Rob Huebert, PhD
Rob Huebert is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He also served as the associate director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. He was appointed as a member to the Canadian Polar Commission (now renamed Canada Polar Knowledge) for a term lasting from 2010 to 2015. He is also a research fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. He publishes on the issue of Canadian Arctic Security, Maritime Security, and Canadian Defence. His work has appeared in International Journal; Canadian Foreign Policy; Isuma- Canadian Journal of Policy Research and Canadian Military Journal. He was co-editor of Commercial Satellite Imagery and United Nations Peacekeeping and Breaking Ice: Canadian Integrated Ocean Management in the Canadian North. He also comments on Canadian security and Arctic issues in both the Canadian and international media.
Select Publications
“The Arctic as a Friction Point in Sino-Russian Relations,” Joint Forces Quarterly (With Sergey Sukhankin and P. Whitney Lackenbauer) (October 2023).
“Arctic Shipping: A Historical Overview.” In Shipping in Inuit Nunangat: Governance Challenges and Approaches in Canadian Arctic Waters. Kristin Bartenstein and Aldo Chircop Eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2023) (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“Russia’s Arctic Strategy: Legitimizing Narratives and the Information Domain in a Competitive Region,” Journal of Peace and War Studies (October 2022). (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Troy Bouffard).
“Arctic Perils: Emerging Threats in the Arctic Maritime Environment,” Canadian Global Affairs Institute (November, 2022)
“Why China Is Not a Peer Competitor in the Arctic,” Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs (October 2022), (with P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Ryan Dean).
“Here there be Dragons? Chinese Submarine Options in the Arctic,” Journal of Strategic Studies (July 2021) (with Tim Choi).
“Opening an Arctic Escape Route: The Bellot Strait Expedition” Northern Mariner 31:1(Spring, 2021) 1-30 (with P. Whitney Lackenbauer).
“Arctic Geopolitics and Security from the Canadian Perspective,” Handbook on Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic, Frontiers in International Relations, Joachim Weber ed. (Springer, 2020)
“Canada’s Arctic Offshore and Patrol Ships (AOPS): Their History and Purpose” Marine Policy (December, 2020).
“Some Design Considerations for Arctic-Capable Submarines,” Policy Brief, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (November 2020) (With Tim Choi).
Lock, Stock, and Icebergs: The Evolution of Canada's Arctic Maritime Sovereignty. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2016.
China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2018. (With P. Whitney Lackenbauer, James Manicom, and Frédéric Lasserre).
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