
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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2015
Journal Article
Twenty-first century UN peace operations: protection, force and the changing security environment
Bellamy, Alex J. and Hunt, Charles T. (2015). Twenty-first century UN peace operations: protection, force and the changing security environment. International Affairs, 91 (6), 1277-1298. doi: 10.1111/1468-2346.12456
2015
Journal Article
When states go bad: The termination of state perpetrated mass killing
Bellamy, Alex J. (2015). When states go bad: The termination of state perpetrated mass killing. Journal of Peace Research, 52 (5), 565-576. doi: 10.1177/0022343315569333
2015
Journal Article
The responsibility to protect turns ten
Bellamy, Alex J. (2015). The responsibility to protect turns ten. Ethics and International Affairs, 29 (2), 161-185. doi: 10.1017/S0892679415000052
2015
Journal Article
A death foretold? Human rights, responsibility to protect and the persistent politics of power
Bellamy, Alex J. (2015). A death foretold? Human rights, responsibility to protect and the persistent politics of power. Cooperation and Conflict, 50 (2), 286-293. doi: 10.1177/0010836714545693
2015
Journal Article
A chronic protection problem: The DPRK and the responsibility to protect
Bellamy, Alex J (2015). A chronic protection problem: The DPRK and the responsibility to protect. International Affairs, 91 (2), 225-244. doi: 10.1111/1468-2346.12232
2015
Book Chapter
Trends in Peace Operations, 1947-2013
Bellamy, Alex J. and Williams, Paul D. (2015). Trends in Peace Operations, 1947-2013. The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. (pp. 13-42) edited by Joachim A. Koops, Norrie MacQueen, Thierry Tardy and Paul D. Williams. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2015
Book Chapter
Humanitarian Intervention
Bellamy, Alexander (2015). Humanitarian Intervention. The Routledge handbook of global ethics. (pp. 127-140) edited by Darrel Moellendorf and Heather Widdows. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315744520-17
2015
Book Chapter
The responsibility to protect
Bellamy, Alex J (2015). The responsibility to protect. The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action. (pp. 153-163) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203753422-23
2015
Book Chapter
Libya
Bellamy, Alexander and Williams, Paul D. (2015). Libya. The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century. (pp. 699-716) edited by Sebastian von Einsiedel, David M. Malone and Bruno Stagno Ugarte. Boulder, Colorado, United States: Lynne Rienner.
2015
Book Chapter
Operationalizing the “atrocity prevention lens”: making prevention a living reality
Bellamy, Alex J. (2015). Operationalizing the “atrocity prevention lens”: making prevention a living reality. Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention. (pp. 61-80) edited by Sheri P. Rosenberg, Tibi Galis and Alex Zucker. New York, NY United States: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316154632.005
2015
Book Chapter
The responsibility to protect and the just war tradition
Bellamy, Alex J. (2015). The responsibility to protect and the just war tradition. Theorising the responsibility to protect. (pp. 181-199) edited by Ramesh Thakur and William Maley. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139644518.010
2014
Journal Article
From Tripoli to Damascus: lesson learning and the implementation of the responsibility to protect
Bellamy, Alexander J. (2014). From Tripoli to Damascus: lesson learning and the implementation of the responsibility to protect. International Politics, 51 (1), 23-44. doi: 10.1057/ip.2013.42
2014
Journal Article
Introduction: the responsibility to protect and humanitarian action
Bellamy, Alex J. and Slim, Hugo (2014). Introduction: the responsibility to protect and humanitarian action. Global Responsibility to Protect, 6 (2), 117-125. doi: 10.1163/1875984X-00602002
2014
Book Chapter
The responsibility to protect: A wide or narrow conception?
Bellamy, Alex J. (2014). The responsibility to protect: A wide or narrow conception?. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P): A new Paradigm of International Law?. (pp. 38-59) London, United Kingdom: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004230002_003
2014
Book Chapter
The UN Security Council and Peace Operations
Williams, Paul D. and Bellamy, Alex J. (2014). The UN Security Council and Peace Operations. International organization and global governance. (pp. 415-428) edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson. London: Routledge.
2014
Journal Article
The other Asian miracle? The decline of mass atrocities in East Asia
Bellamy, Alex J. (2014). The other Asian miracle? The decline of mass atrocities in East Asia. Global Change, Peace and Security, 26 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/14781158.2014.865600
2014
Book Chapter
The Responsibility to Protect and Regime Change’
Bellamy, Alexander (2014). The Responsibility to Protect and Regime Change’. The ethics of armed humanitarian intervention. (pp. 166-186) edited by Don E. Scheid. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139567589.014
2014
Book Chapter
Responsibility to protect: opening humanitarian spaces
Bellamy, Alexander (2014). Responsibility to protect: opening humanitarian spaces. Negotiating relief: the politics of humanitarian space. (pp. 147-155) edited by Michele Acuto. London, United Kingdom: C Hurst & Co..
2014
Book Chapter
Australia and international peacekeeping: policies, institutions, and doctrines
Bellamy, Alex J. (2014). Australia and international peacekeeping: policies, institutions, and doctrines. Asia-Pacific nations in international peace support and stability operations. (pp. 31-58) edited by Chiyuki Aoi and Yee-Kuang Heng. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan.
2014
Journal Article
Respostas internacionais às crises de proteção de pessoas: a responsabilidade de proteger e o surgimento de um novo regime de proteção
Bellamy, Alex J. (2014). Respostas internacionais às crises de proteção de pessoas: a responsabilidade de proteger e o surgimento de um novo regime de proteção. Revista Critica de Ciencias Sociais, 104 (104), 45-66. doi: 10.4000/rccs.5680
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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
Policing Transformation, Transforming Police: Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Police in UN Peace Operations
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
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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