The Rewriting of North America? Trump, Canada, Mexico and the World
I enjoyed this in-depth discussion with Mexico's former deputy foreign secretary, Julián Ventura, and the director of the US and Americas...


How Should Canada Respond to Trump's Tariff Threats?
Interview on CBC News Network, February 7, 2025.


Trump's Unprecedented Threats Have Seriously Damaged Canada-US Relations
Trump's Unprecedented Threats Have Seriously Damaged Canada-US Relations


The Future of UN Peace Operations: Pragmatism, Pluralism, or Statism?
Published in International Affairs , September 2024 Abstract: Although United Nations peace operations have played an important conflict...

Canada's military needs to prepare for war
There is no alternative but to prepare our military to fight in a large-scale modern conflict – frightening as that may sound.


The "Freeland doctrine" and Canadian foreign policy
Interview on TVO's The Agenda, November 17, 2022


Democracies are certainly friends of Canada, but what about the ‘in-between’ countries?
Published in The Globe and Mail , 31 Oct. 2022 Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s speech in Washington earlier this month...


We’ve reached a new post-Cold War era. What follows may be even more dangerous
Trends point toward a new kind of Cold War, more perilous than the last.
Putin has been redefining ‘sovereignty’ in dangerous ways
There is more at stake in Russia’s invasion than the survival of Ukraine as an independent, democratic state.
European Populism and the Return of ‘Illiberal Sovereignty’: A Case-Study of Hungary
European populist leaders and movements often extol the virtues of sovereignty, but how exactly are they using this term?


The World’s Democracies, Including Canada, Face a Historic Choice
Roland Paris and Jennifer Welsh set out an agenda for global "democracy support," focusing on the most urgent tasks.


Les défis géopolitique et géoéconomique au Canada et au Québec
Panel sur les défis géopolitique et géoéconomique au Canada et au Québec, le 7 mai 2021


How Can Middle-Power Democracies Renovate Global Democracy Support?
As autocracy engulfs ever more countries, how should the world’s remaining democracies respond?


Navigating the New World Disorder: Canada’s Post-Pandemic Foreign Policy
Geopolitical shifts accelerated by the pandemic crisis pose serious foreign-policy challenges for Canada.


The Right to Dominate: How Old Ideas about Sovereignty Pose New Challenges for World Order
International Organization 74:3 (Summer 2020), pp. 453-489.