We invite people to join this free public event “What are the Consequences for Canada? NATO at 75, the Ukraine War, Russia, China and the Middle East” on Tuesday, July 23 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the James J. Brown Auditorium, Waterloo Main Public Library, 35 Albert St, Waterloo, Ontario. With speakers: Dr. Paul Robinson, Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and Tamara Lorincz, PhD Candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University.
They will discuss the outcomes of NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington D.C. for the war in Ukraine, Russia, China and the Indo-Pacific region, and the Middle East. NATO’s Washington Summit Declaration has serious, far-reaching consequences for Canada and the world.
Join the conversation. All welcome. Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and WILPF-Canada.
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Dr. Paul Robinson teaches on War and Security, Defence Policy and Military Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He holds an MA in Russian and Eastern European Studies from the University of Toronto and a D. Phil. in Modern History from the University of Oxford. Prior to his graduate studies, Dr. Robinson served as a regular officer in the British Army Intelligence Corps from 1989 to 1994, and as a reserve officer in the Canadian Forces from 1994 to 1996. He also worked as a media research executive in Moscow in 1995. Having written or edited 14 books, he has also written widely for the international press on political issues. In recent years, he has worked on Russian and Soviet history, military history, intellectual history, defence policy, and military ethics. His most recent book is Russian Liberalism published by Cornell University Press.
He runs the blog: IRRUSSIANLITY
Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has a MA in International Politics and Security Studies from the University of Bradford and a Law Degree and MBA from Dalhousie University. She interned for the International Peace Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland and for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at the Canadian Embassy in Oslo, Norway. She’s a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Canada. She’s also a fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. Tamara just returned from ten days in Washington D.C. during the NATO summit where she participated in several think tank events.
