Academic Writing

Books

AT WAR'S END: BUILDING PEACE AFTER CIVIL CONFLICT
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)

  • Winner of the 2007 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, the 2005 Chadwick F. Alger Award (International Studies Association) and the 2004 Eugene M. Kayden Award (University of Colorado)

  • German edition: Wenn die Waffen schweigen: Friedenskonsolidierung nach innerstaatlichen Gewaltkonf likten (Hamburg Editions, 2007).

  • "Few studies of peacekeeping and peacebuilding merit the description 'breakthrough.' This is one of them." --Michael Pugh, Director, University of Plymouth International Studies Centre, and Editor of the International Peacekeeping journal

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  • DILEMMAS OF STATEBUILDING: CONFRONTING THE CONTRADICTIONS OF POSTWAR PEACE OPERATIONS
    co-edited with Timothy D. Sisk (Routledge, 2009)

  • "Roland Paris and Timothy Sisk have compiled the essential guide to understanding the inherent contradictions that lie at the heart of the statebuilding enterprise. Drawing on a range of contemporary cases the volume's contributors expertly dissect the dilemmas raised by the challenges of coordination, security, political economy, institutional design, and autonomy. Students, analysts or practitioners looking to reflect on the process of statebuilding will find no better place to start their enquiry." --Paul D. Williams, George Washington University

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  • NEW PERSPECTIVES ON LIBERAL PEACEBUILDING
    co-edited with Edward Newman and Oliver Richmond (UNU/Brookings, 2009)

  • "A timely and extremely valuable book by a distinguished group of authors that critically examines the liberal premises of contemporary peacebuilding efforts through a combination of incisive thematic analysis and well-chosen case studies. A 'must read' for scholars and practitioners alike." --Richard Caplan, Oxford University

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    Articles, Chapters, Working Papers

    * "Ordering the World: Academic Research and Policymaking on Fragile States," International Studies Review 13:1 (March 2011), pp. 58-71.

    * "Introduction: NATO and the Challenge of Sustainable Peacebuilding," Global Governance 17:1 (Jan.-March 2011), pp. 75-79.

    * "State-Level Effects of Transitional Justice: What Do We Know?" (with Oskar N.T. Thoms and James Ron), International Journal of Transitional Justice 4:3 (November 2010), pp. 329-354.

    * "Saving Liberal Peacebuilding," Review of International Studies 36:2 (April 2010), pp. 337-365.

    Special commendation, British International Studies Association-RIS Best Article Prize 2010.

    Reprinted in Susanna Campbell, David Chandler and Meera Sabaratnam, eds., A Liberal Peace? The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding (London: Zed, 2011).

    * "Does Liberal Peacebuilding Have a Future?" in Edward Newman, Roland Paris and Oliver Richmond, eds., New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding (UNU/Brookings, 2009).

    * "Understanding the Coordination Problem in Postwar Statebuilding," in Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk, eds., The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations (London: Routledge, 2009).

    * "Scaling Back Expectations in Afghanistan," CIPS Policy Brief, no. 2, Feb. 2009.

    * "The Effects of Transitional Justice Mechanisms: A Summary of Empirical Research Findings and Implications for Analysts and Practitioners," Working Paper, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa (April 2008), co-authored with Oskar N.T. Thoms and James Ron.

    * "The Devils Lake Dispute Between Canada and the United States," Working Paper, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa (Feb. 2008).

    * "Post-Conflict Peacebuilding," in The Oxford Handbook of the United Nations, edited by Thomas Weiss and Sam Daws (Oxford University Press, 2007).

    * "Managing Contradictions: The Inherent Dilemmas of Postwar Statebuilding" (with Timothy Sisk), International Peace Academy report (Nov. 2007).

    Reprinted in Spanish: Gestionar contradicciones: los dilemas inherentes a la construccion posbelica del estado Documentos para la Discusion Postbelica, No. 2. Bellaterra: ECP, 02/2011.

    * "NATO's Choice in Afghanistan: Go Big or Go Home," Policy Options (Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007).

    * "Bringing the Leviathan Back In: Classical vs. Contemporary Conceptions of the Liberal Peace," International Studies Review,  8:3 (Sept. 2006), pp. 425-440.

    * "Towards More Effective Peacebuilding: A Conversation With Roland Paris," Development in Practice 15:6 (Nov. 2005), interview conducted by Alina Rocha Menocal and Kate Kilpatrick.

    Reprinted in French and German in the Swiss Yearbook of Development Policy 2006.

    * "Rational and Irrational Approaches to Human Security: A Reply to Ralph Pettman," Cambridge Review of International Affairs 18:3 (Oct. 2005), pp. 479-81.  (See also Pettman's initial article.)

    * "Still An Inscrutable Concept," Security Dialogue 35:3 (Sept. 2004), pp. 370-72.

    * "Peacekeeping and the Constraints of Global Culture," European Journal of International Relations 9:3 (Sept. 2003), pp. 441-73.

    Reprinted in Paul James, ed., Globalization and Violence, vol. 3, Globalizing War and Intervention (London: Sage, 2006).

    * "The Burden of Nation-Building in Postwar Iraq," in Irwin Abrams and Wang Gungwu, eds., The Iraq War and Its Consequences (World Scientific Publishers, 2003).

    * "Multilateralism and American Power," in Irwin Abrams and Wang Gungwu, eds., The Iraq War and Its Consequences (World Scientific Publishers, 2003).

    * "The Globalization of Taxation? Electronic Commerce and the Transformation of the State," International Studies Quarterly 47:2 (June 2003), pp. 153-82.

    * "Peacebuilding in Central America: Reproducing the Sources of Conflict?" International Peacekeeping 9:4 (Winter 2002), pp. 39-68.

    * "International Peacebuilding and the 'Mission Civilisatrice'," Review of International Studies 28:4 (Oct. 2002), pp. 637-56.

    Reprinted in Benedicte Bull and Morten Boas, eds., International Development (London: Sage, 2009).

    * "Kosovo and the Metaphor War," Political Science Quarterly 117:3 (Fall 2002), pp. 423-50.

    Reprinted in Philip Seib, ed., War and Conflict Communication: Critical Concepts (Routledge, forthcoming).

    * "Echoes of the 'Mission Civilisatrice': Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era," in Edward Newman and Oliver Richmond, eds., The United Nations and Human Security (St. Martin's Press, 2001).

    * "Human Security: Paradigm Shift or Hot Air?" International Security 26:2 (Fall 2001), pp. 87-102.

    Reprinted in Michael E. Brown et al., eds., New Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security (MIT Press, 2004).

    Reprinted in Richard W. Mansbach and Edward Rhodes, eds., Global Politics in a Changing World, 2nd edn. (Houghton Mifflin, 2003).

    * "Wilson's Ghost: The Faulty Assumptions of Post-Conflict Peacebuilding," in Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds., Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001).

    * "Broadening the Study of Peace Operations," International Studies Review 2:3 (Fall 2000), pp. 27-44.

    * "Peacebuilding and the Limits of Liberal Internationalism," International Security 22:2 (Fall 1997), pp. 54-89.

    Reprinted in Michael E. Brown et al., eds., Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (MIT Press, revised edition, 2001), pp. 299-334.

    * "Blue Helmet Blues: The End of the UN as a Security Organization?" Washington Quarterly 20:1 (Winter 1997), pp. 191-206.

    Reprinted in Timothy C. Lim, ed., Stand! Global Issues (Coursewise Publishing, 1999).

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    Commentary

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    Articles & Interviews

    * The Total Surveillance Society Approaches, Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 22, 2011

    * The Situation in Egypt and Libya, interview on CTV Question Period, Dec. 18, 2011

    * Next Steps for Libya, panel discussion on CTV Question Period, Oct. 23, 2011

    * Lethal Drones Strike at Our Very Heart, Globe & Mail, Sept. 14, 2011

    * Stabilizing Libya, interview on CBC Radio, August 29, 2011

    * Crowd-Sourcing Terror in Norway, Ottawa Citizen, July 26, 2011

    * After the Fall of Gadhafi, Globe & Mail, July 4, 2011

    * Intervention in Libya Flawed, But Better than Inaction, Globe & Mail, March 28, 2011

    * Libya: Turning Point, interview on CBC The National, March 21, 2011

    * Risks of No-Fly Zone in Libya, interview by Ottawa Citizen, March 7, 2011

    * Canada-US Border Deal, interview on CBC Power & Politics, Feb. 4, 2011

    * Diplomacy After Wikileaks, interview on CBC Power & Politics, December 3, 2010

    * After Afghanistan, panel discussion on TVO The Agenda, November 8, 2010

    * Canada and the UN Security Council, panel discussion on CPAC, October 13, 2010

    * Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan, interview on CBC Radio, August 10, 2010

    * Canada's Future Security Role, interview on TVO The Agenda, April 29, 2010

    * Assessing Afghanistan, interview on TVO The Agenda, April 16, 2010

    * Minority Governments Are Hobbling Canadian Foreign Policy, Globe & Mail, March 30, 2010

    * Rethinking Canada's International Priorities (co-edited with Fen Osler Hampson), CIPS-NPSIA Report, March 2010

    * Don't Pull Out Every Soldier, Ottawa Citizen, March 4, 2010

    * The Final Chapter of Our Afghan Mission, Globe & Mail, Feb. 1, 2010

    * Obama and Troops in Afghanistan, interview on CBC Radio, Dec. 2, 2009

    * In Afghanistan, One Last Shot, op-ed in the Globe and Mail, Nov. 3, 2009

    * Dealing with Fragile States, interview on TVO The Agenda, Sept. 25, 2009

    * Panel Discussion on the Afghanistan Mission, CBC The National, Sept. 21, 2009

    * Creating a Global Centre on Fragile States, discussion paper, Sept. 14, 2009

    * Step Up, Canada: Propose a G8 Centre on Fragile States, op-ed in the Globe & Mail, Aug. 10, 2009

    * Madly Off in All Directions, op-ed on the future of NATO in the Globe and Mail, July 13, 2009

    * Can Obama's "New" Foreign Policy Make a Difference? Global Brief, May 2009

    * Comments on Canada's Role in Afghanistan, PBS Newshour report, Feb. 2009

    * Ethical Dilemmas in Peace-building, launch of the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics, New York, Feb. 2009

    * Barack Obama's Visit to Canada, CPAC special, Feb. 2009

    * Year of the Afghan Mission, op-ed in the Globe & Mail, Dec. 17, 2008

    * Trying to Reach the Taliban, essay in the Globe & Mail, Nov. 1, 2008

    * Afghanistan and Mixed Messages, interview on TVO The Agenda, Oct. 29, 2008

    * Foreign Policy Issues in the Canadian Federal Election, interview on CBC Radio "Dispatches," Sept. 15, 2008

    * The Need for Transparent Reporting on Progress in Afghanistan, interview on CBC The National, May 22, 2008

    * Iraq's Future: The Canadian Approach, Literary Review of Canada (Jan.-Feb. 2008)

    * A Call For Stronger Canadian Leadership, op-ed on Canada's Afghanistan policy in The Globe & Mail, Jan. 23, 2008

    * Canada's Mission in Afghanistan, interview on CBC's Politics show with Don Newman, Jan. 14, 2008 (launches video file)

    * We Have To Stand On Our Own Feet, op-ed on Canada's Afghanistan policy in the Globe & Mail, Dec. 18, 2007

    * Negotiating with the Taliban? interview with Peter Mansbridge, CBC Television, Sept. 15, 2007 (launches video file)

    * The Least Bad Option in Iraq, op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen, Sept. 12, 2007

    * How Not To Blow Up the Balkans, op-ed in The Globe & Mail, Aug. 10, 2007

    * A Trilateral Mishmash, op-ed in the Globe and Mail, Feb. 26, 2007