Environmental security and climate change:
* The Ingenuity Gap: How Can We Solve the Problems of the Future? (2000): A seminal work examining the challenges of addressing global issues like climate change and resource scarcity.
* The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization (2006): Explores the potential for societies to overcome crisis and rebuild stronger.
* Climate Change and the Global Political System: A Threat to Human Security (2017): Analyzes the political implications of climate change and its potential to destabilize nations and the world order.
* Commanding Hope: The Power of Citizen Action to Change the World (2020): An examination of the role of citizen action in driving positive change, focusing on the climate crisis.
Other notable works:
* Environment, Scarcity, and Violence: A Study of International Conflict (1999): Analyzes the connection between resource scarcity and conflict.
* The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Crisis of the 21st Century (2018): A comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.
His work has been featured in major publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs.
He is also a Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the founding director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs.