Publications and Conference Papers
BOOKS AUTHORED
The New ASEAN in Asia Pacific and Beyond. Lynne Rienner Publications (2018)
Explaining ASEAN: Regionalism in Southeast Asia. Lynne Rienner Publications (2002)
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND MONOGRAPHS
(** indicates refereed publications)
“How Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy conflicts with ASEAN’s outlook on the Indo-Pacific,” International Journal. Vol. 78, no. 1-2 (March-June, 2023): 172-192. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207020231175876. **
“The problem of a “rules-based international order”: the significance of the non-Western world’s restrained response to the Russia-Ukraine war. “ Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. Vol. 28, no. 3 (2023): 301-316: https://doi.org/10.1080/11926422.2023.2193420. **
“A Sovereignty Success Story: ASEAN Remains a Reflection of its Member States.” Indo-Pacific Defense Forum (2022): 54-57.
“Lessons of the Ukraine Crisis for Canada’s Relations with China,” East Asian Policy, Volume 14, no. 3 (2022): 102-116.**
“Canada and Israel Under the Harper Conservatives: Interpreting a Radical Shift,” in Harper’s World: The Politicization of Foreign Policy, 2006-2010. Ed. Peter McKenna. University of Toronto Press (2022): 295-320.**
“Chapter 5: Japan’s Relations with ASEAN: Unity and Diversity in a Changing Regional Environment,” in The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era. Eds. John Ciorciari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui. University of Michigan Press (2021): 97-119.**
ISEAS Perspective: Biden’s ‘China Challenge’ and Domestic Politics: Implications for Southeast Asia. (July 9, 2021) https://fulcrum.sg/bidens-china-challenge-and-domestic-politics-implications-for-southeast-asia/
ISEAS Fulcrum: Why the United States is an Unreliable Partner to Southeast Asia. (March 9, 2021) https://fulcrum.sg/why-the-united-states-is-an-unreliable-partner-to-southeast-asia/
ISEAS Fulcrum: The End of Western Triumphalism and the Return of the Sovereign State. (February 24, 2021) https://fulcrum.sg/the-end-of-western-triumphalism-and-the-return-of-the-sovereign-state/
Assessing the Geopolitical Effects of the Coronavirus on Canada-United States-Asia Relations. Written for the Defence and Security Foresight Group, Department of Defence, Canada. June 2020.
Co-authored with Jamie Gillies (2019). “The Trudeau government and the case for multilateralism in an uncertain world.” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, DOI: 10.1080/11926422.2019.1684963.
“US Domestic Politics and America’s Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Implications for Southeast Asia.” Contemporary Southeast Asia. Vol 40, No. 1 (2018): 50-70. **
“ASEAN and the Challenge of Multilateralism in the Asia Pacific.” Routledge Handbook of Asia in World Politics. Teh-Kuang Chang and Angelin Chang, eds. Routledge Publications (2018): 143-157. **
“Stephen Harper and the Radicalization of Canadian Foreign Policy.” The Blueprint: Conservative Parties and Their Impact on Canadian Politics. J.P. Lewis and Joanna Everitt, eds. University of Toronto Press (2017): 314 – 342.**
“The End of the TPP: Symptoms of American Decline and ASEAN’s Response.” ISEAS Perspectives, No. 25 (April 17, 2017). **
Asia and the Rules-Based International System: Perceptions, Challenges and Ideas for Change. Report prepared for Wilton Park/British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, March 13 – 15, 2017, Singapore. In association with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.
“NATO and the New Western Imperialism.” “Seeking Order in Anarchy: Multilateralism as State Strategy. Robert Murray, ed. University of Alberta Press (2016): 197 – 218.**
“An Assessment of Southeast Asian Regional Identity.” Globalization and Global Citizenship: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Irene Langran and Tammy Birk, eds. Routledge Publishing (2016): 232 – 242.**
“ASEAN and the Response to Regional Crisis: The Limits of Integration.” Crisis and Institutional Change in Regional Integration. Sabine Saurugger and Fabien Terpan, eds. Routledge Publishing (2016): 173 – 191.**
“Human Rights Norms and the Evolution of ASEAN: Moving without Moving in a Changing Regional Environment.” Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 34, No. 3 (December 2012): 365 – 388.**
“Asia, ASEAN, and the Question of Sovereignty: The Persistence of Non-Intervention in the Asia Pacific.” In The Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism, Richard Stubbs and Mark Beeson, eds. Routledge Publishing (2011): 155 – 165.**
“International Human Rights, Political Leadership and the Problem of Normative Change in the International System.” The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership, Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail Molchanov, and Andy Knight (eds.), London, Ashgate Press (2009): 335 – 356.**
“ASEAN in the Twenty-first Century: A Sceptical Review.” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 2009): 369 – 386.**
[Reprinted and edited for The 3rd ASEAN Reader, Ooi Dee Beng, Sanchita Basu Das, Terence Chong, Malcolm Cook, Cassey Lee, and Michael Yeo, eds. ISEAS Publishing, Singapore (2015): 172 – 175.]
“40 Years of ASEAN: An Historical Review.” The Pacific Review, Vol. 21 No. 4 (September 2008): 411 – 430.**
“From Conflict to Cooperation: Institution-Building in East Asia,” Behind the Headlines, Vol. 65, No. 5 (2008).
“Economic Security and Regional Cooperation in the Asia Pacific: Evaluating the Economics/Security Nexus.” Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, Amitav Acharya and Evelyn Goh (eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2007): 195 – 219.**
“Canadian Foreign Policy After September 11th, 2001: Following the Wrong Path.” Braving the New World: Readings in Contemporary Politics, 4th edition, Thomas Bateman and Richard Myers (eds.). Toronto: Nelson Thomson (2007): 56 – 67.**
“The English School and ASEAN.” The Pacific Review, Vol.19, No. 2 (June 2006): 199 – 128.**
[Reprinted in Theorizing Southeast Asian Relations, Amitav Acharya and Richard Stubbs (eds.). Routledge: London (2009): 71 – 90.]
"Humanitarian Intervention and the Question of Sovereignty: The Case of ASEAN." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 3 – 4 (2005): 465 – 485.**
“Canada in the Middle East: The Problems of Human Security and Institutionalism” in In/Security: Canada in the Post-9/11 World. Alexander Netherton, Allen Seager, and Karl Froschauer (eds.). Centre for Canadian Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia (2005): 391 – 425.**
Co-authored with Peter D. Feaver and Takako Hikotani. “Civilian Control and Civil-Military Gaps in the United States, Japan and China.,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 29, No.1 (2005): 233-271.**
“State Sovereignty, Political Legitimacy and Regional Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific,” The Pacific Review, Vol. 17, No. 3 (November 2004): 423 – 450.**
“Humanitarian Intervention and the Question of Sovereignty: The Case of ASEAN,” CANCAPS Papier, No. 33 (March 2004).**
State Sovereignty and Regional Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific. Centre of International Relations Working Paper, No. 41 (2005). Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
“Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia: An Assessment of ASEAN,” in Building Sustainable Peace, Tom Keating and W. Andy Knight (eds.). University of Alberta Press, Edmonton and United Nations University Press, Tokyo, (2004): 213 – 240.**
“The Idea of an ‘Asian Monetary Fund:’ The Problems of Financial Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 27, No. 2 (2003): 65 – 103.**
“The State in Southeast Asia: Communities of Identity and State Sovereignty in a Globalizing World” In Communities in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Responses, Helen Lansdowne, Philip Deardon, and William Neilson (eds.). Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria: Victoria, British Columbia (2002): 253-271.
"ASEAN in the Aftermath: The Consequences of the East Asian Economic Crisis, Global Governance, Vol. 8 (2002): 179 – 194.**
[Reprinted in: The Political Economy of Financial Crises, Vol. II., Roy E. Allen (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, Massachusetts, (2004): 326 – 341. Part of the series International Library of Writings on the New Global Economy, Helen V. Milner, series editor.]
“Canada and the Strategic Engagement of Southeast Asia.” Policy paper commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Southeast Asian Division (January 2002).
"ASEAN and the Idea of an ‘Asian Monetary Fund’: Institutional Uncertainty in the Asia Pacific.” Non-Traditional Security Issues in Southeast Asia, Andrew Tan and Kenneth Boutin (eds.). Select Publishing-IDSS: Singapore (2001): 227 – 256.**
[Reprinted in: The 2nd ASEAN Reader, Sharon Siddique and Sree Kumar (eds.). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: Singapore (2003): 254-260.]
“ASEAN and the East Asian Economic Crisis”, CANCAPS Papier, No. 23 (March 2000)**
"ASEAN into the Twenty-First Century: Problems and Prospects", The Pacific Review, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Summer 1999): 357 – 380.**
"ASEAN and the Management of Regional Security", Pacific Affairs, Vol. 71, No. 2 (Summer 1998): 195 – 214.**
"Institutional Theory and Southeast Asia: The Case of ASEAN", World Affairs, Vol. 161, No. 1 (Spring 1998): 33 – 47.
"The Limits of the 'ASEAN Way': ASEAN and the ARF", Asian Survey, Vol. 33, No. 10. (October 1997): 961 – 978.**
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
“Japan and ASEAN: Unity and Diversity in a Changing Regional Environment.” John Cioriciari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui, (eds) The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era. University of Michigan Press, 2020.
“Canada and Israel Under the Harper Conservatives: Interpreting a Radical Shift in Foreign Policy.” Chapter prepared for Peter McKenna (ed.) for a collection on Harper’s foreign policy.
OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“The Aftermath of the Second Gulf War,” CANCAPS Bulletin, No.37 (May 2003): 2 – 3
“Can Canada Afford to Support the United States?,” Toronto Star Online (April 4, 2003)
"The Failure to Manage Economic Security: Explaining Asia Pacific Institutional Collapse", CANCAPS Bulletin, No.21 (May 1999): 10 – 11
"New Multilateralism in Asia Pacific Security Politics," CANCAPS Bulletin, No. 20 (February 1999): 7 – 8
The Engagement of Civil Society in the APEC Process. Editor and contributor. Canadian International Development Agency (November 1998)
Case Studies on Central Mechanisms for Policy Formulation, Coordination, and Implementation in the Asia Pacific Region. Catherine Rielly, senior writer. Prepared by ABT Associates for the Asian Development Bank (June 1998)
"The ARF and CSCAP: CANCAPS Conference Workshop Report," CANCAPS Bulletin, No. 12 (February 1997): 4 – 5
"ASEAN and International Relations Theory." CANCAPS Bulletin, No. 11 (November 1996): 8 – 10
"Evaluating the ASEAN Regional Forum: The Limits of the 'ASEAN Way'." CANCAPS Bulletin, No. 10 (August 1996): 12 – 13
BOOK REVIEWS
“China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia.” Edited by Marie Serena I. Diokno, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, and Alan H. Yang. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2019. Pacific Affairs, Vol. 93, No. 4 (2020): 5.
“Donald Weatherbee: ASEAN’s Half-Century: A Political History of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.” Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 41, No. 3 (2019): 466-468.
“Angela Pennisi di Floristella: The ASEAN Regional Security Partnership: Strengths and Limits of a Cooperative System. Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2016): 154 – 157
“Amitav Acharya: The Making of Southeast Asia.” H-Net Reviews, 2013.
https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=39197
“Pierre Lizee, A Whole New World.” Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 34, No. 1 (April 2012): 136 – 138
“Mark Beeson: Contemporary Southeast Asia.” Australian Journal of International Relations
“Muthiah Alagappa: Asian Security Order.” Pacific Affairs, Vol.77, No. 3 (Fall 2004): 547 – 549
“Reinventing ASEAN.” Forthcoming in The Australian Journal of International Relations
“Alan Collins: The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia.” Political Science Quarterly
“Amitav Acharya: Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia.” Forthcoming in International Journal
“Amitav Acharya: The Quest for Identity: International Relations of Southeast Asia.” CANCAPS Bulletin, No. 29 (May 2001): 13 – 14
"Martin Lasater: The New Pacific Community." National Security Studies Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn 1996): 105 – 107
CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS
“Canada and the FOIP: How Should Canada Approach the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’?”. Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, (September 30-October 2, 2022).
“Why Canada Needs to Accommodate China.” Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Antigonish, Nova Scotia (October 22-24, 2021).
“Canada in the Asia-Pacific.” Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, (October 18-20, 2019).
Roundtable: Canada and Donald Trump. Presentation at the New England Political Science Association (NEPSA) Annual Meeting, Portland, Maine. (April 25-27, 2019).
“ASEAN’s Balancing Role in the Emerging Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 58th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. (March 27-30, 2019).
“Containing America: Can the International Community Save Itself from the US?” Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland (October 12-14, 2018)
“The Trudeau Government: A Return to Multilateralism in an Uncertain World.” Paper presented at the New England Political Science Association (NEPSA) Annual Meeting, Portland, Maine (April 20-22, 2018). (Presented and co-written by Dr. Jamie Gillies)
“ASEAN’s Environmental Governance: Problems and Prospects,” Paper presented at the 58th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, San Francisco, California (April 4-7, 2018)
“Evaluating the ASEAN Community.” Paper presented at the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) Conference, Toronto, Ontario (October 26 – 28, 2017)
“The Trudeau Government: A Return to Multilateralism in an Uncertain World – Continuity or Change?” Paper presented with Dr. Jamie Gillies at the 43rd Annual Atlantic Provinces Political Sciences Association (APPSA) Annual Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick (October 13 – 15, 2017)
“The Trans-Pacific Partnership and American Domestic Politics: Why the End of the TPP Signals the Beginning of the End of American Dominance in the Asia Pacific,” at the ISA Hong Kong Conference, Hong Kong (June 15 – 17, 2017)
“ASEAN: Pushing Back Against System-Level Theory.” Paper presented at the 57th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland (February 22 – 25, 2017)
“Canada in the Asia Pacific: New Roles in the 21st Century.” Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Meeting, University of New Brunswick – Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (October 14 – 16, 2016)
“Canada’s Problem with Israel: The Impact of an Unbalanced Foreign Policy on Canada’s International Reputation.” Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta (May 31 – June 2, 2016)
“Canadian Foreign Policy in the Post-Stephen Harper Era: New Tone or New Trajectory?” (Co-written with Dr. Jamie Gillies). Paper presented at the New England Political Science Association (NEPSA) Annual Meeting, Newport, Rhode Island (April 21 – 23, 2016)
“American Domestic Politics and Its Influence on US Foreign Policy: How Decline At Home Affects Decline Abroad.” Paper presented at the 41st Annual Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Meeting, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (September 25 – 27, 2015)
“Stephen Harper and Neoconservatism: An Ideological Aversion to Multilateralism.” Paper presented at the 56th Annual International Studies Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (February 18 – 21, 2015)
“The United States and Soft Power: Examining the American Decline in the Asia Pacific,” FLACSO-ISA Conference., Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 23 – 25, 2014)
“Understanding Canadian Foreign Policy Under the Harper Government.” Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario (May 27 – 28, 2014)
“Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy: Ideology, Domestic Politics and Energy Realism.” Paper Presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Conference, Woodstock, Vermont (April 25 – 26, 2014)
“ASEAN and the Management of Great Power Relations.” Paper presented at the 55th Annual ISA Conference in Toronto, Ontario (March 26 – 29, 2014)
“The Rise of China and the Fall of ASEAN? How China’s Regional Rise Affects ASEAN’s Institutional Development.” Paper presented at the 54th Annual International Studies Association Conference in San Francisco, California (April 2 – 6, 2013)
“The Rise of China and the Fall of ASEAN? How China’s Regional Rise Affects ASEAN’s Institutional Development.” Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (June 12 – 15, 2012)
“Stephen Harper and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Examining Canada’s Changing Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East.” Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (June 12 – 15, 2012)
“Human Rights and the Evolution of ASEAN: Waxing and Waning in a Post-Terrorist World.” Paper presented at the 53rd Annual International Studies Association Conference in San Diego, California (April 1 – 4, 2012)
“Conflict Within ASEAN: The Thai-Cambodian Dispute and Its Implications for Regionalism and Democracy in Southeast Asia.” Paper presented at the 53rd Annual International Studies Association Conference in San Diego, California (April 1 – 4, 2012)
“Stephen Harper, Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Explaining Canadian Foreign Policy Shifts in the Middle East.”Paper presented at the 2011 Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Mount Allison University, Sackville NB (September 30 – October 2, 2011)
“Asia, ASEAN and the Question of Sovereignty: The Persistence of Non-Intervention in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 52nd Annual International Studies Association Conference in Montreal, Quebec (March 16-19, 2011)
“ASEAN vs. The ASEAN Plus Three: The Role of Small Powers and Regional Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 10th International CISS Millennium Conference, Venice, Italy (July 4-5, 2010)
“The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the US Invasion of Iraq: Normative Inconsistency in a Norm-Driven Institution.” Paper presented at the 51st Annual International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. (February 17 – 20, 2010)
‘Leadership and Legitimacy: China and the US in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 51st Annual International Studies Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (
February 17 – 20, 2010)
“ASEAN and the Management of Economic Crisis.” Invited Presentation at the Stoltenberg Symposium, Kirkenes, Norway (October 1 – 2, 2009)
“International Human Rights and the Problem of Normative Change in the International System.” Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (October 3 – a 5, 2008)
“Leadership and Legitimacy: China and the United States in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 2008 Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (June 4 – 6, 2008)
“Values and Rhetoric: The Role of ASEAN in Defining the Asia Pacific,” paper presented at the 49th Annual International Studies Association Conference, San Francisco (March 26 – 29, 2008)
“Leadership and Legitimacy: China and the United States in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at Pathways to Legitimacy?, Warwick University, Warwick, United Kingdom (September 17 – 19, 2007)
“40 Years of ASEAN: The Evolution of Southeast Asian Regionalism”. Paper presented at 40 Years of ASEAN: Performance, Lessons and Perspectives, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (May 10 – 11, 2007
“China and the United States: Competing Capitalisms and Competing Institutions? An Assessment.” Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, California (March 21 – 26, 2006)
“China and the United States: Competing Capitalisms and Competing Institutions? An Assessment.” Paper Presented at Regionalisation and the Taming of Globalisation? Economic, Political, Security, Social and Governance Issues, Scarman House, University of Warwick (October 26 – 28, 2005)
“The Lessons of ‘Dune’: Paul Atreides, Osama Bin Laden and the Problem of Leadership.” Paper presented at the Association of Core Text Courses, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 7 – 10, 2005)
“Humanitarian Intervention and its Implications for ASEAN.” Paper presented at the 46th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii (March 1 – 5, 2005)
“Civil-Military Relations in China.” Paper presented at the 46th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii (March 1 – 5, 2005)
“Humanitarian Intervention in Southeast Asia.” Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Meeting, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick (September 25 – 26, 2004)
“Mechanisms of Governance in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at The WTO and Beyond: Global Governance and State Power in the 21st Century, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia (July 15 – 16, 2004)
“Civilian Control and Civil-Military Gaps in the United States, Japan and China.” Paper presented at The Fifth Shibusawa Seminar, Aomori, Japan (June 19 – 20, 2004)
“Regional Development and Economic Security in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at Regionalism in Southeast Asia: A Decade of Continuities and Dramatic Changes, Asian Institute, Munk Centre for International Relations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (April 2, 2004)
“International Relations Theory and the Political Economy of the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 45th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Montreal, Quebec (March 17 – 20, 2004)
“Approaches to Economic Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the CANCAPS Annual Meeting, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, (December 5 – 7, 2003)
“Constructivism and the English School in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the Asia Pacific International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Singapore
(November 28 – 31, 2003)
“Approaches to Economic Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific: Unilateralism, Bilateralism, and Multilateralism in the Economics/Security Nexus.” Paper presented at Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia –Pacific Region. Washington, D.C. (November 20 – 21, 2003)
“Canada in Interesting Times: Multilateralism After the War in Iraq.” Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland (September 26 – 28, 2003)
'Great Power Rivalries and the Prospects for Regionalism in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (May 30 – June 1, 2003)
“Security and Stability in Southeast Asia: The Problem of Competing Identities in Constructivist Analysis.” Paper presented at the 44th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Portland, Oregon (February 26 – March 1, 2003)
“Great Power Rivalries and the Prospects for Regionalism in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the CANCAPS Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario (December 6 – 8, 2002)
“Canada in the Middle East: The Problems of Balance, Bias, and Human Security.” Paper presented at In/Security: Canada in an International World, Simon Fraser University Harbourfront Centre Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia (November 7 – 9, 2002)
“Economics Meet Security: The Problems of Financial Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the 2002 Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Meeting, Fredericton, New Brunswick (October 4 – 6, 2002)
“State Sovereignty and Globalization in Southeast Asia.” Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (May 29 – 31, 2002)
“State Sovereignty and Regional Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented the 43rd Annual International Studies Association Meeting, New Orleans, United States (March 24 – 27, 2002)
“Regional Institutions and Security,” presentation to the United Nations, New York, United States (March 15, 2002)
“Canada’s Strategic Engagement in Southeast Asia.” Paper presented at the CANCAPS Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. (December 7 – 9, 2001)
“The State in Southeast Asia: Communities of Identity and State Sovereignty in a Globalizing World.” Paper presented at the Joint N.W. Regional Consortium for S.E. Asian Studies and Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia (October 26 – 27, 2001)
“ASEAN and the Asian Monetary Fund: Globalization and International Finance in the Asia Pacific,” presentation for Asian Security in the Twenty-first Century: Globalisation, Environment, and Governance, Singapore (October 9 – 11, 2001)
“Sovereignty, Domestic Politics, and Regional Institution-Building in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at Global Turbulence: Instability in National and International Political Economy, Simon Fraser University Harbourfront Centre Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia (July 19 – 20, 2001)
“Canada and ‘Human Security’ in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the Canadian Studies Conference, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 22, 2001)
"Constructivism Meets the English School in Southeast Asia: The Evolution of ASEAN." Paper presented as a poster session at the 42nd Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (February 20 – 24, 2001)
“The Idea of an ‘Asian Monetary Fund’.” Presentation at the CANCAPS Annual Meeting, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario (December 2 – 3, 2000)
“ASEAN and the Idea of an ‘Asian Monetary Fund:’ Institutional Uncertainty in the Asia Pacific.” Paper presented at the Ford-IDSS Research Programme on Non-traditional Security Issues in Southeast Asia, Singapore (September 21 – 22, 2000)
"Economics and Security in the Asia Pacific: A Constructivist Analysis." Paper presented at the 41st Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Los Angeles, United States (March 15 – 18, 2000)
"The Conflict Between Sovereignty and International Institutions in Southeast Asia." CANCAPS Annual Meeting, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (December 3 – 5, 1999)
"Building a 'Culture of Prevention' in Southeast Asia: An Assessment of ASEAN." Paper presented at the Roundtable session "Developing a Culture of Prevention." Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), New York, New York (June 16 – 18, 1999)
"Explaining Institutional Failure in the Asia-Pacific: Constructivism and the Limits of International Relations Theory." Paper presented at the British Columbia Political Science Association Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (May 14 – 15, 1999)
"Managing Economic Security: Institutions in East Asia." Paper presented at the 40th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Washington, D.C. (February 16 – 21, 1999)
"ASEAN and the East Asian Economic Crisis." Paper presented at the conference Globalization and Its Discontents, Simon Fraser University Harbourfront Centre Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia (July 23 – 24, 1998)
"ASEAN into the Twenty-first Century: Problems and Prospects." Presentation for the Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario (February 10, 1998)
"ASEAN Towards the Millennium: Problems and Prospects." Paper presented at the 1997 Biennial Meeting of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (October 3 – 5, 1997)
"Insecurity and Institutions in Southeast Asia: The Case of ASEAN." Paper presented at the 1997 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. (August 28 – 31, 1997)
"ASEAN in the Twenty-first Century: Redefining a Regime." Paper presented at 7th Annual Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (April 25 – 27, 1997)
"ASEAN and the Management of Regional Security." Paper presented at the 38th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Toronto, Ontario (March 18 - 22, 1997)
"Evaluating Security in Post Cold-War Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the ARF." Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, St. Catharines, Ontario (June 2, 1996)
OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Co-Organizer, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Annual Meeting (October 13-14, 2023). Fredericton, NB.
Co-Organizer, International Relations Section, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Convention (Online), June 7-10, 2021.
Participant, ASEAN Beyond Security Communities? Roundtable held for the International Studies Association Annual Conference. (April 8, 2021)
Participant, Southeast Asia in An Evolving Global Landscape: Prospects for an Integrated Region and Implications for Canada. Conference held by Global Affairs Canada, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario (May 30, 2017)
Discussant for panel “East Asian Regionalism Under the Global Economic Crisis.” The 51st Annual International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (February 17 – 20, 2010)
Participant, The Rise of China and Its Impact on Asia Pacific Security, The China Institute, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (July 8, 2008)
Chair, “Norm Change and Contestation in in Asia Pacific Institutions.” Panel scheduled for the 49th Annual International Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, California (March 26 – 29, 2008)
Discussant for panel “Comparative Regionalism and Cross-Regionalism.” The Emergence of East Asian Community: Material and Ideational Foundations, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (June 3, 2006)
Discussant for panel “Political Financing and Political Reform: Canada and Korea.” Canada and Korea Political and Economic Cooperation. Centre for Korean Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (March 16, 2006)
Moderator for panel “What outcomes can we expect that will influence Cambodian Society?” The Promise and Limits of International Criminal Justice: The “Extraordinary Chambers” in Cambodia. Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (February 2 – 4, 2006)
Speaker for Plenary Regionalism in the Asia Pacific, 12th Annual CANCAPS Conference (December 4 – 5, 2004)
Commentator for panel “Critical Overview of ASEAN: Its Genesis and Achievement,” ASEAN Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects in the Current International Situation,” Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York, New York (June 3, 2003)
Discussant for panel “Constructivism vs. Rationalism on Asia Pacific Multilateralism,” 44th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Portland, Oregon (February 26 – March 1, 2003)
Program Organizer, 9th Annual CANCAPS Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia (December 7 – 9, 2001)
Participant, DFAIT Consultation on Canada and Southeast Asia, Ottawa, (November 2 – 3, 2001). Commissioned to write paper based on consultations
Chair, "Regional Institutions and Security." Ford Foundation-IDSS Working Paper Series Planning Meeting, Singapore (March 9 – 10, 2000)
Chair, "Working Meeting of Rapporteurs and Preparation of Documents." The Engagement of Civil Society and the APEC Process, Penang, Malaysia (October 5 – 7, 1998)
Chair, "Labour and Human Rights." The Engagement of Civil Society and the APEC Process, Penang, Malaysia (October 5 – 7, 1998)
Discussant for panel "Coping With Insecurity: Lessons From the Asia-Pacific Region.” 38th Annual International Studies Association Meeting, Toronto, Ontario (March 18 – 22, 1997)
CONFERENCES/CONSULTATIONS INVITED TO ATTEND
“China and the Indo-Pacific Strategy.” (Webinar) May 2, 2023. The China Institute. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. May 2, 2023.
Invited participant. “Hardtalk: Canada and the Asia Pacific.”Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. October 24, 2022.
“Geopolitics in Transition: The Rise of China.” (Webinar) Global Studies Webinar. St. Thomas University. March 17, 2021.
“Canada and the FOIP: Sitting on the Edge.” School of International Studies Webinar. Jawaharlal University, New Delhi, India. April 7, 2021.
“Evolving Canada-China-US Economic and Security Relationship and Canadian Foreign Policy.” (Webinar, part of panel on the topic; open to the public). Canadian International Council (CIC). Winnipeg, MB. May 26, 2021.
Interviewed for a film entitled “ASEAN: Perceptions of Regional Integration”, produced by the Center for Asian Studies, Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI) in Paris for use by European Union delegations in Southeast Asia. (Completed April 2021)
Invited Participant. “Japan and ASEAN: Unity and Diversity in a Changing Regional Environment.” Paper presented at a Special Workshop on Japan-Southeast Asian Relations. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 14-15, 2019.
Invited Participant. Workshop on Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia. Private conference at Keio University, Mita, Minata City, Tokyo, May 16-17, 2019.
Invited Participant, “After ISIS? Regional and Domestic Political Dynamics in a Changing Middle East”. Public conference at Mt. Allison University, March 16, 2018.
Featured Speaker, “The Unfilled Vacuum: ASEAN and American Decline in Southeast Asia,” Fridays at Noon Lecture Series. University of Michigan, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (March 9, 2018).
“Leadership and Normative Change in the Region.” Presentation to ASEAN@50: Challenges and Opportunities, Conference sponsored by the Indonesian Consulate in Chicago and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (September 18, 2107)
“The End of the TPP: Symptoms of American Decline and ASEAN’s Response.” Presentation to the ISEAS/Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore (April 6, 2017; 12:30 – 2:00 PM)
Asia and The Rules-based International System: Perceptions, Challenges and Ideas for Change. Sponsored by Wilton Park (British Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and ISEAS/Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore (March 13 – 15, 2017)
“Canada and Israel: The Problem of a Eurocentric Foreign Policy in a Multicultural Country.” Presentation for the St. Thomas Human Rights Centre Speakers Series
Expert Witness to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (January 30, 2014). Subject: Canada’s Relations with Asia
Invited Participant to the Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore (June 1 – 3, 2012). Sponsored by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), London
Keynote Speaker at the Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA) Annual Meeting, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2011, Fredericton, New Brunswick (June 2, 2011) “ASEAN, the Asia Pacific, and the Management of Regional Conflict.”
Asia Pacific Community – Sydney, Australia (December 3 – 5, 2009). Invited by the Government of Australia
Presenter of paper “ASEAN and the Management of Economic Crisis,” at the Stoltenberg Symposium, Kirkenes, Norway (October 1 – 2, 2009)
Presenter of paper “40 Years of ASEAN: The Evolution of Southeast Asian Regionalism” at conference 40 Years of ASEAN: Performance, Lessons and Perspectives, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (May 10 – 11, 2007)
Discussant for panel “Comparative Regionalism and Cross-Regionalism.” The Emergence of East Asian Community: Material and Ideational Foundations, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (June 3, 2006)
Discussant for panel “Political Financing and Political Reform: Canada and Korea.” Canada and Korea Political and Economic Cooperation. Centre for Korean Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (March 16, 2006)
Moderator for panel “What outcomes can we expect that will influence Cambodian Society?” The Promise and Limits of International Criminal Justice: The “Extraordinary Chambers” in Cambodia. Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (February 2 – 4, 2006)
CANCAPS Workshop: Asia’s Regional Security Architecture: A Role for Canada? Current State and Trends for the Future. Foreign Affairs Canada, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario (March 24, 2005)
CANCAPS Workshop and Consultations: Exploration of Opportunities to Promote Security Cooperation with China and India. Foreign Affairs Canada, Pearson Building, Ottawa, Ontario (August 26 – 27, 2004)
An Experts Workshop: NAFTA and its Implications for ASEAN Free Trade Area. Asian Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (May 27, 2004)
Regionalism in Southeast Asia: A Decade of Continuities and Dramatic Changes. Asian Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (April 2, 2004)
Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region. Washington, D.C. (November 20 – 21, 2003)
CANCAPS Consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) October 3, 2003)
Political Economy of Regional Conflict and Peacekeeping/building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (August 8 – 9, 2003)
ASEAN Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects in the Current International Situation. Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York, New York (June 3, 2003)
Ford Foundation-IDSS Presentation to the United Nations. New York (March 15, 2002)
DFAIT Consultation on Canada-Southeast Asia Relations. Ottawa, Ontario, (November 2 – 3, 2001)
DFAIT Roundtable on American Foreign Policy (Canada-U.S. Relations). University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (April 12, 2001)
Canadian Studies Conference. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (March 22, 2001)
Multilateral Institutions in Asia: The ASEAN Regional Forum. Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu (Hawaii, July 14, 2000)
Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies - Canadian International Development Agency briefing. Sutton Place Hotel, Toronto, Ontario (March 11, 1998)
National Forum on Canadian Foreign Policy. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (June 23 - 24, 1997)