Leadersphere 2024
27 February 2024 – 8:15 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free
Global and Regional Repercussions of War in Ukraine
Russia's armed aggression on the Ukrainian territory has been ongoing for two years, with no prospect of peace on the horizon. In both Kiev and Moscow, the hypothesis of a negotiated solution with an opponent deemed inhuman is polarizing. Not only has this high-intensity war already significantly contributed to reshaping the regional security layout―if only by precipitating further expansion of NATO―, but it has also developed sprawling ramifications now affecting the entire international system. With a military presence in the region since the annexation of Crimea, Canada has a duty to reflect on the fundamental issue of these transformations underway.
The Leadersphere 2024 program aims to sustain this reflection and contribute to debates on the challenges faced by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces in an uncertain and fluctuating international environment. The event features academic and operational expertise in a context conducive for discussion, knowledge transfer and sharing and ultimately knowledge co-production.
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Program
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Arrival and Registration
8:45 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. | Welcome
Colonel Guillaume Tremblay, Commanding Officer, RMC Saint-Jean
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks
Dr. Yann Breault, Professor, RMC Saint-Jean
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Keynote Speaker
Dr. Thomas Gomart, Director, French Institute of International Relations
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break
Launch of the book Le Canada à l'aune de la guerre en Ukraine, Frédérick Côté and André Simonyi (ed.) and meeting with the authors.
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. | Regional Repercussions of War in Ukraine
This round table will identify the characteristics of the regional transformations underway and discuss the new security challenges facing Canada's allies in the region bordering the war.
Moderator: Aurélie Campana, Professor, Université Laval
- Dr. Dominique Arel, Professor, University of Ottawa
- Dr. Guillaume Sauvé, Associate Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Dr. Magdalena Dembinska, Professor, Université de Montréal
- Dr. Pierre Jolicoeur, Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
- Brigadier-General Timothy Arsenault, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD, Director General Operations - Canadian Joint Operations Command
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Systemic Changes Following Russian Aggression
This round table will analyze the major transformations that followed the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, with a particular focus on the reshaping of global power relations.
Moderator: Dr. Élisabeth Vallet, Professor, RMC Saint-Jean
- Dr. Pierre Pahlavi, Professor, Canadian Forces College
- Dr. Julien Toureille, UQAM
- Dr. Martin Poeti, Professor, RMC Saint-Jean
- Émile Lambert-Deslandes, PhD Candidate, Queen's University
- Dr. Michèle Rioux, Professor, UQAM
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Coffee Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Canada in the Wake of the War in Ukraine
This round table will put into perspective the various impacts and avenues of reflection relating to Canadian security and defence in a global context. Speakers have contributed to the collective work edited by André Simonyi and Frédérick Côté, published by Presses de l'Université Laval.
Moderators: Dr. André Simonyi, Professor at RMC Saint-Jean and Frédérick Côté, doctoral candidate at Université Laval.
- Dr. Simon Hogue, Professor, UQAM
- Dr. Christian Picard, Université Laval
- Dr. Justin Massie, Professor, UQAM
- Dr. Mulry Mondélice, Professor, RMC Saint-Jean
- Dr. Rémi Landry, Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
4:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Thanks
Dr. Anne Caumartin, Professor and Dean of Research, RMC Saint-Jean
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception
Thomas Gomart - Keynote Speaker
Thomas Gomart was appointed Director of the French Institute of International Relations - Ifri after serving as Director of strategic development from 2010 to 2015 and founding and directing Ifri’s Russia / NIS Center from 2004 to 2013. Thomas Gomart holds a PhD in the History of International Relations from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and an EMBA from HEC (Paris). Prior to joining Ifri, Thomas Gomart worked at Marne-la-Vallée University (1996-1999) and for the French Ministry of Defense. He has also been Lavoisier Fellow at the State Institute of international relations (MGIMO – Moscow, 2001), Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Security Studies (European Union – Paris, 2002), and Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of War Studies (King’s College – London, 2003).
As a researcher, he focuses on digital governance, country risk, Russia, and think tanks. He recently published Notre intérêt national. Quelle politique étrangère pour la France? (ed., with Thierry de Montbrial), Editions Odile Jacob, 2017; L’affolement du monde - 10 enjeux géopolitiques, Editions Tallandier, 2019 (Awarded the Prix Louis Marin and Prix du Livre de Géopolitique); “What Is A Think Tank? A French Perspective”, Etudes de l'Ifri, November 2019; « Le COVID-19 et la fin de l'innocence technologique », Politique étrangère, vol. 85, n° 2, Summer 2020; Guerres Invisibles. Nos prochains défis géopolitiques, Editions Tallandier, 2021 and Les ambitions inavouées. Ce que préparent les grandes puissances, Editions Tallandier, 2023.
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