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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...

On the challenges of achieving "economic security" in a changing world

Facing a difficult truth: 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.

Canada braces for the possible return of Donald Trump

Canada is not the only country bracing for Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House – but few have more at stake.

The Past, Present, and Uncertain Future of Collective Conflict Management: Peacekeeping and Beyond

Published in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding (2023)

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 signalled...

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.

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