Paul D. Williams
Paul D. Williams
Professor of International Affairs; Director of the M.A. in Security Policy Studies Program
Full-time Faculty
Programs: MA Security Policy Studies
Contact:
1957 E St. NW, Office #605I
Washington, D.C. 20052
Paul D. Williams is Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, and Director of the MA program in Security Policy Studies. Prior to moving to the Elliott School in 2006, Dr. Williams was a faculty member at the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick in the UK.
As well as working as a consultant and subject matter expert for a variety of governments, international organizations, and firms, Dr. Williams served as a Non-Resident Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (2011-19) where he managed the “Providing for Peacekeeping Project.” During 2014-15, he was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and from 2011-2014 he served as Visiting Professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. He has also been a visiting scholar at Georgetown University and the University of Queensland.
His research focuses on the politics and effectiveness of contemporary peace operations, the dynamics of warfare in Africa, and emerging security threats.
Peace operations; emerging security threats; war and peace in Africa; conflict resolution
Ph.D., University of Wales, Aberystwyth
IAFF 6161 International Security
IAFF 6162 Security Policy Analysis
IAFF 6171 Introduction to Conflict Resolution
IAFF 6186 Special Topics in Security Policy Studies
- International Peacekeeping
- Emerging Threats
- Security Studies: An Introduction (Routledge, 4th edition, 2023).
- Understanding Peacekeeping with A.J. Bellamy (Polity Press, 3rd edition, 2021).
- Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A history and analysis of the African Union Mission (AMISOM), 2007-2017 (Oxford University Press, 2018).
- War and Conflict in Africa (Polity, 2011; 2nd edition, 2016).
- “Enhancing U.S. Support for Peace Operations in Africa,” Council Special Report No. 73. Council on Foreign Relations Press. May 2015.
- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations with Joachim Koops, Norrie MacQueen, and Thierry Tardy (Oxford University Press, 2015).
- Providing Peacekeepers: The Politics, Challenges, and Future of United Nations Peacekeeping Contributions with A.J. Bellamy (Oxford University Press, 2013).