Field Report Ep 8 - Reflecting on NATO@75 with Dr Ian Hope

This episode of the Field Report was presented by: Hannah Christensen, Program Manager of the NATO Field School, and Sophie Sacilotto, a Masters student in the Centre of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto. With special thanks to our Field Report Production team for their support. Our special guest today is Dr, Col (ret'd) Ian Hope. Dr Hope is a retired military official with 40 years of experience, including the first Gulf War, as well as multiple tours in the Balkans, Africa, and Afghanistan. He commanded the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group, Task Force Orion, in combat in Kandahar in 2006, the Canadian battlegroup which experienced the first major land combat operations since the Korean War, earning him the Meritorious Service Cross. Dr Hope holds a PhD from Queen's University in American Military History, and has studied strategic studies and military theory and history from the United States Army War College and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He has also served on the faculty of the US Army War College, the Royal Military College, and the NATO Defense College.