Book Launch - Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century

Join Stéfanie von Hlatky, Irina Goldenberg & Joakim Berndtsson for this launch event. An introduction will be given by Peter Kasurak.

*Books may be purchased at the CIDP office (403 Robert Sutherland Hall, Queen's University)

about the book:

The Interoperability Crux: Navigating the Technology Revolution

COL Donnell’s research examines the critical importance of interoperability within NATO, especially in light of technological advancements and the quantum technology revolution. It highlights the existing gaps in NATO's interoperability and the potential risks these pose to the Alliance's collective defence capabilities. Finally, it examines requirements for day-zero interoperability to prepare for future NATO challenges.

Bio:

COL TYLER R. DONNELL is the United States Army Visiting Defense Fellow to the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario. Tyler has 21 years of service with the United States Armed Forces as a Field Artillery Officer. Tyler has operational deployments to Baghdad and Kirkuk, Iraq focusing on security and stability operations. He has also served in the Indo-Pacific region with Special Operations Command – Korea and Europe with the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, where he focused on multinational interoperability and operations with Allies and Partners. Tyler has served in various command and staff positions.

He is a United States Army Command and General Staff College graduate. Tyler received a Master’s Degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, before his assignment as an Instructor at the United States Military Academy. He has been awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and Meritorious Service Medal.

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Biography:

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the CIDP Undergraduate Mentorship Program presents: Discussion on defence with the CIDP's Visiting Defence Fellows.

Join us as the VDFs discuss the Complexities of Coalition Air Operations.

George's new book, Cold War 2.0, comes out in March, 2024. George will discuss in this session some of the key themes of the book, including: what it means for the democracies and the autocracies to be in a cold war, especially one that is technologically driven; why the democracies do technology and innovation better than the autocracies; and what the democracies have to do to leverage their edge in technology and innovation in order to prevail in Cold War 2.0.

Bio:

George S. Takach is a graduate of the University of Toronto (including IEP, Aix-en-Provence) (BA), the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (MA), and the Faculty of Law University of Toronto (JD). George is a former partner and national Technology Industry Leader at the McCarthy Tétrault law firm, where for 35+ years he represented Canadian and international technology companies (with financings, M&A and commercial matters) and traditional companies and governments with their sophisticated technology transactions and projects. George was an Adjunct Professor of computer law at Osgoode Hall Law School for 22 years. He is the author of Computer Law and two other books on the business of technology. He is now writing books on technology and geopolitics for a general audience, including Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New War Between China, Russia and America (pub date March 5, 2024, available from Simon & Schuster.com).