Interview: Canada's Cabinet Shuffle and the Incoming Trump Administration
"The primary consideration here was to arrange a team that was best suited to be able to deal with the particular challenge... and...
Canada Needs to Mobilize Its Allies in the United States
Here's part of a speech I gave at the University of Toronto shortly before the US election: In recent months, the tenor of Canada-US...
Donald Trump, Israel, and nuclear armament
Interview on CBC Power and Politics: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/donald-trump-israel-and-nuclear-armament-1.3911817
Trump's Mixed Signals Threaten Stability
Globe and Mail The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has ushered in a period of unsettling uncertainty in...
Interview on The West Block, Nov. 13, 2016
Transcript - The West Block on Sunday, November 13, 2016. Hosted by Tom Clark. Global News Tom Clark: Welcome back. Well that was the...
Pluralism, peacebuilding and Canada's role in the world
I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion on this subject, hosted by the Global Centre for Pluralism on October 27, 2016.
Trudeau and Terrorism
In a holding room at the Ottawa airport with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the evening of November 13, 2015, watching live coverage of...
Canada and Peacekeeping: Two Misconceptions
We do not yet know where, when and how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will deliver on his commitment to increase Canada's involvement in...
Outgoing PMO Senior Adviser Roland Paris Reflects on Work for Trudeau Government
By LAURA RYCKEWAERT PMO global affairs and defence senior adviser Roland Paris is headed back to the University of Ottawa, with his...
The Changing Nature of Global Power
Panel discussion at the 2016 Ottawa Forum.
Conversation with Fareed Zakaria
Roland Paris interviews Fareed Zakaria at the Ottawa Forum
Transition Memos Show Foreign Ministry Is Doing Its Job
CIPS Blog A series of foreign ministry memos, leaked to the media in recent days, offer an unflattering assessment of Canada’s declining...
Canada’s Military Spending Is Now Less than Half of NATO’s Target
CIPS Blog Last year I blogged about the decline in Canadian military spending as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The most...
