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J. Paul de B. Taillon

J. Paul de B. Taillon

Dr. J. Paul de B. Taillon served for 30 years in the Canadian intelligence community, including as the first CSIS officer assigned to JTF-2. A retired Army Reserve Colonel, he was strategic and counterinsurgency advisor to the Commander of the Canadian Army from 2006 to 2014 and has extensive operational experience with U.S., Canadian, and British special operations forces. He has conducted missions in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, including 22 training deployments under USSOCOM. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and additional master’s degrees from the Royal Military College of Canada, Carleton University, and the U.S. Army War College. An Adjunct Fellow at Joint Special Operations University, he has taught widely at allied defense institutions and has published more than 70 works on terrorism, insurgency, and strategy.