Dr. Eric Ouellet is an Associate Professor of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and at the Canadian Forces College. He is specializing in institutional analysis of the military, irregular warfare and counterinsurgency and strategic military command and decision-making. He has published recently in Terrorism and Political Violence on the Institutionalization of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2014), and on various defence and security related topics in Contemporary Military Challenges, Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains (2013), Small Wars and Insurgencies, Canadian Army Journal (2012), Journal of Strategic Studies, and Defence Studies (2011).