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Walter Dorn

Dr. Walter Dorn
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Born (1961-07-11) July 11, 1961 (age 55)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Academic

Walter A. Dorn (born July 11, 1961) is a scientist, educator, author and researcher. Dorn teaches military officers and civilian students at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) in Toronto and also at the Royal Military College of Canada of Canada (RMCC) in Kingston. He lectures and leads seminars on the ethics of armed force, peace operations, the United Nations, arms control, Canadian and US foreign/defence policy, Canadian government and society, and science/technology applications. He has served as Chair of the Department of Security and International Affairs at the CFC and as Chair of the Master of Defence Studies programme at RMCC.

He has served on the Board of Canadian Pugwash since 1995. From 2008 to 2013 was Chair of the group, which is the Canadian branch of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize.

He completed his doctorate in Chemistry at the University of Toronto and now applies this scientific background toward the study of peace and conflict issues. He has pursued this work at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Nova Scotia, where he developed and taught courses, as well as at Cornell University, where he was a Senior Research Fellow.

In 2006, he was commissioned by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to conduct a study on technologies for peacekeeping especially for monitoring of conflicts, borders, sanctions, civilian protection, staff security, and various Security Council mandates. His report was welcomed by the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping, composed of 124 member states who contribute to peacekeeping. His 2011 book, KEEPING WATCH: Monitoring, Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations, served as an impetus for the UN’s creation of a Panel of Experts on Technology and Innovation in UN Peacekeeping, of which he was a member. DPKO is now seeking to implement the recommendations in the panel’s report Performance Peacekeeping.


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