Professional Affiliation

SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and PhD candidate, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Expert Bio

Mr. Belo is a PhD candidate and SSHRC Doctoral Fellow in international conflict management and resolution at The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University in Ottawa. His research focuses on gray-zone conflicts, hybrid warfare, the evolution of NATO–Russia relations, conflict mediation, ethnic conflict, and nationalism in the post-Soviet region. Mr. Belo was the editor in chief of the Paterson Review of International Af­fairs Journal and worked as an analyst for the Government of Canada.

Among other places, he was invited to present his research at the U.S Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, University of Pennsylvania Law School Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, Columbia University Harriman Institute, the Global Centre for Pluralism (Ottawa), and the European Commission. Several of his publications were used to inform policy development at Global Affairs Canada in relation to the conflict in Ukraine. His recent publications, among others, include “Non-State Actors and Conflict Management in an Era of Gray-zone Conflict” in The Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security, and Development (Ed. Hampson et al.); “Conflict in the Absence of War: A Comparative Analysis of China and Russia Engagement in Gray Zone Conflicts” in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (CFPJ); “Gray Zone Media­tion in the Ukraine Crisis: Comparing Crimea and Donbas” in the Handbook on Mediating International Crises (Ed. Wilkenfeld et al.); and “War’s Future: The Risks and Rewards of Gray Zone Conflict and Hybrid Warfare” for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI).