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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 signalled...

2022 Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker lecture: "The Ukraine Crisis and the New World Disorder"

UBC hosted Roland Paris as the 2022 Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker for a talk titled, "The Ukraine Crisis and the New World Disorder"

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.

Disunited Democracies Cannot Face the Challenge of China

Chatham House, June 2020. Democratic states must settle on an approach to China that combines clarity of purpose, resolve and restraint.

Can Middle Powers Save the Liberal World Order?

Chatham House, June 2019. Many middle powers have been warning about threats to the rules-based order. Now they need to act.

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