Interview on The Agenda about "The Return to Sovereignty," 17 Oct. 2017
Interesting discussion with Janice Stein and Randall Schweller. Blurb: "Between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and every populist in...
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...
Conversation with Fareed Zakaria
Roland Paris interviews Fareed Zakaria at the Ottawa Forum
Obama’s Gamble in Iraq and Syria
CIPS Blog President Barack Obama’s speech on Wednesday marks the third major shift in United States counterterrorism strategy since...
Is Corruption the Cost of Saving Afghanistan?
Globe & Mail It was fitting that last weekend’s international donors’ conference on Afghanistan took place in Tokyo: The event...
A Pivotal Moment? U.S. Policy Towards Asia
Is the United States “pivoting” its foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region, as prominent Obama administration officials, news...
The 800-Pound Panda in Obama’s Asia Speech
Sometimes, the most interesting part of a political speech isn’t what is said, but what’s not said. On Thursday, President Barack Obama...
Lethal Drones Strike at Our Very Heart
Globe & Mail The revolution in robotic warfare is about to go global. Many countries are trying to develop or acquire remote-controlled...
In Afghanistan, One Last Shot
Globe & Mail Obama will conclude that this isn't the time to withdraw, but he's also unlikely to tolerate failure much longer Now that...
Can Obama's "New" Foreign Policy Make a Difference?
Global Brief As a candidate for the White House, Barack Obama promised to “renew American diplomacy” and to launch a “new era of...


Multilateralism and American Power
In Irwin Abrams and Wang Gungwu, eds., The Iraq War and Its Consequences (World Scientific Publishers, 2003)
Kosovo and the Metaphor War
Political Science Quarterly 117:3 (Fall 2002), pp. 423-50 Abstract: In the spring of 1999, American political leaders debated how to...