Canadian attitudes towards China have undergone a dramatic shift – from ambivalence to distrust – since the two countries became locked in a diplomatic dispute in late 2018. This paper argues that these hardened sentiments are unlikely to dissipate and Canada–China relations seem to have entered a new, warier phase.
About the Author
Roland Paris is a professor of international affairs at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and an associate fellow of the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House.
Previously, he was senior adviser on global affairs and defence to the prime minister of Canada, founding director of the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa, director of research at the Conference Board of Canada, assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder, visiting researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, and visiting fellow at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris. He has also served in several advisory positions in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and its Privy Council (Cabinet) Office. His research on international security, civil conflicts, peacebuilding, and Canadian and US foreign policy has appeared in leading academic outlets and earned several prizes, including the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He has also won seven awards for teaching and public service, and provides regular analysis of international affairs to international and Canadian media.
He holds a PhD from Yale University, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a BA from the University of Toronto.