Stefanie von Hlatky

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

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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 Vice-Principal (Research). She鈥檚 previously 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 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; 2025). 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.

Selected Publications

Monograph

Edited Volumes

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Owen Wong, Claire Mountford, and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淒ivide and Conquer: Russia鈥檚 Anti-West Campaign and Gender-Based Disinformation,鈥 International Journal (May 2026).

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Thomas Juneau, 鈥淭he Absent are Always Wrong: The Friendship Motive and Canada鈥檚 Participation in NATO鈥檚 Operation in Libya,鈥 Global Studies Quarterly 6, 2 (April 2026): 1-10.

Owen Wong and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淟ittle Victories and Big Hurdles: The State of Women, Peace and Security Research after 25 years, Global Governance 31 (2025): 255-283.

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Wesley Nicol, 鈥淏uilding a NATO Policy on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Following the UN Lead?鈥 International Peacekeeping 32, 5 (May 2025): 1001-1027. Copy of Accepted Manuscript.

脡mile Lambert-Deslandes and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淣ATO, Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament in an Age of Ambivalence,鈥 Defence Studies (2025): 682-689.

St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淭he Enduring Relevance of GBA Plus for Military Personnel and Operations,鈥 Canadian Military Journal 25, 1 (Winter 2025): 67-76.

St茅fanie von Hlatky, 芦 L鈥橝CS Plus: toujours aussi importante pour le personnel et les op茅rations militaires, 禄 Revue militaire canadienne 25, 1 (Hiver 2025) : 67-76.

Constance Duncombe, St茅fanie von Hlatky, Fernando G. Nu帽ez- Mietz, Maria Rost Rublee and Stephen M. Saideman, 鈥淕ender Diversity and Inclusion in Canadian Security Studies鈥 PS: Political Science and Politics 58, 1 (2025): 1-12. doi:10.1017/S1049096524000271

Heidi Hardt and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淟ocal Engagement and Changing U.S. Military Attitudes toward Gender Integration: Evidence from Afghanistan,鈥 Contemporary Security Policy 46, 3 (2025): 578-612.

Alexandra Gheciu and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淚rreconcilable Differences? NATO鈥檚 Response to Russian Aggression Against Ukraine,鈥 International Journal 79, 2 (2024): 275-296.

St茅fanie von Hlatky and 脡mile Lambert-Deslandes, 鈥淭he Ukraine War and Nuclear Sharing in NATO,鈥 International Affairs 100, 2 (2024): 509-530.

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.

Book Chapters

脡mile Lambert-Deslandes and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 鈥淣ATO Enlargement: The Cause or the Effect of Russia鈥檚 Invasion of Ukraine?鈥 in Jonathan Paquin and Alexander Lanoszka (eds.), International Politics and the Russo-Ukrainian War: Concepts in Conflict (New York: Routledge 2026).

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Hannah Hollander, 鈥淐anada and NATO,鈥 in Aisha Ahmad (ed.), The Future of Canadian Security: Vital Insights from Women Experts (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2024): 49-61.

St茅fanie von Hlatky and 脡mile Lambert-Deslandes, 鈥淟鈥橭TAN, la guerre en Ukraine et la dissuasion 茅largie : quel avenir pour le partage nucl茅aire en Europe?鈥 in Andr茅 Simonyi and Fr茅d茅rick C么t茅 (eds.), Le Canada 脿 l鈥檃une de la guerre en Ukraine (Qu茅bec : Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, 2024).

Ana茂s F. El-Amraoui and St茅fanie von Hlatky, 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 (New York: Routledge, 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.

Policy Pieces and Op-Eds

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Thomas Juneau, From Friendship Motive to Absolute Loyalty: Lessons from Canada鈥檚 Experience in NATO鈥檚 Liby Campaign, NSA Policy Brief, 4 March 2026.

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Thomas Juneau, De l鈥檃miti茅 脿 la loyaut茅 absolue: le莽ons de l鈥檈xp茅rience du Canada dans la campagne de l鈥橭TAN en Libye, Notes politiques du RAS, 4 Mars 2026.

Owen Wong, Claire Mountford, Megan Barker and St茅fanie von Hlatky, How NATO Should Respond to Russian-Gender-Based Disinformation, CIDP Policy Brief, Vol. 10, Issue 5, October 2025. /cidp/publications/policy-briefs/how-nato-should-respond-russian-gender-based-disinformation

St茅fanie von Hlatky, How can the Government of Canada address the recruitment and retention crisis in the Canadian Armed Forces. 2025.

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Ga毛lle Rivard Pich茅, NATO agreed to 5% but is the public on board?, CDA Institute Opinion, 2 July 2025.

Md Rakib Jahan and St茅fanie von Hlatky, NATO鈥檚 2025 Summit in The Hague: Expectations, Challenges and Opportunities, CDA Institute Policy Papers 3, June 2025.

St茅fanie von Hlatky and Kerry Buck, The NATO Summit is not just about defence, it鈥檚 about shared values, The Globe and Mail, 11 July 2024.

Joakim Berndtsson, Irina Goldenberg, and St茅fanie von Hlatky, Primacy of Total Defence Forces in the 21st Century, Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia. 5 April 2024.

St茅fanie von Hlatky, eFP in Focus: NATO鈥檚 Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in the Baltic States, Eastern Europe Studies Centre. 27 March 2024.

Marie-Pier Allard-Caron, Cindy Cruz, St茅fanie von Hlatky, With Waning Media Attention, External Monitor Keeps Focus on Military Culture Change, Network for Strategic Analysis. 29 February 2024.

Marie-Pier Allard-Caron, Cindy Cruz, St茅fanie von Hlatky, Avec une attention m茅diatique r茅duite, une contr么leuse externe continue de scruter le changement de culture militaire, R茅seau d鈥檃nalyse strat茅gique. 29 f茅vrier 2024.

St茅fanie von Hlatky, L鈥檃genda Femmes, Paix et S茅curit茅 脿 l鈥橭TAN 脿 la lumi猫re de la guerre en Ukraine, Le Rubicon. 23 August 2023.

St茅fanie von Hlatky, The Women, Peace and Security Agenda at NATO in Light of the War in Ukraine. Network for Strategic Analysis. 4 September 2023.

St茅fanie von Hlatky, NATO鈥檚 Vilnius summit made clear that the status quo is unacceptable, The Globe and Mail, 14 July 2023.

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.

Policy Reports

Conflict Prevention Tool: Developing Multi-Stakeholder Strategies,鈥 (living document). Found at: /cidp/sites/cidpwww/files/uploaded_files/CONFLICT%20PREVENTION%20TOOL.pdf

Research Highlight with St茅fanie von Hlatky

Professor St茅fanie von Hlatky (International Relations) discusses her research on alliance politics, military affairs, and the women, peace, and security agenda. She also discusses how she involves graduate students in her research.