David S. McDonough is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science and a Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, and a Research Associate at the Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa. He is a recipient of a SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2006-2009), an Honourary Killam Doctoral Scholarship (2008-2010) and the SDF Ronald Baker Doctoral Scholarship (2009-2010). He was also Chair of the Branch Working Group on Nuclear Strategy (2007-2008) at the Canadian International Council’s Halifax Branch. Previously, he held positions at the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, the Royal Canadian Military Institute and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He has published widely on US nuclear strategy and grand strategy, Canadian defence policy and broader international security issues in International Journal, RUSI Journal, Strategic Survey, Orbis, The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Canadian Naval Review, SITREP, Strategic Datalink and Third World Quarterly, as well as a monograph in the IISS Adelphi Paper series titled Nuclear Superiority: The New Triad and the Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (2006).

Publications

Edited Books and Monographs

• (Editor) US Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security (Centre for Foreign Policy Studies,
  2009).
• (Guest Editor) International Journal (Special Issue on Nuclear Strategy in the Age of Weapons of Mass
  Destruction), Vol. 63, No. 4 (Autumn 2008).
• (Co-editor and contributor) From Defence to Development: Resolving Threats to Global Security. Halifax:
  Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 2007. (With Anita Singh)
• Nuclear Superiority: The ‘New Triad’ and the Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, Adelphi Paper 383. London:
  International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2006, 112 pages.
• (Co-editor and contributor) The Dilemmas of American Strategic Primacy: Implications for the Future of
  Canadian-American Cooperation. Toronto, ON: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 2005. (With Douglas
  A. Ross)
• (Co-editor) The New World of Robust International Peacekeeping Operations: What Role for NATO and
  Canada? Toronto, ON: Royal Canadian Military Institute 2005. (With Brian S. MacDonald)
• (Co-editor) The Future is Unmanned: Remote Systems in Canada’s Defence and Security. Toronto, ON: The
  Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2004. (With David Rudd)
• (Co-editor) The ‘New Security Environment’: Is the Canadian Military Up to the Challenge? Toronto, ON:
  The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2004. (With David Rudd)

Journals Articles

• “Afghanistan and Renewing Canadian Leadership: Panacea or Hubris?” International Journal (Summer
  2009), forthcoming.
• “Beyond Primacy? Hegemony and ‘Security Addiction’ in US Grand Strategy,” Orbis, 52, 3 (Winter
  2009), 6-22.
• “Guest Editor’s Introduction,” International Journal (Special Issue on Nuclear Strategy in the Age of
  Weapons of Mass Destruction), 63, 4 (Autumn 2008), 797-801.
• “From Guerrillas to Government: Post-conflict Stability in Liberia, Uganda and Rwanda,” Third
  World Quarterly, 29, 2 (2008), 357-374.
• “Joint Expeditionary Warfare and the Dilemmas for Canadian Maritime Strategy,” Canadian Naval
  Review, 3, 3 (Fall 2007), 4-9; awarded first prize in the 2nd Annual Bruce S. Oland Essay Competition.
  “The Paradox of Afghanistan: Stability Operations and the Renewal of Canada’s International
  Security Policy?” International Journal, 62, 3 (Summer 2007), 620-641.
• “BMD and US Strategic Doctrine: Canadian Strategic Interests in the Debate on Missile Defence,”
  Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 9, 3 (Spring 2007), 41 pages.
• “The US Nuclear Shift to the Pacific: Implications for ‘Strategic Stability’,” RUSI Journal, Vol. 151.
  No. 2 (April 2006), 64-68; reprinted in SITREP, 66, 3 (May/June 2006), 3-4, 12-13, 16 and awarded
  the 2006 Wing Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award for the best contribution to SITREP.
• “Nuclear Superiority or Mutually Assured Deterrence: The Development of the US Nuclear
  Deterrent,” International Journal, 60, 3 (Summer 2005), 811-823.
• “The ‘New Triad’ of the Bush Administration: Counterproliferation and Escalation Dominance in
  US Nuclear Strategy,” International Journal, 59, 3 (Summer 2004), 613-634.

Book Chapters

• “Introduction,” in David S. McDonough, ed., US Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Global Security
  (Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 2009), 1-9.
• “Canada’s Conservative Foreign Policy,” in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute for
  Strategic Studies, 2008, 90-95.
• “Introduction,” in Anita Singh and David S. McDonough, eds., From Defence to Development: Resolving
  Threats to Global Security. Halifax: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, 2007, 1-16. (With Anita Singh)
  “Canada’s Growing International Confidence,” in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute for
  Strategic Studies 2007, 104-108.
• “Canada: Renewed Emphasis on Hard Power,” in Strategic Survey. London: International Institute for
  Strategic Studies, 2006, 99-103.
• “Introduction,” in David S. McDonough and Douglas A. Ross, eds., The Dilemmas of American
  Strategic Primacy: Implications for the Future of Canadian-American Cooperation. Toronto, ON: Royal
  Canadian Military Institute, 2005, 3-6. (With Douglas Ross)
• “The New Triad, Bunker Busters and ‘Counterproliferation Wars’: Nuclear Primacy and the
  Implications for Canadian Security Policy,” in David S. McDonough and Douglas A. Ross, eds., The
  Dilemmas of American Strategic Primacy: Implications for the Future of Canadian-American Cooperation.
  Toronto, ON: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 2005, 89-123.

Other Publications

• “Tailored Deterrence: The ‘New Triad’ and the Tailoring of Nuclear Superiority,” Strategic Datalink,
  8 (March 2009), 6 pages.
• “American Nuclear Strategy and the Implications for Canada,” International Security Series (online).
  Canadian Institute of International Affairs (July 2007), 6 pages.
• “The ‘Canada First’ Defence Strategy: Expeditionary Capabilities under a Conservative
  Government” SITREP, 67, 1 (January/February 2007), 3-4, 14-15, and awarded the 2007 Wing
  Commander Hamilton E. Boulter Award for the best contribution to SITREP.
• “The Defence Policy Statement and Its Vision of Expeditionary Capabilities” RCMI Commentary
  (May 2005), 3 pages.
• “Canada, Missile Defence and the Potential for Strategic Instability” SITREP, 65, 3 (May/June
  2005), 10-12.
• “The Siren Song of Continental Isolationism,” SITREP, 64, 2 (May/June 2004), 14.
  (Co-editor) Strategic Profile: Canada, 2003-2004. Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2004.
  (With D. W. Macnamara)
• “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Assessing a Regional Approach to Canadian Defence Policy,”
  Strategic Datalink, 119 (April 2004), 4 pages.
• “Lessons from Libya: Regime Change, Deterrence, and Coercive Diplomacy,” The Bulletin (Spring
  2004), 4-8.
• “The ‘War on Microbes’: Infectious Diseases, Bio-weapons, and Biological Security,” Strategic
  Datalink, 118 (February 2004), 4 pages.
• “Fear of Small Shadows: Counter-proliferation in US Nuclear Strategy,” Strategic Datalink, 116
  (December 2003), 4 pages.
• “Relations Between the US and India: Towards a De Facto ‘Strategic Partnership,’” Strategic Datalink,
  115 (November 2003), 4 pages.
• “The 2002 Nuclear Posture Review: The ‘New Triad’, Counterproliferation, and U.S. Grand
  Strategy,” Centre of International Relations (CIR) Working Paper, 38 (August 2003), 28 pages.

Book Reviews

• Review of Reluctant Crusaders: Power, Culture, and Change in American Grand Strategy, by Colin Dueck,
  reviewed in International Journal, 63, 1 (Winter 2007/08), 221-225.