National representatives

Representatives of the member institutions constitute the Council as the highest authority governing the Society. Their stakeholders are the Rectors and Commandants of the member institutions.  The Council consists of: 

Pierre Jolicoeur
Professor
Pierre.Jolicoeur@rmc.ca

Associate Vice Principal for Research
Royal Military College of Canada 

Rene Moelker
Professor, Netherlands Defence Academy
r.moelker.01@nlda.nl

Netherlands National Defence Academy

Kristian Søby Kristensen
Doctor, Director Institute of Strategy and War Studies
FAK-ISK-CH@mil.dk

Royal Danish Defence College

Hannu Kari
Vice Rector
hannu.kari@mil.fi

Finnish National Defence Academy

Markus Gauster
Doctor, Senior Researcher, National Defence Academy, Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management, (IFK)
markus.gauster@bmlv.gv.at
Anders McD Sookermany
asookermany@ifs.mil.no

Norwegian Defence University College

Kjell Engelbrecht
Professor of Political Science, Swedish Defence University
Kjell.Engelbrekt@fhs.se

Swedish Defence University

Zdzislaw Sliwa
Doctor
zdzislaw.sliwa@baltdefcol.org

Baltic Defence College

Ryszard Szpyra
Professor
r.szpyra@gmail.com

Polish National Defence University

Joana Isabel Brás
Lieutenant Colonel
bras.jiacc@ium.pt

Military University Institute of Portugal

David Last
Secretary to ISMS, 2017-2020, 2020-2023
last-d@rmc.ca

Associate Professor
Royal Military College of Canada

Participants of the ISMS Council Meeting in Oslo 2017