Professional and Educational Background
Coulon went at the Université de Montréal and obtained a diploma in political sciences. Coulon later became a columnist and journalist for Montreal's newspaper Le Devoir and was in charged for the international news section. He worked as a journalist for nearly 15 years from 1985 to 1999 and later made political editorials at La Presse. He was also the director of a weekly revue called Aéromag for three years from 1981 to 1984.
Coulon had published during the 1990s and 2000s various books related to military and international issues including the state of Canada's military, the United States, the Iraq War, the United Nations, Africa, globalization and the Lebanon-Israel crisis.
Before his attempt at politics, he was also a researcher on various related international affairs but more specialized on military operations. He is currently the director of Francophone Network on Peace Operations of the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal and is a guest professor at the university's political sciences department.
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