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Monthly Guest Speaker – 5 February 2026

5 February | 1900 hours - 2000 hours EST

HCol/Dr. Sté​fanie von Hlatky will discuss Reinventing NATO.

Reinventing NATO: Reconciling Core Values and Strategic Imperatives

As NATO navigates an era of profound geopolitical shifts, the alliance faces a critical challenge: reconciling its foundational values with rapidly evolving strategic imperatives. This presentation examines how NATO’s identity and purpose are being redefined in response to emerging security threats, political contestation among allies, and the integration of normative agendas such as Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and climate security, two issues that Canada has championed over the years. Professor Stéfanie von Hlatky offers an institutional analysis of NATO’s adaptation over the past year, as well as an overview of Canada’s contributions to the Alliance now that deterrence and collective defence are back at the top of the agenda. 

 
Biography
 
Stéfanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair on Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces, Full Professor of Political Studies at Queen’s University, and Fellow with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. She 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. Her latest books are Deploying Feminism: The Role of Gender in NATO Military Operations (2022; 2025) and a co-edited volume, Total Defence Forces in the 21st Century (2023). In 2025, Dr. von Hlatky was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. She is the founder of Women in International Security – Canada and the Honorary Colonel of the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment.

Details

  • Date: 5 February
  • Time:
    1900 hours - 2000 hours EST