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Articles

2023
  • “Much Ado About Very Little: Canada's National Interests in History and Practice.” International Journal 77,3 (2022): 515-528.
2022
  • “The Future of Canadian Foreign Policy: Why Diplomacy Must Matter Again.”  CGAI Policy Perspective (December 2022).
2020
  • “Canada's Campaign for a Seat on the United Nations Security Council: The Historical Context.”  CGAI Policy Perspective (January 2020).
2019
  • “The Origins of Canada's Feminist Foreign Policy.”  International Journal 74,2 (2019): 191-205.
2018
  • “Reforming the United Nations Security Council, Canadian-Style: The Trudeau Era and Beyond.” Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 24,3 (2018): 260-272.
2017
  • “The Functional Principle: 75 Years On.”  International Journal 72,2 (2017): 269-278.
2016
  • “Teaching Canada-US Relations: Three Great Debates.” International Journal  71,2 (June 2016): 291-312. With Brian Bow.
2015
  • “Confessions of a Teacher, and Historian, of Canadian Diplomacy.”  Canadian Historical Review  96,4 (2015): 576-582.
2014
  • “Rethinking the Impact of the Harper Government on Canadian History: It’s Our Fault Too.” Labour / Le Travail 73 (2014): 222-224.
2013
  • “Middle Power No More? Canada in World Affairs Since 2006.” Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 14,2 (2013): 102-111.
2012
  • “A Great Small Country on the International Scene: Looking back at Canada and the United Nations.” International Journal 67,4 (2012): 1063-1072.
2011
  • “A Diplomatic Counter-revolution: Conservative Foreign Policy, 2006-2011.” International Journal 67,1 (2011-12): 137-54.
  • “A ‘Conservative’ National Story? The Evolution of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Discover Canada.” American Review of Canadian Studies 41,1 (2011): 20-36.
  • “Canada’s Failed Campaign for the UN Security Council: 10 Unanswered Questions.” Policy Options 32,2 (2011): 59-63.
2010
  • “Where Have All of Canada’s Diplomatic Historians Gone?” International Journal 65,3 (2010): 725-737.
  • “Academics 101: An Introduction for the Military Community.” Canadian Military Journal 10,4 (2010): 26-35. With Barbara Falk.
  • “John W. Holmes: A Re-Introduction.” International Journal 65,2 (2010): 281-288. With Kim Richard Nossal.
  • “Lester Pearson and the Concept of Peace: Enlightened Realism with a Human Touch.” Peace & Change 35,1 (January 2010): 104-122.
  • “Victims of their own Success? Canadians and their Foreign Policy at the Onset of the Cold War.” Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 30,1 (2010): 9-23.
2009
  • “Testing the Bonds of Commonwealth with Viscount Halifax: Canada and the Postwar International System, 1942-1944.” International History Review 31,1 (2009): 24-44.
  • “The Golden Age: A Canadian Foreign Policy Paradox.” International Journal 64,1 (2008-09): 205-221.
2008
  • “Canada’s Aid Program: Still Struggling After Sixty Years.” Behind the Headlines 65,3 (2008). 28pp. Reprinted in part as “Effective Aid: Why Does Canada Struggle?” Vanguard (2008): 10-12.
  • "Popular Attitudes Towards the United Nations in Canada and the United states: A Study in National Images." ACSUS Occasional Papers on Public Policy Series 2,1 (2008). 8pp.
2007
  • “The Gray Lecture and Canadian Citizenship in History.” American Review of Canadian Studies 37,4 (2007): 443-57.
    • Winner of Rufus Z. Smith Prize
  • “Taking Sides: The Myth of Canadian Neutrality in World Affairs.” Canadian Military Journal 8,2 (2007): 69-72.
  • “The Unquiet Diplomat: Lester B. Pearson.” By John Holmes with introduction and editing by Adam Chapnick. International Journal 62,2 (2007): 289-309.
2006
  • “The ‘Canadian Way’ in the Middle East.” International Insights [Canadian Institute of International Affairs Occasional Paper] 4,2 (2006).
  • “On Protocols and Fire-Proof Houses: The Re-emergence of Canadian Exceptionalism.” International Journal 61,3 (2006): 713-23.
  • “UN Security Council Reform and Canadian Foreign Policy: Then and Now.”Canadian Foreign Policy 13,1 (2006): 81-96.
  • “Bringing the Forces Up to Strength: A Question of Motivating Youth to Serve.” Policy Options 27,6 (2006): 95-98. Revised and reprinted as “Not Necessarily Conscription … Bringing the Forces up to Strength: a Question of Motivating Youth to Serve.” Canadian Military Journal 7,4 (2006-07): 89-91.
2005
  • “Peace, Order and Good Government: The ‘conservative’ Tradition in Canadian Foreign Policy.” International Journal 60,3 (2005): 635-50.
    • Winner of Marcel Cadieux Distinguished Writing Award ($1000)
  • “Reforming  the Security Council: What Goes Around, Comes Around.” Policy Options 26,7 (2005): 21-24.
  • “Young and Restless: Youth and Canadian Foreign Policy.” With Erin Baldwin. International Insights [Canadian Institute of International Affairs Occasional Paper] 2,10 (2005).
2003
  • “The Ottawa Process Revisited: Aggressive Unilateralism in a Post Cold War World.” International Journal 58,3 (2003): 281-93.
2002
  • “Principle for Profit: The Functional Principle and the Development of Canadian Foreign Policy, 1943-1947.” Journal of Canadian Studies 37,2 (2002): 68-85.
  • “Collaborative Independence: Canadian-American Relations in Afghanistan.” International Journal 57,3 (2002): 341-48.
2001
  • “Inevitable Co-dependency (And Things Best Left Unsaid): The Grandy Report on Canadian-American Relations, 1951-?” Canadian Foreign Policy 9,1 (2001): 19-28.
2000
  • “Politics as Usual in Malaysia?” International Insights 15,1 (2000): 115-22.
  • “The Canadian Middle Power Myth.” International Journal 55,2 (2000): 188-206.
    • Winner of Marvin Gelber Prize ($1000) for best article by new scholar.
1999
  • “The Middle Power.” Canadian Foreign Policy 7,2 (1999): 73-82.

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    • Testimonials
  • Teaching & Learning
    • Teaching Philosophy
    • Teaching Experience
    • Supervisions and Thesis Defence Committees >
      • Supervisions
      • Thesis Defence Committees
    • Refereed Conference Presentations (Teaching & Learning)
    • Publications (Teaching & Learning)
    • Teaching Blogs >
      • Virtually Learning
      • The First Sabbatical
      • The Scholarly Edition
    • Other Teaching & Learning Activities
  • Research
    • Articles
    • Book Chapters
    • Books and Edited Collections >
      • Situating Canada in a Changing World: Constructing a Modern and Prosperous Future
      • Canada on the United Nations Security Council
      • The Harper Era in Canadian Foreign Policy
      • Manuel de rédaction à l’usage des militaires
      • John W. Holmes: An Introduction, Special Issue of International Journal
      • Academic Writing for Military Personnel​
      • Canada’s Voice: The Public Life of John Wendell Holmes
      • Canadas of the Mind
      • The Middle Power Project
      • Through Our Eyes: An Alumni History of the University of Toronto Schools, 1960-2000
    • Conference Presentations
    • Newspaper and Newsletter Commentaries
    • Publications in Conference Proceedings
    • Reports
    • Reviews
    • Teaching & Learning Publications
  • Public Speaking
    • Guest Lectures & Invited Speeches
    • Invited Workshops & Presentations (Teaching & Learning)
    • Arrange a Lecture, Workshop, or Presentation
  • Adam Chapnick's Blog