Thomas Juneau

Thomas Juneau is a professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His research focuses on the Middle East, in particular Iran and Yemen, on the role of intelligence in national security and foreign policy making, on Canadian foreign and defence policy, and on international relations theory. 

He has authored and edited several books, and is currently co-authoring a book on transnational repression in Canada, focusing on Iran, India, and China with Amarnath Amarasingam. 

From 2019 to 2022, he was the non-government co-chair of the National Security Transparency Advisory Group, an independent body that advises the intelligence community on how to enhance transparency in national security in Canada. He is also a non-resident fellow with the Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies. From 2003 until 2014, he worked with Canada’s Department of National Defence, mostly as a policy analyst covering the Middle East.