[1][2] He has been called a "foremost authority on think tanks" in Canada and the United States,[3] and is a regular commentator on his research areas with the CBC and other mass media outlets.
He is the author of several books and is a regular commentator on CBC Radio and other media outlets where he discusses current developments in American politics and Canada-U.S.
Abelson and others traced how think tanks came to resemble advocacy organizations by promoting ideological perspectives and prescriptive public policy options.
"[4][9] In 2002 he co-authored The Myth of the Sacred: The Charter, the Courts, and the politics of the Constitution in Canada with Patrick James and Michael Lusztig.
[10] Abelson is invited as a "regular commentator on CBC Radio and other media outlets" on topics such as "current developments in American politics and Canada-U.S.