Keiren McClelland is a Junior Research Fellow at the NATO Association of Canada writing for the Society, Culture, and Security program. She is completing an MPhil in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin, where her research explores NATO’s Women, Peace and Security policy and how it draws on the framework established by UN Security Council Resolution 1325, examining opportunities for collaboration between defence and peacebuilding institutions to advance gender-inclusive approaches to security. She previously earned an Honours BA in Law, Justice and Society with a minor in International Development Studies from Dalhousie University. Alongside her academic work, she has contributed to research and advocacy initiatives with organizations including UNICEF Ireland, supporting policy research and program development related to child rights and inclusive education. She is also an alumna of the NATO Field School and Simulation Program, and a previous winner of the WMGIC x NATO Countering Disinformation Challenge.
Public support for NATO is often treated as a background statistic – measured through opinion polls, but rarely examined in depth. In democratic societies like Canada, however, public support is more than a reflection of sentiment. It is a key source of democratic legitimacy for foreign and security policy, shaping political decision-making and sustaining long-term Read More…
