
Claire Parsons
Researcher
Research Network on Women, Peace and Security
Queen's University
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Claire Parsons is a Researcher with the Centre for International and Defence Policy where she works on quantum technologyās effects on the defence strategies of the Five Eyes alliance, the relationship between cybersecurity and climate change, and Women, Peace, and Security. Her research interests pertain to military affairs, radicalization, and counterterror with her Masterās Major Research Project focusing on reducing the recruitment and retention of far-right radicals, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis into the Canadian Armed Forces. Claire holds a Masterās of Arts in Political Studies with a concentration in Nationalism, Ethnicity, Peace, and Conflict from Queenās University. She was appointed a 2024 Capstone Laureate of the Canadian Defence and Security Network and is a Junior Fellow at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute. She holds a Bachelor's (Honours) Undergraduate degree in Political Studies and a Certificate in Law from ¾ÅŠćÖ±²„.
Research Interests
Recent Publications
- Parsons, C. & Andrew Heffernan. āThe Arctic Online: Cybersecurity is Quintessential for Canadaās Arctic Securityā Under Review at the Centre for International and Defence Policy. /cidp/arctic-online-cybersecurity-quintessential-canadas-arctic-security
- Parsons, C. (2024). āQuantity over Quality: Reducing the Recruitment and Retention of the Radical Far-Right in the Canadian Armed Forces.ā The Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
- M. Murphy & Parsons, C. (2024). āTracking Quantum S&T from Strategy to Implementation Plan: What We Learned ¾ÅŠćÖ±²„ the Canadian Armed Forcesā Quantum Posture.ā Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 1-16.