Simon Collard-Wexler Tel: 917-345-1868 Fax: 212-854-5670 E-mail: [email protected]

C ONTACT I NFORMATION

Department of Political Science Columbia University 420 West 118th Street New York City, NY 10027

R ESEARCH I NTERESTS

International relations, international security, foreign intervention, civil wars and insurgencies, and arms control

E DUCATION

Columbia University, New York City, USA Ph.D. Political Science (expected graduation date: Winter 2012) Thesis Topic: Understanding Resistance to Foreign Occupation Fieldwork: Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Lithuania, East Timor Advisor: Page Fortna Committee: Jack Snyder, Austin Long London School of Economics, London, UK M.Sc. International Relations Thesis Topic: Neorealism and the European Union Advisor: Nicholas Sims McGill University, Montreal, Canada B.A. Political Science, First Class Honors ´ Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po), Paris, France Certificate of International Studies, Honorable Mention

A CADEMIC E XPERIENCE

Brookings Institution, Foreign Policy Program, Washington, DC 2011-2012 Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow Undertaking research on resistance to foreign occupation as part of doctoral research. International Rescue Committee & Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Bukavu, DR Congo 2009 Researcher Evaluating the political and economic impacts of development aid in Eastern DR Congo using surveys and randomized treatment experiments Launching a USAID pilot project on the use of mobile telephones to report and geolocate violence in civil wars Columbia University & Barnard College, New York City, USA 2009-2010 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to International Politics Leading weekly discussion modules, developing and presenting class lectures, and grading student coursework Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) 2008-2009 New York City, USA Researcher Gathering data on composition, behavior, and goals of rebel groups and the effects of rebel group organization on peace agreements as part of a project funded by the US Institute for Peace

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P OLICY E XPERIENCE

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Ottawa, Canada Senior Policy Advisor, NATO Operations 2012-Present Providing policy analysis and recommendations regarding Canadian participation in NATO operations such as Afghanistan, Libya, and Kosovo. Secondary responsibility drafting policy regarding the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty Strategic Policy Advisor, Afghanistan Task Force 2007 Providing policy analysis and recommendations for senior management regarding Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan, drafting memoranda for the Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister, and helping craft Canadian positions for international conferences on Afghanistan Temporary duty as political advisor at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul Policy Advisor, Continental Defense 2006 Coordinating diplomatic relations regarding NORAD, the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, ballistic missile defense, and other Canada-US defense issues Temporary duty in Beirut supporting the evacuation of Canadian citizens during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War Senior Research Officer, Nonproliferation 2004-2005 Policy research and research program management on topics of space weapons, space security, and WMD treaty verification International Policy Institute, King’s College, London, UK 2003-2004 Analyst Drafting strategic and nuclear proliferation assessments of states in the Middle East based on open source documents (Assessment were provided for clients in national governments and international organizations) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria 2002-2003 Intern Writing reports on nuclear weapons infrastructure in NPT member states Drafting and disseminating a daily nuclear proliferation brief to Agency staff Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, USA 2002 Intern Research and analysis on international law pertaining to biological weapons Formulation of policy proposals for Canadian and American agencies with respect to an international biosecurity regime La Maison de L’Esp´erance, Orphanage, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Volunteer Teaching English and caring for orphans aged two to seven

P UBLICATIONS

2002

Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Book Review: Foreign Policy Strategy,” International Journal, Vol. 68, No. 4 (Winter 2008-2009), pp. 291-293. Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Book Review: Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar,” International Journal, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Spring 2008), pp. 498-502. Collard-Wexler, Simon et al., “Space Security Index 2006,” Annals of Air and Space Law, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter 2007), pp. 201-474.

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Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Integration Under Anarchy: Neorealism and the European Union,” European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 12, No. 3 (September 2006), pp. 397-432. Collard-Wexler, Simon et al., “Space Security Index 2004,” Annals of Air and Space Law, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Winter 2005), pp. 273-509. Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Book Review: The Purpose of Intervention,” Millennium Journal of International Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2 (March 2004), pp. 183-185. W ORKING PAPERS Collard-Wexler, Simon, Costantino Pischedda, and Michael G. Smith, “Do Foreign Occupations Cause Suicide Attacks?” 2012 (Second R&R Journal of Conflict Resolution). Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Understanding Resistance to Occupation: Evidence from a New Dataset” 2012 (Under review). Collard-Wexler, Simon and Brian J. McCabe, “From Body Bags to Ballots: Did Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan Impact the 2008 US Presidential Election?” 2011 (Manuscript). Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Strength in Numbers? Testing the Effects of Alliance Size on Alliance Duration” 2009 (Manuscript). C OMMENTARY

Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Timor Leste: So Much for Victor’s Justice?” Canadian International Council, 15 May 2012. Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Iran: To Strangle or to Strike?” Canadian International Council, 22 January 2012. Collard-Wexler, Simon, “Designing Institutions for a New Libya,” Canadian International Council, 2 November 2011.

C ONFERENCE & P RESENTATIONS

“Do Foreign Occupations Increase the Risk of Suicide Attacks?,” research presented to US Central Command (CENTCOM), Tampa, FL, 29 June 2012. “Understanding Resistance to Occupation,” research presented to the RAND Corporation, Washington, DC, 19 June 2012. “Resistance to Occupation in Afghanistan: A Spatial Analysis,” paper presented at the International Studies Association, Annual Conference, San Diego, CA,1-4 April 2012. “Understanding Resistance to Occupation,” research presented to the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 8 December 2011. “Understanding Resistance to Occupation,” paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 1-4 September 2011. “Do Foreign Occupations Cause Suicide Attacks?” paper presented at the Columbia University International Politics Seminar (CUIPS), New York, NY, 17 February 2011. Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 12-30 July 2010.

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New Era Foreign Policy Conference, Berkeley, CA, 10-12 February 2008. “The Space Security Index, Trends and Developments in Space Security in 2005,” paper presented at the International Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain, 30 September 2006. “The Current State of Space Security,” presentation at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratgique conference Collective Security in Space, Paris, France, 15 May 2006. “Space and National Security,” presentation at the International Space University summer symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 26 July 2005. “Security in Space, Security from Space,” presentation at George Washington University conference “Emerging Issues in Security Space: International Perspectives,” Washington DC, 12 May 2005. “Space Security,” presentation at the symposium on National Security in Space, International Space University, Strasbourg, France, 7 February 2005. L ANGUAGES

English (native), French (native)

AWARDS

Brookings Institution, Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2011-2012), $27,000 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, Trudeau Scholar (2009-2012), $180,000 Columbia University, Department of Political Science, Faculty Fellow (2007-2012) Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Doctoral Fellowship (2007-2011), $80,000 Government of Canada, Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program, Selected as one of 40 graduate student candidates showing outstanding potential for policy leadership. Recruits are fast-tracked into mid-level policy positions (2004) Quebec Research Fund on Society and Culture (FCAR), Graduate Research Scholarship (2003-2005), $30,000 McGill Student Athlete Award (1999-2002) Quebec Minister of Education Scholarship for Studies Abroad (2000-2001), $8,000

A CADEMIC S ERVICE

Referee, European Journal of International Relations, 2007, 2009 Member, American Political Science Association, 2008-Present Member, Canadian International Council, 2007-Present

C ITIZENSHIP

USA, Canada, France

P ROGRAMMING

STATA, R, LATEX, ArcGIS

S ECURITY C LEARANCE

Canada Level III TOP SECRET

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R EFERENCES

Prof. Page Fortna Columbia University Department of Political Science 420 West 118th Street New York, NY, 10027 [email protected] 212-854-0021 Prof. Austin Long Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs 420 West 118th Street New York, NY, 10027 [email protected] 212-854-8368

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Prof. Jack Snyder Columbia University Department of Political Science 420 West 118th Street New York, NY, 10027 [email protected] 212-854-8290