Department of Politics and Economics

John David Young, B.A. (Hons.), M. Sc. soc., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science & Economics

Dr J. D. Young is a graduate of the University of Guelph (Honours B.A.), Université Laval ( Maîtrise en sciences sociales), and Queen's University (Ph.D.), all degrees being in Political Science with concentrations in International Relations. From the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Professor Young has a Diploma in International Relations and International Organizations. A Strategic Studies and International Security specialist, Dr Young has served as Head of the Department of  Strategic Studies at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean from 1990 to 1995 and Head of the Military and Strategic Studies Programme at RMC from 1999 to 2003. From 1992 to 1994 he was also Chair of the Montreal Branch (French-language) of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, after having been a member of the Executive of the CIIA's Quebec City Branch for several years. Professor Young has held research positions with the Centre québécois de relations internationales and the Queen's Centre for International Relations. Having contributed to such professional journals as Armed Forces & Society and Études internationales as well as authoring several book chapters, research monographs, op-ed articles and conference papers, he has taught in the War Studies Programme as a member of the RMC Graduate Faculty since 1995. His current research focuses on regional security institutions and intervention regimes in support of international peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations.