Alexander Moens (born 1959) is a professor of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

in Vancouver and a Senior Fellow at the

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in the Centre for Canadian-American Relations. He teaches

American foreign policy The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America, including all the bureaus and offices in the United States Department of State, as mentioned in the ''Foreign Policy Agenda'' of the Department of State, are ...

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 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and European Security: Alliance Politics from the

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'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 The ''Journal of Transatlantic Studies'' (JTS) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects pertaining to transatlantic relations. The ''Journal of Transatlantic Studies'' is the official publication of the Tra ...

, 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.The Fraser Institute
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 The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders. As ...

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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moens, Alex Academic staff of Simon Fraser University 1959 births Living people