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Professor Alexander Bellamy
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Alexander Bellamy

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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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260 works between 1999 and 2024

21 - 40 of 260 works

2020

Journal Article

The thirty-year genocide: Turkey's destruction of its Christian minorities 1894-1924

Bellamy, Alex J. (2020). The thirty-year genocide: Turkey's destruction of its Christian minorities 1894-1924. International Affairs, 96 (1), 247-249. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiz268

The thirty-year genocide: Turkey's destruction of its Christian minorities 1894-1924

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

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

Thinking about World Peace

2020

Journal Article

In this issue

Bellamy, Alex J. (2020). In this issue. Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 20 (4), 665-666. doi: 10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-4-665-666

In this issue

2020

Journal Article

Introduction: Taking World Peace Seriously

Bellamy, Alex J. (2020). Introduction: Taking World Peace Seriously. Ethics & International Affairs, 34 (1), 43-45. doi: 10.1017/S0892679420000039

Introduction: Taking World Peace Seriously

2019

Journal Article

The cosmopolitan tradition: a noble but flawed ideal

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). The cosmopolitan tradition: a noble but flawed ideal. International Affairs, 95 (6), 1443-1444. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiz206

The cosmopolitan tradition: a noble but flawed ideal

2019

Journal Article

The hell of good intentions: America's foreign policy elite and the decline of US primacy

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). The hell of good intentions: America's foreign policy elite and the decline of US primacy. International Affairs, 95 (5), 1199-1201.

The hell of good intentions: America's foreign policy elite and the decline of US primacy

2019

Journal Article

The great delusion: liberal dreams and international realities

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). The great delusion: liberal dreams and international realities. International Affairs, 95 (5), 1199-1201.

The great delusion: liberal dreams and international realities

2019

Journal Article

The peacemakers: leadership lessons from twentieth-century statesmanship

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). The peacemakers: leadership lessons from twentieth-century statesmanship. International Affairs, 95 (4), 927-929. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiz111

The peacemakers: leadership lessons from twentieth-century statesmanship

2019

Journal Article

Human protection and the politics of armed intervention: with responsibility comes accountability

Bellamy, Alex J. and McLoughlin, Stephen (2019). Human protection and the politics of armed intervention: with responsibility comes accountability. Global Responsibility to Protect, 11 (3), 333-361. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-01103005

Human protection and the politics of armed intervention: with responsibility comes accountability

2019

Journal Article

Rules for rebels: the science of victory in military history

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). Rules for rebels: the science of victory in military history. International Affairs, 95 (3), 714-715. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiz058

Rules for rebels: the science of victory in military history

2019

Book Chapter

WPS and responsibility to protect

Bellamy, Alex J. and Davies, Sara E. (2019). WPS and responsibility to protect. The Oxford handbook of women, peace, and security. (pp. 585-597) edited by Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190638276.013.44

WPS and responsibility to protect

2019

Book

World peace: and how we can achieve it

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). World peace: and how we can achieve it. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

World peace: and how we can achieve it

2019

Journal Article

The grey zone: civilian protection between human rights and the laws of war

Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). The grey zone: civilian protection between human rights and the laws of war. International Affairs, 95 (1), 214-215. doi: 10.1093/ia/iiy249

The grey zone: civilian protection between human rights and the laws of war

2019

Book Chapter

R2P and the emergence of responsibilities across borders

Bellamy, Alex J. and Tacheva, Blagovesta (2019). R2P and the emergence of responsibilities across borders. The state and cosmopolitan responsibilities. (pp. 15-40) edited by Richard Beardsworth, Garrett Wallace Brown and Richard Shapcott. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

R2P and the emergence of responsibilities across borders

2018

Journal Article

Editorial: Global R2P at ten … and beyond

Bellamy, Alex J., Davies, Sara E. and Glanville, Luke (2018). Editorial: Global R2P at ten … and beyond. Global Responsibility to Protect, 10 (4), 389-392. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-01004002

Editorial: Global R2P at ten … and beyond

2018

Journal Article

Ending atrocity crimes: the false promise of fatalism

Bellamy, Alex J. (2018). Ending atrocity crimes: the false promise of fatalism. Ethics and International Affairs, 32 (3), 329-337. doi: 10.1017/S089267941800045X

Ending atrocity crimes: the false promise of fatalism

2018

Journal Article

Review of Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes. By Thomas W. Smith. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. 272p

Bellamy, Alex J. (2018). Review of Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes. By Thomas W. Smith. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. 272p. Perspectives On Politics, 16 (1), 287-288. doi: 10.1017/S1537592717004091

Review of Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes. By Thomas W. Smith. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. 272p

2018

Book

The responsibility to protect: from promise to practice

Bellamy, Alex J. and Luck, Edward C. (2018). The responsibility to protect: from promise to practice. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity.

The responsibility to protect: from promise to practice

2018

Book

Rethinking humanitarian intervention

Bellamy, Alex J. and McLoughlin, Stephen (2018). Rethinking humanitarian intervention. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Rethinking humanitarian intervention

Funding

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

Supervision

Availability

Professor Alexander Bellamy is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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: Associate Professor Melissa Curley

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Dialogue as nonviolent resistance in Hong Kong

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Vietnam's engagement with international human rights institutions

    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

  • 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 and Nonviolent Discipline in Nonviolent Resistance Movements: The Case of Hong Kong¿s 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sarah Teitt

Completed supervision

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