Brigadier-General James Cox OMM, CD, BA, MA, PhD, plsc, psc (Retired). Brigadier-General (Retired) Dr. James (Jim) S. Cox completed a 35-year military career, mainly in operational command and staff positions across Canada and on four continents. He last served as Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium, from 1998-2001.Along the way Jim completed six operational tours of duty with the United Nations in Cyprus, Central Africa, and Somalia, and three operational NATO missions in Europe. He has trained with the United States Army, The United States Army Green Berets, The United States Marine Corps, the British Army, the British Army Special Air Service and the British Royal Marines.After retiring from the Canadian Forces, Jim served as an analyst in the Library of Parliament, from 2005-2011, supporting the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan, the House of Commons Standing Committees on National Defence and Veterans Affairs, the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs and the Canadian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He also served as the Vice-President Academic Affairs with the Canadian Military Intelligence Association from 2012-2015.In 1993, Jim was awarded the Order of Military Merit in the grade of Officer, by the Governor General of Canada. In 2013, he received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Senate of Canada, for his continuing service to Canada.In recent years, Jim taught graduate courses in conflict management, civil-military relations, and national security intelligence at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and in Canadian foreign policy at the University of Ottawa. He also served as a Senior Associate with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.Today, Jim teaches graduate courses in Intelligence and Analytics in Public Safety for Wilfrid Laurier University, serves as Patron of The Royal Canadian Regiment Association, as a member of the Council of Governors for Commissionaires Ottawa, and as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Intelligence Network (CIN).Dr. Cox studied at the NATO Defence College in Rome and is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, the Canadian Army Command and Staff College, and the Canadian Forces College. He holds an MA and PhD in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada.