“There is no more definitive text in the field of peace and conflict studies. It is impressive in its clarity, comprehensiveness, and ability to incorporate an historical overview of each area as well as the latest thinking and debates.”
— Professor Oliver Richmond, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of St Andrews
Oliver Ramsbotham
Oliver’s current research interests within the broad conflict resolution/conflict transformation field include: humanitarian intervention, just war and the ethics of intervention; post-war reconstruction and peacebuilding; international peacekeeping; culture and conflict resolution (including Islamic and Christian approaches to peace, war and the resolution of conflict); reconciliation; and dialogue, discourse and disagreement. He has published articles and written papers on all these topics.
His books include: Choices: Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Options (Brasseys, London, 1987); Modernizing NATO’s Nuclear Weapons, (Macmillan, London, 1989); Just Deterrence: Morality and Deterrence into the Twentieth Century (with Malcolm McCall), (Brassey’s, London, 1990); Beyond Deterrence: Britain, Germany and the New European Security Debate, (Macmillan, London, 1991); Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary Conflict : A Reconceptualisation, (Polity, Cambridge, 1996) (with Tom Woodhouse); The Crescent and the Cross: Muslim and Christian Approaches to War and Peace (Macmillan, London, 1998) (with Haleem, Risaluddin and Wicker); Contemporary Conflict Resolution (with Hugh Miall and Tom Woodhouse), Polity, Cambridge, 1999; Encyclopaedia of International Peacekeeping Operations, (ABC/CLIO, Santa Barbara, Denver, and Oxford, 1999) (with Tom Woodhouse). Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, (Frank Cass London, 2000) (with Tom Woodhouse), and Transforming Violent Conflict: Radical Disagreement, Dialogue and Survival (Routledge 2010).
He is Chairman of the Oxford Research Group and President of the Conflict Research Society. He is also adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues.
