Bio
Kurtis H. Simpson currently serves as a special advisor, Indo-Pacific affairs, within the Department of National Defence. As a senior defence scientist, he is a specialist on China and has extensive expertise in Asian security issues, global affairs, as well as transnational threats and terrorism. The author of numerous assessments, reports and peer-reviewed articles, Kurtis has also served as the head of delegation abroad for the Canadian government, and worked in numerous international liaison roles with Australia, the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other Five Eyes security alliance partners. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in international relations from York University and is a graduate of Canada’s National Security Program.