Research Assistants
Kathryn Barrett
Peace Research Intern
Kathryn Barrett is an undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo, majoring in Political Science with minors in Legal Studies and Psychology. Her research interests centre on international relations and security studies, with a focus on global governance, emerging technologies, and the role of public imagination in shaping policy.
She has held internships with Bombardier Aerospace’s Public Affairs and Government Relations team and with the Office of Research and International at the University of Waterloo.
She has held internships with Bombardier Aerospace’s Public Affairs and Government Relations team and with the Office of Research and International at the University of Waterloo.
Publications authored/co-authored by Ploughshares Research Assistants
- At the Crossroads: Climate Change, Canadian Defence, and the Arctic through a Systems Lens
- Why Canada must invest in tech and diplomacy
- Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy: Can it meet a complex reality?
- Laser-armed satellites add to security dilemma in outer space
- Great Powers and the complex reality of AI innovation
- How Summit of the Future 2024 dealt with outer space governance
- Weapons fuel humanitarian crisis in Sudan
- Yemen and Canada’s $2.8-billion moral deficit
- When the chips are down: Can middle powers navigate the Great Powers’ high-stakes semiconductor game?
- Security threats from airspace call for greater human rights protection