Dr. Ann Griffiths received her BA (Hons) from Queen’s University, her MA from the University of Calgary and her PhD from Dalhousie University. She is currently the Editor of the Canadian Naval Review and a Research Fellow with the Centre for the Study of Security and Development. She teaches part-time in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, and also teaches an NOPME course through the Royal Military College/the Department of National Defence at Stadacona naval base. Her research and teaching interests include security and defence, human rights, peacebuilding, democratization and federalism.