Publications
Policy Paper: "Pathways to Peace in Cameroon: Ten Critical Observations for the International Community," Canadian Global Affairs Institute (October 2022).
Investigative report (with Billy Burton): "Cameroon’s Government Is Deceiving the West While Diverting Foreign Aid," Foreign Policy (22 November 2020). Non-paywall research related to above Foreign Policy article (with Billy Burton): "Has the Anglophone Crisis Diverted Cameroon’s Resources from Fighting Boko Haram?" (22 November 2020). Opinion section, investigative report: "The crisis in Cameroon exposes lingering problems in Canadian foreign policy," The Globe and Mail (7 December 2019). Argument: "Trump must put real pressure on Cameroon," Foreign Policy (7 November 2019). Conflict Bulletin: "Cameroon Unravels," Bulletin FrancoPaix, Vol. 4, No. 8 (October 2019). Policy Paper: "Op PRESENCE - Mali: Continuity over change in Canada's 'Return to Peacekeeping' in Africa" , Canadian Global Affairs Institute (October 2018). Op-Ed (paywall) based on above full report: "Three months in, here's what's at stake in Canada's Mali mission," The Hill Times (7 November 2018). Policy Perspective on the crisis in Cameroon: "Ambazonia: Justin Trudeau's Biafra?", Canadian Global Affairs Institute (September 2018). Book review essay of Black (2015) Canada and Africa in the New Millennium & Engler (2015) Canada in Africa: 300 Years of Aid and Exploitation in the Journal of African Military History, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2018). OpenCanada.org: "Fighting Poverty by cultivating business: Recommendations for Canada's Development Finance Institution," OpenCanada.org (21 September 2017). H-DIPLO Roundtable XVIII (5 June 2017): Review of Carrol and Donaghy, eds., From Kinshasa to Kandahar: Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective (Calgary: University of Calgary Press: 2016). [Online] Journal Special Issue: Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, co-edited with Tim Stapleton, "Revisiting Africa in Canadian Security Planning and Assessment," Vol. 17, No. 2 (Oct 2016). "Peace operations in Africa: Is Canada making decisions before knowing its strategy?" OpenCanada.org (26 August 2016). "If a Mali mission, then do it for the right reasons," The Hill Times (Ottawa: 10 August 2016). [pdf] Book chapter: "The Other Resource Curse: Extractives as Development Panacea," Chapter 3 in Hany Besada, ed., Governing Natural Resources for Africa's Development (Routledge, 2016). Peer reviewed article: "The Other Resource Curse: Extractives as Development Panacea," Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2015) Book review of Elizabeth Schmidt, Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the cold war to the war on terror (New York: Cambridge University press, 2013) in Canadian Journal of African Studies. Book review of Catherine Boone, Property & Political Order in Africa: Land rights and the structure of politics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014) in Journal of Retracing Africa Book review of Danielle Resnick & Nicolas van de Walle, eds., Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unravelling the Impact of Foreign Aid (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013) in Journal of Retracing Africa. Book Review of Rohinton Medhora and Yiagadeesen Samy, eds., Canada Among Nations 2013. Canada–Africa relations: Looking back, looking ahead (Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2013) in International Journal Vol. 68 (4), December 2013, pp. 650-653. (Also available here: http://www.cigionline.org/articles/2013/12/book-review-canada-among-nations-2013.) Commissioned report for North-South Institute (Tim Shaw and Hany Besada, eds.), “Extractive Sector Regulations in Africa: Old practices, and new models for change," as part of “Governing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development” theme, plus conference participation (Ottawa, May 2013): http://www.nsi-ins.ca/publications/canadian-international-development-report-2013 (a short policy version released May 2014 ) “Mali’s Post-Crisis Crisis,” Embassy Newspaper (Ottawa, 29 May 2013): http://www.embassynews.ca/opinion/2013/05/28/mali%E2%80%99s-post-crisis-crisis/43916 Commissioned report by Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute on (mining) investment outlook for Burkina Faso and Mali (Published April 2013): http://www.cgai.ca/west_african_canaries_in_the_gold_mine “What’s at stake in Mali?” Embassy Newspaper (online daily update), 10 January 2013 http://www.embassynews.ca/opinion/2013/01/10/what%E2%80%99s-at-stake-in-mali/43080 “China and Canada in Africa” (Ottawa, 20-21 September 2012) Conference Summary Report, with Rob MacIntosh (October 2012) http://www.china.ualberta.ca/Conferences/~/media/China%20Institute/Documents/Conference/ChinaCanadainAfricaConferenceSummary-Final.pdf “Nexen deal reflects new global division of labour,” Embassy Newspaper (Ottawa), 1 August 2012 http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/roberts-08-01-2012 “Not just another coup in Mali," Embassy Newspaper (Ottawa), 28 March 2012 http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/roberts-03-28-2012 “Canada should engage China via Africa," Embassy Newspaper (Ottawa), 29 February 2012 http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/roberts-02-29-2012 "Canada, Africa, and the UN: Misreading the importance of the Africa relationship," Vanguard Magazine (December 2010-January 2011, Ottawa) http://www.vanguardcanada.com/2011/01/01/misreading-importance-africa-relationship “Changing the Game: The Chinese approach to African Development” Vanguard Magazine, May-June 2008: http://www.vanguardcanada.com/2008/06/01/changing-game-chinese-approach-african-development “Africa-Stan: Afghanistan’s Lessons for a whole-of-Canada Africa strategy,” Vanguard Magazine, Jan-Feb 2008: http://www.vanguardcanada.com/2008/02/01/africa-stanafghanistans-lessons-whole-canada-africa-strategy |
![]() PhD dissertation research (working title): Canadian Intervention in Post-Colonial West-Central Africa: Institutionalizing Routinized Intervention and Limited Liability During the Expansion of International Society (University of Alberta) Master of Strategic Studies thesis (2009): Hyper Dragon, Hibernating Beaver: Strategic Implications for Canada of China's Resurgence in Africa (University of Calgary) |