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

260 works between 1999 and 2024
All (260) Journal Article (153) Book Chapter (77) Conference Publication (2) Book (22) Other Outputs (5) Edited Outputs (1)

41 - 60 of 260 works

2018

Book Chapter

Responsibility to protect: justice and responsibility-related but not synonymous

Bellamy, Alex J. (2018). Responsibility to protect: justice and responsibility-related but not synonymous. War crimes trials and investigations: a multi-disciplinary introduction. (pp. 263-299) edited by Jonathan Waterlow and Jacques Schuhmacher. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64072-3_9

Responsibility to protect: justice and responsibility-related but not synonymous

2018

Journal Article

Holding back the tide: genocide prevention in our more violent world

Bellamy, Alex J. (2018). Holding back the tide: genocide prevention in our more violent world. Genocide Studies and Prevention, 12 (3), 10-19. doi: 10.5038/1911-9933.12.3.1563

Holding back the tide: genocide prevention in our more violent world

2018

Book Chapter

Violence, wars, peace, security

Wallensteen, Peter, Wieviorka, Michel, Abraham, Itty, Aggestam, Karin, Bellamy, Alexander, Cederman, Lars-Erik, Ferret, Jerôme, Vilmer, Jean Baptiste Jeangène, Heitmeyer, Wilhelm, Muvumba-Sellström, Angela, Nathan, Laurie, Shinoda, Hideaki, Stepanova, Ekaterina and Ortiz, Olga Odgers (2018). Violence, wars, peace, security. Rethinking society for the 21st century: report of the International Panel on Social Progress. Volume 2: Political regulation, governance, and societal transformations. (pp. 411-456) edited by International Panel on Social Progress. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108399647.003

Violence, wars, peace, security

2018

Book Chapter

The final battle

Bellamy, Alex J. (2018). The final battle. Last lectures on the prevention and intervention of genocide. (pp. 108-113) edited by Samuel Totten. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315409771-14

The final battle

2018

Book Chapter

UN Security Council and peace operations

Williams, Paul D. and Bellamy, Alex J. (2018). UN Security Council and peace operations. International organization and global governance. (pp. 455-470) New York, NY USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315301914-38

UN Security Council and peace operations

2017

Journal Article

Negotiating the responsibility to protect in the UN system: the roles of formal and informal groups

Bellamy, Alex J. (2017). Negotiating the responsibility to protect in the UN system: the roles of formal and informal groups. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 12 (2-3), 197-220. doi: 10.1163/1871191X-12341363

Negotiating the responsibility to protect in the UN system: the roles of formal and informal groups

2017

Book

East Asia’s other miracle: explaining the decline of mass atrocities

Bellamy, Alex J. (2017). East Asia’s other miracle: explaining the decline of mass atrocities. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198777939.001.0001/oso-9780198777939

East Asia’s other miracle: explaining the decline of mass atrocities

2017

Book

Humanitarian Intervention: Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies

Alex J. Bellamy ed. (2017). Humanitarian Intervention: Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Humanitarian Intervention: Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies

2017

Book Chapter

The ethics and laws of war

Bellamy, Alex J. (2017). The ethics and laws of war. An introduction to international relations. (pp. 253-265) edited by Richard Devetak, Jim George and Sarah Percy. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781316855188.019

The ethics and laws of war

2017

Journal Article

Contemporary war and the crisis of human protection

Alex J. Bellamy (2017). Contemporary war and the crisis of human protection. Brown Journal of International Affairs, 24 (1), 105-120.

Contemporary war and the crisis of human protection

2017

Book Chapter

Francisco de Vitoria (1492-1546)

Bellamy, Alex J. (2017). Francisco de Vitoria (1492-1546). Just War Thinkers: From Cicero to the 21st Century. (pp. 77-91) edited by Daniel R. Brunstetter and Cian O’Driscoll. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315650470

Francisco de Vitoria (1492-1546)

2017

Book Chapter

The UN Security Council and the problem of mass atrocities: towards a grand bargain

Bellamy, Alex J. (2017). The UN Security Council and the problem of mass atrocities: towards a grand bargain. Global Insecurity: Futures of Global Chaos and Governance. (pp. 311-324) edited by Anthony Burke and Rita Parker. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-349-95145-1_16

The UN Security Council and the problem of mass atrocities: towards a grand bargain

2016

Journal Article

The humanisation of security? Towards an International Human Protection Regime

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). The humanisation of security? Towards an International Human Protection Regime. European Journal of International Security, 1 (1), 112-133. doi: 10.1017/eis.2015.5

The humanisation of security? Towards an International Human Protection Regime

2016

Book Chapter

UN security council

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). UN security council. The Oxford handbook of the responsibility to protect. (pp. 249-268) edited by Alex J. Bellamy and Tim Dunne. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198753841.013.14

UN security council

2016

Journal Article

Atrocity prevention: from promise to practice in the Asia Pacific

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). Atrocity prevention: from promise to practice in the Asia Pacific. Global Responsibility to Protect, 8 (2-3), 180-199. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-00803006

Atrocity prevention: from promise to practice in the Asia Pacific

2016

Book Chapter

The private sector and atrocities prevention

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). The private sector and atrocities prevention. The role of business in the responsibility to protect. (pp. 206-229) edited by John Forrer and Conor Seyle. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316659397.011

The private sector and atrocities prevention

2016

Book Chapter

United Nations action in Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). United Nations action in Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect. Reassessing the responsibility to protect: conceptual and operational challenges. (pp. 114-141) edited by Brett R. O'Bannon. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315882512-7

United Nations action in Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect

2016

Book Chapter

Protecting responsibly: the security council and the use of force for human protection purposes

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). Protecting responsibly: the security council and the use of force for human protection purposes. Strengthening the Rule of Law through the UN Security Council. (pp. 270-284) edited by Jeremy Farrall and Hilary Charlesworth. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Protecting responsibly: the security council and the use of force for human protection purposes

2016

Journal Article

The question of intervention: John Stuart Mill and the responsibility to protect

Bellamy, Alex J. (2016). The question of intervention: John Stuart Mill and the responsibility to protect. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 29 (1), 341-343. doi: 10.1080/09557571.2015.1118853

The question of intervention: John Stuart Mill and the responsibility to protect

2016

Book

The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect

Alex J. Bellamy and Tim Dunne eds. (2016). The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect

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: Associate Professor 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: 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 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

  • 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

Completed supervision

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