Thomas Bruneau

Experience

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  McGill University

  Jul 1969 - Jul 1987

  Professor, Director

  Assistant – Associate- Full Professor 1969 – 1987• Researched and published six (three single authored) books and 11 chapters.• Taught courses all aspects of Latin American Politics, Democratic Transitions, and Religion and Politics. • Traveled to five countries in Latin America, two in Africa, and three in Asia to do research on contract for International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.Senior Program Associate, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1983Director, Center for Developing Area Studies 1978– 1983 Show less

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  Centre for Developing Area Studies

  Jul 1978 - Jul 1983

  Director

  While Director, conducted first - ever assessment of the Canadian International Development Agency which was published as a Working Paper by the Centre in 1978.

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  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

  Jul 1983 - Dec 1983

  Senior Program Associate
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  Naval Postgraduate School

  Jul 1987 - Feb 2013

  Professor, Department of National Security Affairs

  1987 - 2013 Taught postgraduate level courses on all aspects of Latin America, civil-military relations, intelligence reform, and democratic transitions. 1989 – 1995: Chairman of the Department • Developed strategy for relevance and growth, thereby reviving department to become the largest and most prestigious department at the Naval Postgraduate School.• Successfully lobbied and grew budget from less than $1 million in 1989 to $10 million today, faculty growth from 15 to 45, and 60 to 280 officer students from all U.S. services and 35 countries. Developed and maintained contacts with highest levels of U.S. government, Executive, Legislative, and Armed forces, to promote programs, graduate studies, and research. 1996 - 2001: Academic Associate, Curriculum in International Security and Civil - Military Relations. Responsible for 80 international officers and civilians and 30 National Guard officers. 1998 – 2001: Rapporteur for the Defense Policy Board, that advises U.S. Secretary of Defense. In period of 1987 – 2013, as Professor, outstanding teaching, researching, publishing, and administration resulting in naming first “Distinguished Professor” in Department of National Security Affairs.• Research on central topics of defense, civil – military relations, and published 14 books, including two in 2011 and one in 2012, and 19 chapters in books. 2001 – 2004: Director, Center for Civil –Military Relations • Developed programs in all areas of democratic civil – military relations including Defense Institution Building, Intelligence Reform, Counter-Terrorism, Strategy Formulation, and Peacekeeping.• Conducted first ever study on impact of International Military Education and Training (IMET).• Doubled budget of the Center from $3 million to over $6 million four years later. • Continue as Program Manager for Latin America, Program Manager for bi-annual Executive Course, and Program Manager for Workshops on Intelligence Reform in New Democracies Show less

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  Department of National Security Affairs

  Jul 1989 - Jul 1995

  Chairman
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  Center for Civil-Military Relations

  Jul 2000 - Jul 2004

  Director

  In addition to managing and expanding the scope of the Center's programs and funding sources, and annually leading eight one week seminars on all aspects of democratic civil-military relations throughout the world, I also led the first-ever assessment of the impact of the International Military and Training (IMET) program.

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  Global Academic Professionals

  Feb 2010 - now

  Founder

  • North American Director for the International Association for Security and Intelligence Studies.• Developed and delivered courses on democratic civil – military relations in English, Portuguese, and Spanish at the Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C., September 2010 and 2011.• Researched in field and produced report on Joint Education and Joint Command Structures – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, for Florida International University and Southern Command, March 2011.• Researched in field and wrote report on Economy, Society, and State in Portugal for the Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany, in Bertelsmann Sustainable Governance Indicators, 2011 and 2014.• Prepared and delivered a series lectures on democratic civil – military relations to the leadership of the Nepal Armed Forces in four venues at the request of The Asia Foundation, Katmandu, January 2012. • Prepared and delivered set of lectures on gangs and criminal activities in Central America, and on the role of civilians in defense decision-making for the University of the West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, March 2012• Participated in the Roadmap to Cartagena lecture series in the U.S. Congress at request of Congressman Sam Farr, February 2012. • Made presentations on Central American gangs and security to large audiences in D.C. at Inter-American Dialogue & Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Saltzman Institute, Columbia University, Winter 2011.Taught courses on "Government and Politics in Latin America" and "Society, Politics, and Security in Contemporary Brazil" for the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School. Show less