study in Canadian-American Relations,” Fraser Institute Digital Publication (www.fraserinstitute.ca), 66p, March 30, 2006, and Achieving Energy Security Through Integrated Canadian-American Markets, Fraser Institute Digital Publication, Vancouver, October 2006, 52pp. (www.fraserinstitute.ca). In 2007 he published: Canadian-American Relations in 2007: Recent Trouble, Current Hope, Future Work,” Fraser Institute Digital Publication, 32 pages, May 2007.
Moens served in the Policy Planning Staff of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Department in 1992 and was a visiting fellow at the National Defense University
National Defense University
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. It is chartered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Navy Vice Admiral...
in Washington, D.C. in 1999. He is also a researcher with the Council For Canadian Security in the 21st Century, and a Fellow of the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute.