Thomas Hughes is Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University and Deputy Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies. His primary areas of research are on confidence-building, deterrence, and strategic culture, with his dissertation focusing on the political effects of military exercises in Europe. Thomas co-edited the 2018 volume North American Strategic Defense in the 21^st Century, and also published work on the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft. Thomas gained his Ph.D. from Queen’s University, MA from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Denver, and has also worked for the UN Inter-regional Crime and Justice Research Institute.

• Policy Brief: Arctic Defence in 2023: A Review, by Thomas Hughes, January 2024
• Policy Brief: Training and Exercises: NANOOK and Beyond, by Thomas Hughes, August 2023
• Policy Brief: Defence in the European Arctic, by Thomas Hughes, December 2022
• Policy Brief: La défense dans l’Arctique européen, par Thomas Hughes, Revue annuelle – L’année arctique 2022, décembre 2022
• Policy Brief: The European Arctic: Developments in 2021, by Thomas Hughes, December 2021
• Policy Brief: La défense dans l’Arctique européen, par Thomas Hughes, Revue annuelle – L’année arctique 2021, décembre 2021
• Policy Brief: Les opérations et acquisitions militaires, par Adam MacDonald et Thomas Hughes, Revue annuelle – L’année arctique 2020, décembre 2020
• Policy Brief: Arctic Military Development in 2020: Three Key Trends, by Thomas Hughes and Adam P. MacDonald, December 2020
• Event Report: Advancing Collaboration in Canada- US Arctic Regional Security (ACCUSARS) Workshop Report, September 2020
• Event Report: Zapad, Vostok, Tsentr: Russian Military Exercises, Alliances and Capabilities, by Mathieu Landriault, Adam MacDonald, and Thomas Hughes, November 2019