What kind of relationship is the EU offering Canada? | Deutsche Welle
I did this interview on DW news on 16 September 2026, shortly after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the European Union would explore "associate membership" for Canada. What does this mean for the future relationship between Canada and the EU?
Canada and the European Union | BBC News
What is the future relationship between Canada and the EU? Roland Paris speaks with BBC News on September 16, 2026.
Canada's retaliatory tariffs put Trump's trade strategy to the test | Chatham House paper
The US–Canada trade war is a test not only economic strength but also political will. On the latter, Canada may have an advantage.
Panel discussion on "The Middle Power Moment" in Washington, DC | Carnegie
Recording of panel discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026. (Full conference agenda: https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/05/the-opportunities-of-change-in-world-order.)
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...
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.