Paul Evans (PhD with distinction Dalhousie University 1982) has been a Professor at the University of British Columbia since 1999, teaching Asian and trans-Pacific international relations. His work was based at the Institute of Asian Research and the Liu Institute for Global Issues which are both located in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). On January 1, 2021, Dr. Evans was appointed the HSBC Chair in Asian Research.
His academic appointments have been as follows:
Assistant Professor, Acadia University, 1980-81
Assistant, Associate and Professor, Department of Political Science, York University, 1981-97;
Director, University of Toronto – York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1991-96;
Visiting Professor, Asia Center, Harvard University, 1997-99;
Acting Director, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 2004-05;
Director, Institute of Asian Research, 2008-11;
Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong, 2011 and 2013;
Visiting Professor and Head of the International Academic Advisory Panel to the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 2013-16.
Between 2005 and 2008, he was seconded from UBC to serve as the Co-CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
A regionalist rather than country specialist, he has held visiting fellowships at the Australian National University (1988); National Chengchi University in Taiwan (1989); Chulalongkorn University (1989); the East-West Center (1995); the National Institute for Research Advancement in Tokyo (1999); Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (2019); and the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore (2020) and spoken at universities and think tanks across the region.
An advocate of cooperative and human security, he has been studying and promoting policy-related activity on track-two security processes and the construction of multilateral institutions since 1988. He was a co-founder of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP), the Canadian Consortium on Human Security, and the Canada-Korea Forum. He has directed exchange and partnership projects with fifteen research institutes in Asia and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded by governments and foundations in Canada, Japan, the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. Between 1990 and 2002 he organized two dozen meetings involving participants from North Korea.
He is currently a Canadian representative on the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Experts and Eminent Persons Group.
A member of the Global Council of the Asia Society in New York, he also sits on the editorial boards of The Pacific Review, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, the China Quarterly for International Strategic Studies, and Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico.
His recent writings and media commentaries have focused on Canada-China relations, Asian security dynamics, and the emergence of techno-nationalism as a defining force in regional affairs. Some of them are available here and on his blog. His academic CV is also available here.
Editor and Contributor, Studying Asia Pacific Security: The Future of Research, Training and Dialogue Activities. Toronto: Join Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1994, pp.388. “Preface” (with Jusuf Wanandi), pp.1-3 and “The Dialogue Process on Asia Pacific Security Issues: Inventory and Analysis,” pp. 297-318.
With Xiaojun Li, “Canadian Public Attitudes on China and Canada-China Relations: Report of Collected Data,” and “Pragmatism Amidst Anxiety: Canadian Opinions on China and Canada-China Relations,” IAR Reports, 17 October 2017, available at https://iar.ubc.ca/publications/reports/
“Asian Power Shift: Ready or Not”, in Fen Hampson and Paul Heinbecker, eds., Canada Among Nations 2009-2010: As Others See Us. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2010, pp. 115-22.
Recent Presentations
“What Does it Mean to be a Friend of China”, presentation to the Canada-China Friendship Society in Ottawa, 15 June 2020. https://ccfso.org/notice-of-webinar/
“理解和运用“保护的责任”原则:走向一致 [Interpreting and Applying the Responsibility to Protect: Paths to Common Ground]”, 新型大国关系:机遇与挑战[New Type of Great Power Relations: Opportunities and Challenges], February 2015.
“诠释与落实“保护的责任”:通往共同点的途径 [Interpreting and Applying the Responsibility to Protect: A Path to Common Ground]”, 国际政治研究[The Journal of International Studies (Peking University)], Summer 2014.
“人的安全与东亚:回顾与展望 [East Asia and Human Security:Review and Prospects]”, 世界经济与政治 [World Economics and Politics], June 2004.
The second instalment to the biography of John Fairbank published in 1988 [here] looking at his influence and meaning 30 years after his death in an era of US-China confrontation.
Ongoing public opinion studies of Canadian views on China and Canada-China relations as well as mainstream media narratives and English and Chinese language social media coverage.
Paul Evans currently offers two seminars, one on “Global China and World Order,” and a second on “Canada and Global Asia,” as well as leading a Global Policy Project for the Masters of Public Policy and Global Affairs graduate program.
GPP 591D, “The Global Challenge of Global China: Policy Aspects”, an integrated graduate/undergraduate seminar. Fall Semester 2018.
To view the syllabus, click here.
Political Science 460C, “Global China in a Changing World Order”, a seminar for 4th-year undergrads in the International Relations Program. Fall Semester 2020.
Past Courses
Undergraduate
Introduction to Politics (Acadia)
Introduction to Canadian Politics (Acadia)
Introduction to International Relations (Acadia, York)
Government and Politics of China (York)
Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis (York)
International Relations Theory (York)
China’s Rise and Asia’s Future (HKU)
China and World Order (HKU)
Singapore’s Foreign Policy (SMU)
Graduate International Relations Theory (York)
International Relations of Eastern Asia (York)
Sino-Canadian Relations (York)
Pacific Trade and Security (York)
American Foreign Policy (York)
New Institutionalism in Asia (Harvard, UBC)
Asia Pacific Policy: Methods and Perspectives (UBC)
Asia Pacific Policy: Security and Media Modules (UBC)
Global China and World Order (UBC, HKU)
Paul Evans (PhD with distinction Dalhousie University 1982) has been a Professor at the University of British Columbia since 1999, teaching Asian and trans-Pacific international relations. His work was based at the Institute of Asian Research and the Liu Institute for Global Issues which are both located in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). On January 1, 2021, Dr. Evans was appointed the HSBC Chair in Asian Research.
His academic appointments have been as follows:
Assistant Professor, Acadia University, 1980-81
Assistant, Associate and Professor, Department of Political Science, York University, 1981-97;
Director, University of Toronto – York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1991-96;
Visiting Professor, Asia Center, Harvard University, 1997-99;
Acting Director, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 2004-05;
Director, Institute of Asian Research, 2008-11;
Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong, 2011 and 2013;
Visiting Professor and Head of the International Academic Advisory Panel to the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 2013-16.
Between 2005 and 2008, he was seconded from UBC to serve as the Co-CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
A regionalist rather than country specialist, he has held visiting fellowships at the Australian National University (1988); National Chengchi University in Taiwan (1989); Chulalongkorn University (1989); the East-West Center (1995); the National Institute for Research Advancement in Tokyo (1999); Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (2019); and the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore (2020) and spoken at universities and think tanks across the region.
An advocate of cooperative and human security, he has been studying and promoting policy-related activity on track-two security processes and the construction of multilateral institutions since 1988. He was a co-founder of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP), the Canadian Consortium on Human Security, and the Canada-Korea Forum. He has directed exchange and partnership projects with fifteen research institutes in Asia and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded by governments and foundations in Canada, Japan, the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. Between 1990 and 2002 he organized two dozen meetings involving participants from North Korea.
He is currently a Canadian representative on the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Experts and Eminent Persons Group.
A member of the Global Council of the Asia Society in New York, he also sits on the editorial boards of The Pacific Review, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, the China Quarterly for International Strategic Studies, and Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico.
His recent writings and media commentaries have focused on Canada-China relations, Asian security dynamics, and the emergence of techno-nationalism as a defining force in regional affairs. Some of them are available here and on his blog. His academic CV is also available here.
Editor and Contributor, Studying Asia Pacific Security: The Future of Research, Training and Dialogue Activities. Toronto: Join Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1994, pp.388. “Preface” (with Jusuf Wanandi), pp.1-3 and “The Dialogue Process on Asia Pacific Security Issues: Inventory and Analysis,” pp. 297-318.
With Xiaojun Li, “Canadian Public Attitudes on China and Canada-China Relations: Report of Collected Data,” and “Pragmatism Amidst Anxiety: Canadian Opinions on China and Canada-China Relations,” IAR Reports, 17 October 2017, available at https://iar.ubc.ca/publications/reports/
“Asian Power Shift: Ready or Not”, in Fen Hampson and Paul Heinbecker, eds., Canada Among Nations 2009-2010: As Others See Us. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2010, pp. 115-22.
Recent Presentations
“What Does it Mean to be a Friend of China”, presentation to the Canada-China Friendship Society in Ottawa, 15 June 2020. https://ccfso.org/notice-of-webinar/
“理解和运用“保护的责任”原则:走向一致 [Interpreting and Applying the Responsibility to Protect: Paths to Common Ground]”, 新型大国关系:机遇与挑战[New Type of Great Power Relations: Opportunities and Challenges], February 2015.
“诠释与落实“保护的责任”:通往共同点的途径 [Interpreting and Applying the Responsibility to Protect: A Path to Common Ground]”, 国际政治研究[The Journal of International Studies (Peking University)], Summer 2014.
“人的安全与东亚:回顾与展望 [East Asia and Human Security:Review and Prospects]”, 世界经济与政治 [World Economics and Politics], June 2004.
The second instalment to the biography of John Fairbank published in 1988 [here] looking at his influence and meaning 30 years after his death in an era of US-China confrontation.
Ongoing public opinion studies of Canadian views on China and Canada-China relations as well as mainstream media narratives and English and Chinese language social media coverage.
Paul Evans currently offers two seminars, one on “Global China and World Order,” and a second on “Canada and Global Asia,” as well as leading a Global Policy Project for the Masters of Public Policy and Global Affairs graduate program.
GPP 591D, “The Global Challenge of Global China: Policy Aspects”, an integrated graduate/undergraduate seminar. Fall Semester 2018.
To view the syllabus, click here.
Political Science 460C, “Global China in a Changing World Order”, a seminar for 4th-year undergrads in the International Relations Program. Fall Semester 2020.
Past Courses
Undergraduate
Introduction to Politics (Acadia)
Introduction to Canadian Politics (Acadia)
Introduction to International Relations (Acadia, York)
Government and Politics of China (York)
Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis (York)
International Relations Theory (York)
China’s Rise and Asia’s Future (HKU)
China and World Order (HKU)
Singapore’s Foreign Policy (SMU)
Graduate International Relations Theory (York)
International Relations of Eastern Asia (York)
Sino-Canadian Relations (York)
Pacific Trade and Security (York)
American Foreign Policy (York)
New Institutionalism in Asia (Harvard, UBC)
Asia Pacific Policy: Methods and Perspectives (UBC)
Asia Pacific Policy: Security and Media Modules (UBC)
Global China and World Order (UBC, HKU)
Paul Evans (PhD with distinction Dalhousie University 1982) has been a Professor at the University of British Columbia since 1999, teaching Asian and trans-Pacific international relations. His work was based at the Institute of Asian Research and the Liu Institute for Global Issues which are both located in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). On January 1, 2021, Dr. Evans was appointed the HSBC Chair in Asian Research.
His academic appointments have been as follows:
Assistant Professor, Acadia University, 1980-81
Assistant, Associate and Professor, Department of Political Science, York University, 1981-97;
Director, University of Toronto – York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1991-96;
Visiting Professor, Asia Center, Harvard University, 1997-99;
Acting Director, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 2004-05;
Director, Institute of Asian Research, 2008-11;
Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong, 2011 and 2013;
Visiting Professor and Head of the International Academic Advisory Panel to the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 2013-16.
Between 2005 and 2008, he was seconded from UBC to serve as the Co-CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
A regionalist rather than country specialist, he has held visiting fellowships at the Australian National University (1988); National Chengchi University in Taiwan (1989); Chulalongkorn University (1989); the East-West Center (1995); the National Institute for Research Advancement in Tokyo (1999); Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (2019); and the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore (2020) and spoken at universities and think tanks across the region.
An advocate of cooperative and human security, he has been studying and promoting policy-related activity on track-two security processes and the construction of multilateral institutions since 1988. He was a co-founder of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP), the Canadian Consortium on Human Security, and the Canada-Korea Forum. He has directed exchange and partnership projects with fifteen research institutes in Asia and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded by governments and foundations in Canada, Japan, the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia. Between 1990 and 2002 he organized two dozen meetings involving participants from North Korea.
He is currently a Canadian representative on the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Experts and Eminent Persons Group.
A member of the Global Council of the Asia Society in New York, he also sits on the editorial boards of The Pacific Review, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, the China Quarterly for International Strategic Studies, and Mexico y la Cuenca del Pacifico.
His recent writings and media commentaries have focused on Canada-China relations, Asian security dynamics, and the emergence of techno-nationalism as a defining force in regional affairs. Some of them are available here and on his blog. His academic CV is also available here.
Editor and Contributor, Studying Asia Pacific Security: The Future of Research, Training and Dialogue Activities. Toronto: Join Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1994, pp.388. “Preface” (with Jusuf Wanandi), pp.1-3 and “The Dialogue Process on Asia Pacific Security Issues: Inventory and Analysis,” pp. 297-318.
With Xiaojun Li, “Canadian Public Attitudes on China and Canada-China Relations: Report of Collected Data,” and “Pragmatism Amidst Anxiety: Canadian Opinions on China and Canada-China Relations,” IAR Reports, 17 October 2017, available at https://iar.ubc.ca/publications/reports/
“Asian Power Shift: Ready or Not”, in Fen Hampson and Paul Heinbecker, eds., Canada Among Nations 2009-2010: As Others See Us. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2010, pp. 115-22.
Recent Presentations
“What Does it Mean to be a Friend of China”, presentation to the Canada-China Friendship Society in Ottawa, 15 June 2020. https://ccfso.org/notice-of-webinar/
“理解和运用“保护的责任”原则:走向一致 [Interpreting and Applying the Responsibility to Protect: Paths to Common Ground]”, 新型大国关系:机遇与挑战[New Type of Great Power Relations: Opportunities and Challenges], February 2015.
“诠释与落实“保护的责任”:通往共同点的途径 [Interpreting and Applying the Responsibility to Protect: A Path to Common Ground]”, 国际政治研究[The Journal of International Studies (Peking University)], Summer 2014.
“人的安全与东亚:回顾与展望 [East Asia and Human Security:Review and Prospects]”, 世界经济与政治 [World Economics and Politics], June 2004.
The second instalment to the biography of John Fairbank published in 1988 [here] looking at his influence and meaning 30 years after his death in an era of US-China confrontation.
Ongoing public opinion studies of Canadian views on China and Canada-China relations as well as mainstream media narratives and English and Chinese language social media coverage.
Paul Evans currently offers two seminars, one on “Global China and World Order,” and a second on “Canada and Global Asia,” as well as leading a Global Policy Project for the Masters of Public Policy and Global Affairs graduate program.
GPP 591D, “The Global Challenge of Global China: Policy Aspects”, an integrated graduate/undergraduate seminar. Fall Semester 2018.
To view the syllabus, click here.
Political Science 460C, “Global China in a Changing World Order”, a seminar for 4th-year undergrads in the International Relations Program. Fall Semester 2020.
Past Courses
Undergraduate
Introduction to Politics (Acadia)
Introduction to Canadian Politics (Acadia)
Introduction to International Relations (Acadia, York)
Government and Politics of China (York)
Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis (York)
International Relations Theory (York)
China’s Rise and Asia’s Future (HKU)
China and World Order (HKU)
Singapore’s Foreign Policy (SMU)
Graduate International Relations Theory (York)
International Relations of Eastern Asia (York)
Sino-Canadian Relations (York)
Pacific Trade and Security (York)
American Foreign Policy (York)
New Institutionalism in Asia (Harvard, UBC)
Asia Pacific Policy: Methods and Perspectives (UBC)
Asia Pacific Policy: Security and Media Modules (UBC)
Global China and World Order (UBC, HKU)