Liam Swiss My latest article, with Heather Dicks and Lisa Kaida, is out now in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies. This research stems from mine and Lisa’s recent SSHRC Insight Development Grant on aid and remittances. Check it out here: Swiss, L., Dicks, H., & Kaida, L. (2026). Immigrant remittances and foreign aid: working together in … Read more
I was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of Contexts to contribute to this special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with David Tindall (UBC) and Pallavi Bannerjee (Calgary). While not a cheery topic given the events of 2025 to this point, it is encouraging to see the ASA’s magazine providing a Canadian … Read more
Dr. Heather Dicks and I have a new article available via open access in STABILITY: International Journal of Security and Development. The article is “Aid Securitization and Violence Against Aid Workers”. Here’s the abstract: Abstract: Recent decades have witnessed a shift in development practice whereby donors increasingly provide aid to support security-related programming in the … Read more
My latest article is out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Co-authored with Miriam Anderson (Toronto Metropolitan) and Brian Urlacher (University of North Dakota), the article examines factors influencing women’s participation in peace negotiations using longitudinal cross-national data over the period 1975-2020. The online early version is available now at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027251355747 or viewable below.
The targeting of USAID by the Trump/Musk Administration has been garnering a lot of attention (rightly so) and I have been sharing my thoughts on it with a number of media outlets. Here are a few stories that include some of my thoughts on the tragedy that is unfolding. The Hill Times (2025/02/12): The Kyiv … Read more