Cleo Paskal

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Cleo Paskal is a journalist and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for the Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, [1] Senior Fellow at the Usanas Foundation [2] and on the International Board of Advisors of the Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies [3] and the Global Counter-Terrorism Council. She has won more than a dozen awards for her journalism. [4]

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Biography

Paskal specializes in strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific. She has testified [5] [6] [7] before Congress multiple times. From 2006 to 2022, she was an Associate Fellow at Chatham House (a.k.a. Royal Institute of International Affairs), [8] where she led the "Geostrategic outlook for the Indo-Pacific 2019-2024" and other projects. [9] She led a multi-year research project based at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM) looking at strategic shifts in the Indo-Pacific. [10] She was a visiting fellow at Gateway House (Indian Council on Global Relations) in 2019. [11]

Paskal has contributed chapters to peer-reviewed academic books. She has also contributed to many publications, including Naval War College Review, Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs (Air Force), Washington Examiner, Pacific Island Times, The Diplomat, The Economist , The World Today , Conde Nast Traveller, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times, Chicago Tribune, Australian Financial Review, New Zealand Herald, The Farmer's Almanac, Lonely Planet , and the Sunday Times. She has hosted BBC radio shows. She is a Sunday Guardian columnist and has written columns for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Post , and the Toronto Star .

At McGill University, she co-founded a satire magazine, The Red Herring. She wrote the Primetime Emmy Award-winning TV series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within. [4]

References

  1. "FDD | Cleo Paskal".
  2. Codingest. "Cleo Paskal - Usanas Foundation - Decode Diagnose Demystify". Usanas Foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. "International Board of Advisors – Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies".
  4. 1 2 "CLEO PASKAL | Sunday Guardian". www.sundayguardianlive.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. "Crossroads of Competition: China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands". www.uscc.gov. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. "Oversight Hearing on: "Examining the Office of Insular Affairs' Role in Fostering Prosperity in the Pacific Territories and Addressing External Threats to Peace and Security" | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives". docs.house.gov. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. "Indo-Pacific Task Force Oversight Hearing on "How the Compacts of Free Association Support U.S. Interests and Counter the PRC's Influence." | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives". docs.house.gov. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. "Cleo Paskal".
  9. "Geostrategic Outlook for the Indo-Pacific 2019-2024". Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. "Le CÉRIUM accueille Cleo Paskal, chercheuse Trudeau - CÉRIUM - Centre d'études et de recherches internationales". cerium.umontreal.ca.
  11. "Cleo Paskal, Author at Gateway House".