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Full-time Faculty
Paul D. Williams
Associate Professor of International Affairs
Associate Director, Security Policy Studies Program
1957 E Street, NW Suite 601
Washington, D.C. 20052
Phone: (202) 994-0969
Fax: (202) 994-7761
E-mail: pauldw@gwu.edu
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/paulwilliamsgw/Home
Education:
Ph.D., University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Expertise:
Conflict resolution, contemporary peace operations, theories of international security, Africa's international relations, British foreign policy
Background:
Paul D. Williams is Associate Professor of International Affairs and Associate Director of the Security Policy Studies Program. He also serves as Faculty Adviser for students with concentrations in Conflict & Conflict Resolution. He specializes in issues of conflict resolution, international peacekeeping and Africa's international relations. He is the author of British Foreign Policy under New Labour, 1997-2005 (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005), coauthor of Understanding Peacekeeping (Polity, 2004), editor of Security Studies: An Introduction (Routledge, 2008), and co-editor of Africa in International Politics (Routledge, 2004) and Peace Operations and Global Order (Routledge, 2005). His articles have been published in such journals as International Security, International Affairs, Security Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Security Dialogue, International Peacekeeping, Contemporary Security Policy, African Affairs and Political Studies. His research has been funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy, and the Australian Research Council.
Professor Williams currently serves on the editorial boards of two journals, African Affairs (http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/) and Global Responsibility to Protect (http://www.brill.nl/gr2p).
Courses Taught:
IAff 190 Conflict and Conflict Resolution
IAff 282 Introduction to Conflict Resolution
IAff 288 International Peackeeping
IAff 288 War & Conflict in Africa
Last update: 5/20/2009