Casey Brunelle

Casey Brunelle is a Canadian intelligence and strategic studies consultant with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, specialising in counterterrorism, public safety, and geopolitics. He is the Strategic Advisor to the International Airport Watch Association (IAWA), a North America-based, not-for-profit community policing/crime prevention program that provides aviation safety and security services in collaboration with civil aviation management and law enforcement.

A serving member of the Canadian Army Primary Reserves, Casey has been regularly published in British and Canadian security journals, international policy papers, as well as peer-reviewed academic textbooks on the subjects of military history, crime prevention, violent extremism, war studies, and international development. In 2017, he completed a four-year term as Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the InterPort Police, during which he co-authored an ambitious community policing programme in a major Chicago suburb that saw a 70 percent net decrease in all crime at the end of the initiative's second year. For his service, he was elected by the agency's executive as "Intelligence Advisor of the Year" for 2015.

Also in 2015, Casey completed a research placement with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Secretariat at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. There, he facilitated dialogue and co-ordination among individual stakeholders, national governments, international organisations, and NGOs in response to humanitarian crises in the Mediterranean Sea and Syria. He produced a comprehensive meta-analysis research paper, detailing best practices in improving the safety and security of healthcare workers in Somalia, Pakistan, and Syria. The study was presented as a full conference paper at the World Humanitarian Summit 2016 in Istanbul.

Casey holds a Master of Philosophy degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge (UK) and an Honours Bachelor of Social Science degree in International Development and Globalization from the University of Ottawa (Canada). He has completed numerous professional certificate courses from leading academic institutions, such as Massey University, University of Strathclyde, University of Groningen, University of Bath, University of Birmingham, the International Relations and Security Network (CSS), and others.

Critical care on land or in the air

Several non-profit organisations operate specialised air ambulances across Canada to provide critical care and patient transportation, writes Casey Brunelle - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 14, Issue 3)

The myth of the lone wolf terrorist

Casey Brunelle says the term ‘lone wolf’ in a terrorist context is unhelpful for counterterrorism research - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 14, Issue 2)

Wildfires in Canada

Landscape fires are likely to become an increasingly significant source of carbon dioxide emissions, not to mention the damaging cascading effects they have upon communities, warn Casey Brunelle and Joseph Satenstein - Written by Casey Brunelle and Joseph Satenstein. (Volume 14, Issue 1)

Spotting trouble

Casey Brunelle recounts the story of the Airport Watch programme and the invaluable support that volunteers provide at airports - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 13, Issue 4)

Normalising the unthinkable

Casey Brunelle investigates how the late 19th century term 'fake news' is being exploited by both sides of the political spectrum as a tool of increasingly partisan, zero-sum game politics - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 13, Issue 2)

Geopolitical threats, vulnerabilities and climate

We must place climate change and resource scarcity on an equal level to the conventional considerations of national security, before the ability to enact countermeasures becomes a matter of inconsequential what ifs, according to Casey Brunelle - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 13, Issue 1)

Climate
Global
Security

Protecting the protectors

Casey Brunelle outlines the urgent need for practical solutions to improve the safety and security of healthcare workers deployed in the field - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 12, Issue 2)

Attacks on healthcare

Unlocking sustainable conflict resolution

Casey Brunelle argues that strategic foresight is the pathway to sustainable conflict resolution, and that security and human development are not mutually exclusive in this day and age - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 12, Issue 1)

Security
Terrorism

It is vital to understand and address terrorist mindsets

In the second part of this series, Casey Brunelle says that the need for perceptive direction in terms of understanding the terrorist mindset - and not outdated dogma - is more evident than ever before - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 12, Issue 1)

In Depth

Assessing terrorism outcomes and impacts

Casey Brunelle says that analysing acts of violence against soft targets, this series will contribute to the need to adapt a strategic understanding of the root causes and underlying symptoms that have made global terrorism the influential actor it is today - Written by Casey Brunelle. (Volume 11, Issue 4)