
Overview
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
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Hull
- Masters (Coursework), Staffordshire University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wales
Works
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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
2024
Journal Article
Review of: Ideology & Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides & Deadly Atrocities, written by Jonathan Leader Maynard
Bellamy, Alex J. (2024). Review of: Ideology & Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides & Deadly Atrocities, written by Jonathan Leader Maynard. Global Responsibility to Protect, 16 (4), 1-4. doi: 10.1163/1875984x-20240006
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2020
Journal Article
Thinking about World Peace
Bellamy, Alex J. (2020). Thinking about World Peace. Ethics & International Affairs, 34 (1), 47-56. doi: 10.1017/S0892679420000027
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Preserving Human Dignity: Surveying the Role of Civilian Agency in the Moral Justification of Irregular Warfare
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sebastian Kaempf
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Doctor Philosophy
The localization of the right to asylum norm in ASEAN: Assessing ASEAN Response during the Refugee Crisis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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Doctor Philosophy
The Pre-emptive Use of Force for Atrocity Prevention.
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
State Formation and Self-Determination in post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Secessionists Movements in Sudan and Nigeria
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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Doctor Philosophy
State Formation and Self-Determination in post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Secessionists Movements in Sudan and Nigeria
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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Doctor Philosophy
Factors impacting the efficacy of local civilian community networks in operational atrocity prevention
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sebastian Kaempf
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Doctor Philosophy
Dialogue and Nonviolent Discipline in Nonviolent Resistance Movements: The Case of Hong Kong¿s 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Teitt
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Doctor Philosophy
Dialogue as nonviolent resistance in Hong Kong
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Vietnam's engagement with international human rights institutions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Teitt
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Vietnam's engagement with international human rights institutions
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The localisation of the right to asylum norm in ASEAN: Assessing ASEAN Response during the Refugee Crisis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Deciding to Protect: The Role of United Nations Peacekeepers as Street-level Bureaucrats to Protect Civilians in South Sudan
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Quality of Governance Peace: A mixed methods study at the subnational level
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Cyber Peace: The risks of information technologies deployed into United Nations peacekeeping missions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sebastian Kaempf
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Peacekeeping as Habit: Examining Indonesia's Maintenance of Personnel Contribution in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Teitt
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
International mediation and the prevention of mass atrocities: Evaluating African Union mediation in atrocity crime settings
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
The Responsibility to Protect and Responsible Power: Explaining China's Acquiescence to International Intervention to Protect Libyan Populations in 2011
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Melissa Curley
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Development within conflict affected contexts: an examination of conflict assessment frameworks
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Civil-Military 'Legal' Relations: Where to from Here?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Cassimatis
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Inside the UN Security Council: The Influence of the Social Environment on Decision Making
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Responding to Mass Atrocities: The Responsibility to Protect and The Responsibility to Punish
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Policing Transformation, Transforming Police: Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Police in UN Peace Operations
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Beyond Root Causes: Understanding Risk and Resilience in the Prevention of Mass Atrocities
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Banning Ethnicity, Rewriting History: Rwanda's Prevention of Violent Ethnic Conflict After Genocide
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Sovereignty and responsibility
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Richard Devetak
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
The Paradox of Identity Security and Recourse to Violence in Liberal Democracy
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Saving Soldiers: The Evolution of International Military Medical Norms, 1815 to 1914
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
A CERTAIN INDIA: AN ENQUIRY INTO A CLAIM TO NATIONAL TERRITORY
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Chinese peacebuilding practice in Myanmar
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shahar Hameiri, Dr Sarah Teitt
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Powers of the UN General Assembly to Prevent and Respond to Atrocity Crimes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Cassimatis
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Prevention of Atrocity Crimes: Legal Obligations and State Responsibility
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Eve Massingham, Professor Anthony Cassimatis
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Normative Contestation and the Responsibility to Protect
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Phillips
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
Disarmament Diplomacy: the Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in International Arms Control
Associate Advisor
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2005
Master Philosophy
TAIWAN'S CLAIMS FOR NATIONHOOD: FROM DR SUN YAT-SEN TO PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN - A THEORETICAL TREATISE
Associate Advisor
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