Richard Shimooka – VISS25
Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Richard Shimooka is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a contributing columnist for thehub.ca. Formerly a senior fellow at the Defence Management Studies Programme at Queen’s University and research fellow at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, he writes on an array of topics, including Canadian and American foreign and defence policy, modern airpower, and defence procurement. He co-authored Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: The Influence of External Studies and Reports on National Defence Policy, has published multiple journal articles and chapters, and is a frequent writer in the media on security and defence issues.
Richard Shimooka is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a contributing columnist for thehub.ca. Formerly a senior fellow at the Defence Management Studies Programme at Queen’s University and research fellow at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, he writes on an array of topics, including Canadian and American foreign and defence policy, modern airpower, and defence procurement. He co-authored Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: The Influence of External Studies and Reports on National Defence Policy, has published multiple journal articles and chapters, and is a frequent writer in the media on security and defence issues.