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.