Publication
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Parliaments in Security Policy
BJPIR Special Issue – Parliaments in Security Policy: Involvement, Politicisation, and Influence The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) has published a Special Issue, guest edited by Patrick A. Mello and Dirk Peters: “Parliaments in Security Policy: Involvement, Politicisation, and Influence”. The special issue focuses on the pivotal democratic institution – parliament – to study legislative involvement in… Continue reading →
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Two-Level Games in Foreign Policy Analysis
Chapter Published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics da Conceição-Heldt, Eugénia and Patrick A. Mello (2017) Two-Level Games in Foreign Policy Analysis, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press (DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.496). Article Summary: “Whether in multilateral negotiations or bilateral meetings, government leaders regularly engage in “two-level games” played simultaneously at the domestic and the… Continue reading →
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Parliaments in Peace and Security Policy
Parliaments in Peace and Security Policy: Recent Research on the Parliamentary Control of Military Missions Abstract: “Since the 1990s, parliaments in many democracies have become more involved in the formulation and implementation of security policy. A growing number of studies in comparative politics and international relations address this phenomenon and examine the role of parliaments in decisions on war and… Continue reading →
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Researching Non-State Actors in International Security
Researching Non-State Actors in International Security: Theory and Practice Qualitative Comparative Analysis and the Study of Non-State Actors (Chapter 9) Mello, Patrick A. (2017) Qualitative Comparative Analysis and the Study of Non-State Actors, in Andrea Schneiker and Andreas Kruck ed., Researching Non-State Actors in International Security: Theory & Practice, London: Routledge, 123-142. Book Abstract: “All researchers face the same challenge,… Continue reading →
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Special Issue on “Parliaments and Security Policy”
Proposal for a Special Issue on “Parliaments and Security Policy” Accepted by BJPIR The Editors of The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) have accepted a proposal for a special issue on “Parliaments and Security Policy”, guest-edited by Patrick A. Mello and Dirk Peters, to be published in early 2018. Summary: This special issue zeroes in on the… Continue reading →
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Book Review in Perspectives on Politics
Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict Reviewed by Anja Jetschke (University of Göttingen) The new issue of Perspectives on Politics (15: 1) contains a review of Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). From the review: “Patrick A. Mello addresses a set of important questions: Why and under what conditions do democracies participate in armed conflict? Do constitutional provisions that… Continue reading →
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The British House of Commons and the Conflicts in Libya and Syria
Curbing the Royal Prerogative to Use Military Force: The British House of Commons and the Conflicts in Libya and Syria Abstract: “To what extent does political practice under the British Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–2015) reflect a ‘parliamentary prerogative’? From a formal-institutional point of view one should not expect substantial parliamentary influence in Britain. Yet recent developments suggest the emergence of… Continue reading →
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Two Entries Published in The SAGE Encyclopedia of War
Democratic Peace Theory Abstract: “Democracies almost never go to war against each another. This simple observation has acquired the status of an empirical law in the social sciences. Yet, while democracies tend to have peaceful relations with one another, this is not to claim that democracies are generally less war-prone than other regime types. To the contrary, many empirical studies… Continue reading →
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Perspectives on Politics
Book Review of All Necessary Measures: The UN and Humanitarian Intervention The new issue of Perspectives on Politics (14: 1) contains my book review of All Necessary Measures: The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention by Carrie Booth Walling (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). From the review: “The challenges of “humanitarian intervention” have been of pressing concern to policymakers and academics ever… Continue reading →
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Democracy and War Involvement
Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict: Military Involvement in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq “When do democracies participate in military operations, and under which conditions do they abstain? Studies on the democratic peace have largely neglected the flip-side of democratic participation in armed conflict. Moreover, whilst scholars have made the case that democracy needs to be unpacked to be meaningful, this is… Continue reading →