Professor Alexander Bellamy
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Alexander Bellamy

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Background

Alex Bellamy is Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland, Australia. His recent books include "Syria Betrayed: War, Atrocities and the Failure of International Diplomacy" (Columbia 2022) and "World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It)" (Oxford 2020)

Availability

Professor Alexander Bellamy is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Political science

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Hull
  • Masters (Coursework), Staffordshire University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wales

Search Professor Alexander Bellamy’s works on UQ eSpace

258 works between 1999 and 2024
All (258) Journal Article (151) Book Chapter (77) Conference Publication (2) Book (22) Other Outputs (5) Edited Outputs (1)

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Featured

2014

Book

Responsibility to protect: a defense

Bellamy, Alex J. (2014). Responsibility to protect: a defense. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198704119.001.0001

Responsibility to protect: a defense

Featured

2012

Book

Massacres and morality: mass atrocities in an age of civilian immunity

Bellamy, Alex J. (2012). Massacres and morality: mass atrocities in an age of civilian immunity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199288427.001.0001

Massacres and morality: mass atrocities in an age of civilian immunity

Featured

2011

Book

Global politics and the responsibility to protect: from words to deeds

Bellamy, Alex J. (2011). Global politics and the responsibility to protect: from words to deeds. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203837160

Global politics and the responsibility to protect: from words to deeds

Featured

2010

Book

Understanding peacekeeping

Bellamy, Alex J., Williams, Paul D. and Griffin, Stuart (2010). Understanding peacekeeping. 2nd ed. Cambridge, U.K. ; Malden, MA, U.S.A.: Polity Press.

Understanding peacekeeping

2024

Journal Article

A Quarter of a Century of Civilian Protection: Contested Concepts and the Problem of Sovereignty

Bellamy, Alex J. (2024). A Quarter of a Century of Civilian Protection: Contested Concepts and the Problem of Sovereignty. Civil Wars, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13698249.2024.2332163

A Quarter of a Century of Civilian Protection: Contested Concepts and the Problem of Sovereignty

2024

Journal Article

Ideology & Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides & Deadly Atrocities, written by Jonathan Leader Maynard

Bellamy, Alex J. (2024). Ideology & Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides & Deadly Atrocities, written by Jonathan Leader Maynard. Global Responsibility to Protect, 1-4. doi: 10.1163/1875984x-20240006

Ideology & Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides & Deadly Atrocities, written by Jonathan Leader Maynard

2024

Book Chapter

Internationalized civil war

Bellamy, Alex J. (2024). Internationalized civil war. Routledge handbook of the future of warfare. (pp. 389-399) edited by Artur Gruszczak and KSebastian Kaempf. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003299011-41

Internationalized civil war

2023

Journal Article

The evolution of mass atrocity early warning in the UN Secretariat: fit for purpose?

McLoughlin, Stephen, Gifkins, Jess and Bellamy, Alex J. (2023). The evolution of mass atrocity early warning in the UN Secretariat: fit for purpose?. International Peacekeeping, 30 (4), 477-505. doi: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2236929

The evolution of mass atrocity early warning in the UN Secretariat: fit for purpose?

2023

Book Chapter

Ending endless wars

Bellamy, Alex J. (2023). Ending endless wars. How to end a war. (pp. 111-131) edited by Graham Parsons and Mark A. Wilson. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108992640.007

Ending endless wars

2023

Book Chapter

The responsibility to protect

Bellamy, Alex J. (2023). The responsibility to protect. Security studies an introduction. (pp. 268-283) Milton: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003247821-19

The responsibility to protect

2022

Journal Article

Winning? The politics of victory in an era of endless war

Hartnett, Liane, Glanville, Luke, O'Driscoll, Cian, Wilcox, Lauren, Bellamy, Alexander and Steele, Brent (2022). Winning? The politics of victory in an era of endless war. International Studies Review, 24 (1) viac006. doi: 10.1093/isr/viac006

Winning? The politics of victory in an era of endless war

2022

Book Chapter

The United Nations and peacemaking

Bellamy, Alex J. (2022). The United Nations and peacemaking. Contemporary peacemaking: Peace processes, peacebuilding and conflict. (pp. 83-101) edited by Roger Mac Ginty and Anthony Wanis-St. John. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-82962-9_5

The United Nations and peacemaking

2022

Book Chapter

Sovereignty redefined: the promise and practice of R2P

Bellamy, Alex J. (2022). Sovereignty redefined: the promise and practice of R2P. The responsibility to protect twenty years on: rhetoric and implementation. (pp. 13-32) edited by Pinar Gözen Ercan. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-90731-0_2

Sovereignty redefined: the promise and practice of R2P

2022

Journal Article

R2P and the use of force

Bellamy, Alex J. (2022). R2P and the use of force. Global Responsibility to Protect, 14 (3), 277-280. doi: 10.1163/1875-984X-20220011

R2P and the use of force

2021

Journal Article

Introduction: towards evidence based atrocity prevention

Bellamy, Alex J. and Šimonović, Ivan (2021). Introduction: towards evidence based atrocity prevention. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 24 (3-4), 285-304. doi: 10.1163/18754112-24030001

Introduction: towards evidence based atrocity prevention

2021

Journal Article

Conclusions: lessons learned from atrocity prevention

Bellamy, Alex J. and Šimonović, Ivan (2021). Conclusions: lessons learned from atrocity prevention. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 24 (3-4), 543-565. doi: 10.1163/18754112-24030010

Conclusions: lessons learned from atrocity prevention

2021

Journal Article

Using force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping

Bellamy, Alex J. and Hunt, Charles T. (2021). Using force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping. Survival, 63 (3), 143-170. doi: 10.1080/00396338.2021.1930411

Using force to protect civilians in UN peacekeeping

2021

Other Outputs

It’s time for the General Assembly to step up its response to massive human rights violations

Barber, Rebecca and Bellamy, Alex (2021, 05 04). It’s time for the General Assembly to step up its response to massive human rights violations International Service for Human Rights

It’s time for the General Assembly to step up its response to massive human rights violations

2021

Book Chapter

The United Nations and the responsibility to rebuild

Bellamy, Alex J. (2021). The United Nations and the responsibility to rebuild. The Oxford handbook of peacebuilding, statebuilding, and peace formation. (pp. 275-287) edited by Oliver P. Richmond and Gëzim Visoka. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904418.013.18

The United Nations and the responsibility to rebuild

2020

Conference Publication

How much peace is enough? A reflection on Richard Caplan’s measuring peace

Bellamy, Alex J. (2020). How much peace is enough? A reflection on Richard Caplan’s measuring peace. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/17449057.2020.1759917

How much peace is enough? A reflection on Richard Caplan’s measuring peace

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2028
    R2P Stage 7: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect in the Asia Pacific
    Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2024
    R2P Stage 6: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect in the Asia Pacific
    Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    R2P stage 5: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect in the Asia Pacific
    Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Strengthening Atrocity Prevention in the Asia Pacific
    Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Implementing the Responsibility to Protect in the Asia Pacific
    Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Civilian Protection and the Use of Force in UN Peacekeeping Operations
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect - Implementing the responsibility to protect in the Asia Pacific (Phase 3)
    Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Core Funding to the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, 2012-13 to 2015-16
    AusAID-Australian Agency for International Development
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    An Early Warning Framework for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (ARC Discovery Project administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (Core Business)
    AusAID-Australian Agency for International Development
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    An Early Warning Framework for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    UQ Travel Award Category 1, Rita Abrahamsen
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2009
    UQ Travel Awards Category 1, Michael Williams
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Ethics of Terrorism
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    The Regionalisation of Peace Operations: Legitimacy, Effectiveness and Stable Peace
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    Impediments to Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004
    The Just War Tradition In An Age Of Terror
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Understanding Peacekeeping
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Alexander Bellamy is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The localization of the right to asylum norm in ASEAN: Assessing ASEAN Response during the Refugee Crisis

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Curley

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Pre-emptive Use of Force for Atrocity Prevention.

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    State Formation and Self-Determination in post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Secessionists Movements in Sudan and Nigeria

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Curley

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Factors impacting the efficacy of local civilian community networks in operational atrocity prevention

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sebastian Kaempf

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Dialogue as nonviolent resistance in Hong Kong

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sarah Teitt

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The drivers of protracted armed conflicts: Why they cause protraction and how they develop throughout conflicts

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Suzanna Fay, Associate Professor Sarah Percy

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Vietnam's engagement with international human rights institutions

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sarah Teitt

Completed supervision

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