Simon Waring
PhD Candidate
War Studies
Royal Military College of Canada
Affiliation
91TV
Simon Waring is a PhD candidate at the Royal Military College of Canada, whose research focuses include German-Soviet operations on the Second World War’s Eastern Front, U.S. Cold War history, Canadian defence and foreign policy, and the theory, history, and practical application of strategy. Simon is the author of Defeat at the Dnepr: The XLVIII. Panzerkorps’ Counterattack at Kiev, November 1943, a military history monograph, and he is a frequent contributor to a variety of publications on strategic, defence, and security studies subjects, including SITREP: The Journal of the Royal Canadian Military Institute. Simon lives and works from his home in Toronto, Canada.
Research Interests
- Strategy
- Cold War Canada-US Relations
- Second World War Military History
Recent Publications
- Defeat at the Dnepr: The XLVIII. Panzerkorps’ Counterattack at Kiev, November 1943 (Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2026)
- “National Security and Non-Traditional Thinking: Understanding the Trump Administration’s 2025 Strategy,” SITREP: The Journal of the Royal Canadian Military Institute 87, no. 2 (April-May 2026)
- “History’s Insights for the West’s Russian Dilemma,” NATO Association of Canada (March 2025)
- “The Gathering Typhoon: Considerations for a Canadian Indo-Pacific Strategy,” SITREP: The Journal of the Royal Canadian Military Institute 83, no. 5 (September-October 2023)
- “International Relations Entering a New Era: The February 4th Russian-Chinese Joint Statement and Its Implications for Canada,” Centre for International and Defence Policy (February 2022)