He obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto. His research deals with the practical logics of global security governance, particularly in the framework of international organizations (e.g., the reform of the UN Security Council) or the political and diplomatic processes of pacification (notably the case of the Russia-NATO relationship in the post-Cold War era). In 2009, he has received the Vincent-Lemieux Prize from the Canadian Political Association for the best thesis in political science submitted at a Canadian University in 2007 and 2008.