Bruno Charbonneau

• Climate Security
• International interventions
• West Africa
• International Relations

• France-Africa security relations
• Conflicts in Francophone Africa
• Peace operations in Africa
• International Relations

Bruno Charbonneau is Professor and Director of the Centre on Security and Crisis Governance (CRITIC) at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. He is the founder and Director of the Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des conflits et missions de paix of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is an Deputy Editor of the Canadian Military Journal. His work focuses on international interventions in armed conflicts. In particular, he studies the regional and international dynamics of conflict management and resolution in Francophone West Africa. He is currently developing a NATO-supported project on climate security and the effects of the climate crisis on conflicts and interventions. His research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and Global Affairs Canada, among others. He has collaborated with various agencies of the Canadian, US and French governments, the UN, the EU, the G5 Sahel and the OIF.

He can be followed on Twitter at @charbonneau_b

Books

• Charbonneau, B. (2008). France and the New Imperialism: Security Policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.

Co-edited Books

• Charbonneau, B. and Ricard, M. (dir) (2022). Routledge’s Handbook of African Peacebuilding, Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Sandor, A. (dir.) (2021). Comparing Armed Conflicts, New York/London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Tony Chafer, dir. (2014) Peace Operations in the Francophone World: Global Governance Meets Post-Colonialism. New York/London: Routledge Cass Peacekeeping Series.
• Charbonneau, B. and Parent, G. (dir.) (2012) Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation: Bridging Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches. New York/London: Routledge’s Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding series.
• Charbonneau, B. and Cox, W. (dir.) (2010). Locating Global Order: American Power and Canadian Security After 9/11. Vancouver: University of British Columbia (UBC) Press.

Journal issues (peer-reviewed)

• Charbonneau, B. (2021). Special Forum “COVID-19 and Global Order”. +International Journal, 76(1).
• Charbonneau, B. and Adam Sandor, A. (dir.) (2019). The Politics of Comparing Armed Conflicts. Civil Wars, 21(4).
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Mali: les défis de la résolution des conflits. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 53(3).
• Charbonneau, B., Chafer, T. and Wyss, M. (dir.) (2017). The Regional Dynamics of Peace and Security in West Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 35(4).
• Charbonneau, B. and Chafer, T. (2012). Peace Operations and Francophone Spaces. International Peacekeeping, 19(4).
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). Translated and reproduced In M. Liégeois and D. Morin (dir.) Le Guide du Mayntien de la paix: espaces francophones et opérations de paix. Montreal: Athéna.

Scientific Papers (peer-reviewed)

• Charbonneau, B. (2023). The Climate of Counterinsurgency and the Future of Security in the Sahel. Environmental Science and Policy. (à paraître)
• Läderach, P., Ramirez, J. Prager, S., Osorio, D., Krendelsberger, A., Zougmore, R., Charbonneau, B., van Dijk, H. and Pacillo, G. (2022). The importance of food systems in a climate crisis for peace and security in the Sahel. International Review of the Red Cross 103(918), 995-1028. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1816383122000170
• Charbonneau, B. (2021). Counter-insurgency Governance in the Sahel. International Affairs, 97(6), 1805-1823. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiab182
• Charbonneau, B., Debos, M., Hanon, J-P., Olsson, C. and Wasinski, C. (2021). De la « guerre contre le terrorisme » aux guerres sans fins : La co-production de la violence en Afghanistan, au Mali et au Tchad. Cultures & Conflits, 123-124(3-4), 67-82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/conflits.23194
• Bigo, D., Bonnefoy, L. Charbonneau, B. et al. (2021). Guerre et contre-terrorisme. Cultures & Conflits, 123-124(3-4), 11-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/conflits.23119
• Charbonneau, B. (2021). The COVID-19 Test of the United Nations Security Council. International Journal, 76(1), 6-16.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Privileged Sphere of Comparison: Empire, Methods and Conflict Intervention. Civil Wars, 21(4), 514-538.
• Charbonneau, B. and Sandor, A. (2019). Power and Comparative Methods: Performing the Worlds of Armed Conflicts. Civil Wars, 21(4), 437-447.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Intervention as Counterinsurgency Politics. Conflict, Security and Development, Special Forum on ‘Intervention’, 19(3), 309-314.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). It is Not About Peace: UN Peacekeeping and Perpetual War. International Peacekeeping, Special Forum on ‘Peacekeeping and Multipolar Global Order’, 26(5), 531-535.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Faire la paix au Mali : les limites de l’acharnement contre-terroriste. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 53(3), 447-462.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Mali : les défis de la résolution des conflits. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 53(3), 403-414.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). De Serval à Barkhane : les problèmes de la guerre contre le terrorisme au Sahel. Les Temps modernes, 693-694(Abril-juillet), 322-340.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). Intervention in Mali: Building Peace between Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 35(4), 415-431.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). Whose ‘West Africa’? The Regional Dynamics of Peace and Security. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 35(4), 407-414.
• Charbonneau, B. (2015). The Politics of Peacekeeping Interventions in Africa. International Peacekeeping, 22(3), 275-282.
• Charbonneau, B. (2014). The Imperial Legacy of International Peacebuilding: The Case of Francophone Africa. Review of International Studies, 40(3), 607-630.
• Charbonneau, B. and Sears, J. (2014). Faire la guerre pour un Mali démocratique: l’intervention militaire française et la gestion des possibilités politiques contestées. Revue canadienne de science politique / Canadian Journal of Political Science, 47(3), 597-619.
• Charbonneau, B. and Sears, J. (2014). Fighting for Liberal Peace in Mali? The Limits of International Military Intervention. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 8(2-3), 192-213.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). Côte d’Ivoire: les possibilités et limites d’une réconciliation. Afrique Contemporaine, 245(1), 109-129.
• Charbonneau, B. (2012). War and Peace in Côte d’Ivoire: Violence, Agency, and the Local/International Line. International Peacekeeping, 19(4), 508-524.
• Charbonneau, B. and Tony Chafer (2012). Peace Operations and Francophone Spaces. International Peacekeeping, 19(3), 274-286.
• Charbonneau, B. (2010). Possibilities of Multilateralism: Canada, la Francophonie, and Global Order. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 16(2), 79-98.
• Charbonneau, B. (2009). What Is So Special about the European Union? EU-UN Cooperation in Crisis Management in Africa. International Peacekeeping, 16(4), 546-61.
• Charbonneau, B. (2008). Dreams of Empire: France, Europe, and the New Interventionism in Africa. Modern & Contemporary France, 16(3), 279-95.
• Charbonneau, B.. and Cox, W. (2008). Global Order, US Hegemony and Military Integration: The Canadian-American Defence Relationship. International Political Sociology, 2(4), 305-21.
• Charbonneau, B. (2006). Mastering “Irrational” Violence: the Re-legitimization of French Security Policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 31(2), 215-41.
• Charbonneau, B. (2006). Repenser l’État et la sécurité nationale: le cas de la France au Rwanda. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 8(3), 1-32.

Book Chapters

• Charbonneau, B. and Ricard, M. (2022). “Introduction: Whose Peacebuilding? Power, Politics, Practices”. In B. Charbonneau and M. Ricard (dir.), Routledge’s Handbook of African Peacebuilding. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B., Läderach, P., Boisvert, M-A., Smirnova, T., Pacillo, G., Craparo, A. and Madurga, I. (2022). “The Climate Crisis and its Challenges for African Peacebuilding”. In B. Charbonneau and M. Ricard (dir.), Routledge’s Handbook of African Peacebuilding. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Wiuff Moe, L. (2022). “Counterinsurgency and Peacebuilding in Somalia and Mali”. In B. Charbonneau and M. Ricard (dir.), Routledge’s Handbook of African Peacebuilding. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Ricard, M. (2022). “Afterword”. In B. Charbonneau and M. Ricard (dir.), Routledge’s Handbook of African Peacebuilding. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Sandor, A. (2021). “Introduction: Power and Comparative Methods: Performing the Worlds of Armed Conflicts”. In B. Charbonneau and A. Sandor (dir.), Comparing Armed Conflicts. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. (2021). “Privileged Sphere of Comparison: Empire, Methods and Conflict Intervention”. In B. Charbonneau and A. Sandor (dir.), Comparing Armed Conflicts. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Sears, J. (2016). “No Liberal Peace: the French War and the Problem of Statebuilding in Mali”. In F. Kühn and M. Turner (dir.), The Politics of International Intervention: The Tyranny of Peace. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. (2016). “War and Peace in Côte d’Ivoire: Violence, Agency, and the Local/International Line”. Revised and reprinted. In F. Kühn and M. Turner (dir.), The Politics of International Intervention: The Tyranny of Peace. London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. (2014). “International Intervention in Côte d'Ivoire: the Changing Specificity of a Francophone Space” In B. Charbonneau and T. Chafer (dir.), Peace Operations in the Francophone World: Global Governance Meets Post-Colonialism, 121-136. New York/London: Routledge Cass Peacekeeping Series.
• Charbonneau, B. and Tony Chafer. (2014). “Is There a Specificity to Peace Operations in the Francophone World?”. In B. Charbonneau and T. Chafer (dir.), Peace Operations in the Francophone World: Global Governance Meets Post-Colonialism., 1-18. New York/London: Routledge Cass Peacekeeping Series.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). “Franco-African Security Relations at Fifty: Writing Violence, Security, and the Geopolitical Imaginary” In T. Chafer and A. Keese (dir.), Francophone Africa at Fifty. Manchester University Press.
• Charbonneau, B. and Chafer, T. (2013). “Opérations de paix dans les espaces francophones”. Translated and reprint. In M. Liégeois and D. Morin (dir.). Le Guide du Mayntien de la paix 2013. Montréal/Brussels: Athéna Éditions.
• Charbonneau, B. and Parent, G. (2012). “Peacebuilding, Healing, Reconciliation”. In B. Charbonneau, and G. Parent (dir.), Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation, 1-16. New York/London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. and Parent, G. (2012). “Making ‘Bottom-up’ Peacebuilding Relevant”. In B. Charbonneau, and G. Parent (dir.), Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation, 1, 215-220. New York/London: Routledge.
• Charbonneau, B. (2012). “Les effets du prisme de l’Atlantique sur les relations de sécurité Nord-Sud: le cas de l’Afrique francophone” In D. Brunelle (dir.), Repenser l’Atlantique: commerce, immigration, sécurité, 395-418. Brussels: Bruyant.
• Charbonneau, B. and Parent, G. (2010). “Managing Life in Afghanistan: Canadian Tales of Peace, Security and Development.” In B. Charbonneau and Cox (dir.), Locating Global Order: American Power and Canadian Security After 9/11, 87-106.
• Charbonneau, B. and Cox, W. (2010). “Introduction: Locating Global Order.” In B. Charbonneau and W. Cox (dir.), Locating Global Order, 1-32.
• Charbonneau, B. and Cox, W. (2010). “Relocating Global Order.” In B. Charbonneau and W. Cox (dir.), Locating Global Order, 276-291.
• Charbonneau, B. (2010). “France.” In D. R. Black and P.D. Williams (dir.), The International Politics of Mass Atrocities: The Case of Darfur, 213-231. London: Routledge.

Articles in non-refereed journals

• Leuprecht, C. and Charbonneau, B. (2022). Le Canada doit retrouver sa place sur la scène internationale, La Presse, 24 March.
• Leuprecht, C. and Charbonneau, B. (2022). After decades of timidity, can Canada’s allies still take us seriously? Globe & Mail, 23 March.
• Charbonneau, B. (2022). Should Canada be worried about Russian mercenaries in Mali? Policy Options.
• Charbonneau, B. (2022). Le Canada doit-il se préoccuper de mercenaires russes au Mali? Options politiques. DOI: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2022/mali-russian-mercenaries-worries/
• Charbonneau, B. (2021). ‘La crise climatique et ses enjeux sécuritaires’, La Presse+, 14 November. DOI: https://www.lapresse.ca/contexte/2021-11-14/international/la-crise-climatique-et-ses-enjeux-securitaires.php
• Charbonneau, B. and Smirnova, T. (2021). ‘La sécurité climatique au Sahel’, Bulletin FrancoPaix, 6(6).
• Charbonneau, B. (2021). ‘Le coup d’État au Mali n’a pas eu lieu’, Bulletin FrancoPaix, 6(1).
• Charbonneau, B. (2020). ‘Mali. Quand la logique militaire supplante le politique’, Orient XXI¸12 November.
• Charbonneau, B. and Jonathan Sears (2020). Canada must rethink its strategy for aid to Mali, The Hill Times, printed and online, 7 September.
• Charbonneau, B. and Leuprecht, C. (2020). The UN keeps snubbing Canada’s international policy. When will we hear its message? Globe & Mail, printed and on-line, 18 June.
• Charbonneau, B. and Lavallée, C. (2020). Introduction : COVID-19 et l’ordre mondial, dans COVID-19 et l’avenir de l’ordre mondial, CRITIC.
• Charbonneau, B. (2020). Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies et le test de la COVID-19, dans COVID-19 et l’avenir de l’ordre mondial, CRITIC.
• Charbonneau, B. (2020). The United Nations Security Council Fails the Covid-19 Test, Inside Policy, Macdonald Laurier Institute, 10 September.
• Charbonneau, B. (2020). Sahel: la gouvernance contre-insurrectionnelle, Bulletin FrancoPaix 5, (1), January.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). The Imperial Legacy in Scholarship, Africa is a Country, 22 October. DOI: https://africasacountry.com/2019/10/the-imperial-legacy-in-scholarship
• Eizenga, D. and Charbonneau, B. (2019). Que fait l’armée américaine au Sahel? Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie, 50 (Abril-May).
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Faire la paix au Mali : les limites de l’acharnement contre-terroriste, Le Monde Afrique, 27 March.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). The Military Intervention in Mali and Beyond: Interview with B. Charbonneau, Oxford Research Group, 28 March.
• Charbonneau, B. (2019). Le Mali, épicentre de l’instabilité au Sahel. Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie, L’état des conflits, 48 (December-January).
• Charbonneau, B. (2018). Counterterrorism and Challenges to Peacekeeping Impartiality. International Peace Institute Global Observatory, 28 June.
• Charbonneau, B. (2018). La stratégie de sécurité de la France au Sahel. Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie, 44 (Abril-May).
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). Perspectives historiques : Macron et la France militaire au Mali, Bulletin FrancoPaix, 2(5), May.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). Croyez-vous au Mayntien de la paix? Options politiques/Policy Options, 29 November.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). Le Canada et le Mayntien de la paix en Afrique. Options politiques/Policy Options, 15 November.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). Le retour manqué du Canada? Le Devoir (Montréal), 3 May.
• Charbonneau, B. (2017). La France militaire : entre continuité et changement, France Forum, 66.
• Charbonneau, B. (2016). La résolution des conflits face au défi ‘terroriste’ en Afrique de l’Ouest, Bulletin FrancoPaix, 1(3), March.
• Charbonneau, B. and Tourreille, J. (2016). La lutte contre le terrorisme, faiblesse de la politique africaine de la présidence Obama? Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie, 11.
• Charbonneau, B. (2016). Résolution des conflits ou guerre au terrorisme? Le Devoir (Montreal), 13 May.
• Charbonneau, B. (2015). Le Nigeria face à la violence de Boko Haram, L’Actualité (Montreal), 20 January.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). Efficaces ou impossibles, les opérations de paix?, Le Devoir (Montreal), 27 November.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). Missions de paix : mission impossible? De l’efficacité et de la légitimité des stratégies de paix, L’Actualité (Montreal), 27 November.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). La responsabilité de protéger et la Syrie : une façade, L’Actualité (Montreal), 12 September.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). Le conflit oublié en République centrafricaine, L’Actualité (Montreal), 18 September.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). Côte d’Ivoire : Laurent Gbagbo à la Cour pénale internationale, L’Actualité (Montréal), 4 March.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). La guerre au Mali : prélude à une longue présence internationale?, L’Actualité (Montréal), 14 January.
• Charbonneau, B. (2013). La guerre au Mali : que cache le consensus?, Le Devoir (Montreal), 17 January.
• Charbonneau, B. (2012). Comprendre 16 ans de guerre en République démocratique du Congo, Le Devoir (Montreal), 31 December.
• Charbonneau, B. (2012). Comprendre la guerre en République démocratique du Congo, L’Actualité (Montreal), 6 December.
• Charbonneau, B. (2012). Le Mali n’est pas l’Afghanistan (2), L’Actualité (Montreal), 5 November.
• Charbonneau, B. (2012). Le Mali n’est pas l’Afghanistan (1), L’Actualité (Montreal), 27 October.

• Director, Centre on Security and Crisis Governance (CRITIC)
• Director, Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des conflits et missions de paix
• Deputy editor, Revue militaire canadienne | Canadian Military Journal
• Founder et Editor-in-chief, Bulletin FrancoPaix