Claire Parsons

Claire Parsons is a Researcher with the Centre for International and Defence Policy where she works on quantum technology’s 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 Master’s 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 Master’s of Arts in Political Studies with a concentration in Nationalism, Ethnicity, Peace, and Conflict from Queen’s 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 Queen's University.

Recent Publications

• Parsons, C. & Andrew Heffernan. “The Arctic Online: Cybersecurity is Quintessential for Canada’s Arctic Security” Under Review at the Centre for International and Defence Policy. https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/arctic-online-cybersecurity-quintessential-canadas-arctic-security
• Parsons, C. (2024). “Quantity over Quality: Reducing the Recruitment and Retention of the Radical Far-Right in the Canadian Armed Forces.” The Conference of Defence Associations Institute. https://cdainstitute.ca/quality-over-quantity-recommendations-on-preventing-the-infiltration-of-the-far-right-into-the-canadian-armed-forces/
• M. Murphy & Parsons, C. (2024). “Tracking Quantum S&T from Strategy to Implementation Plan: What We Learned About the Canadian Armed Forces’ Quantum Posture.” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/11926422.2024.2387209