Members of the media may directly contact the following experts:
Michel Drapeau (English and French)
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
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Professor Drapeau served with NATO in Germany on two occasions during his military service. He can discuss strategic, security, defence and military affairs. He lectures on Access To Information And Privacy Law and Canadian Military Law (Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. His full biography is available here.
Benjamin Zyla (English and German)
Associate Professor, School of International Development & Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Professor Zyla’s research and writings sit at the intersection of global governance and peace & conflict studies. In particular, he is interested in the security-development nexus, fragile states, peacekeeping and peace building, human security, humanitarian interventions (and values thereof), international peace operations, NATO, and questions related to Canada and the world.
Errol P. Mendes (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
Professor Mendes can provide insight into about the international law’s role for aspects of intervening in Ukraine, including that country’s No-Fly Zone request. He can also discuss the possibility of an emerging deal between Ukraine and Russia, with Ukraine negotiating a neutrality pact that would see the joining of NATO being removed from its future. Professor Mendes can examine the international law framework behind this and how it ties in to rulings by the World Court against Russia, including a provisional ruling for Russia to stop its invasion.