Patrick A. Mello

International Politics, Security, and Methods

Impact

This page records how my research has led to advisory and training work (Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Evaluation and Statistics cadres of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), and how my publications have been cited in government and parliamentary documents (e.g., Report by an Expert Group established by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, German Bundestag, Estonian Parliament, Parliament of Australia), international policy and think tank reports (including CCAFS, DCAF, ISPI, PRIF, PRIO, SIPRI, and SWP), and mentioned in the press (RTVE — Radiotelevisión Española).

Citation entries were identified through VU Amsterdam’s institutional license of the Overton Index (current as of September 2026).

Advisory and training work

  • Methodological consultant on the QCA component of Putting Implementation into Context, a four-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health on care delivery for patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation, led by Meeta Prasad Kerlin at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, since 2025.

Citations in government, parliamentary, and policy documents

  • “When Do International Organizations Engage in Agency Slack?” (C. Heldt, Mello, Novoselova & Serrano Oswald, 2022) cited in the German Institute for Development Evaluation’s assessment of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development’s multilateral engagement — DEval, The BMZ’s Multilateral Engagement, 2025.
  • “Parliaments in Security Policy” (Mello & Peters, 2018), “The Unintended Consequences of Parliamentary Involvement” (Lagassé & Mello, 2018), and “The Politics of Multinational Military Operations” (Mello & Saideman, 2019) cited in a policy paper on Greek civil–military relations for the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy — ELIAMEP Policy Paper #175/2024, December 2024.
  • “The Unintended Consequences of UN Sanctions” (Meissner & Mello, 2022) cited in an article on how to understand sanctions, written by an official of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the journal of the Estonian Parliament — Riigikogu Toimetised 49/2024, 2024.
  • “The Unintended Consequences of UN Sanctions” (Meissner & Mello, 2022) cited in a study on the effects and effectiveness of international sanctions published by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs — SWP-Studie 13/2024, April 2024.
  • “The Unintended Consequences of Parliamentary Involvement” (Lagassé & Mello, 2018) discussed in a study of parliamentary oversight of international operations, published by the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly — DCAF, Parliamentary Oversight of International Operations, 2023.
  • “QCA in International Relations” (Ide & Mello, 2022) cited in a working paper of the Center for International Development at Harvard University — CID Faculty Working Paper No. 437, October 2023.
  • “The Politics of Multinational Military Operations” (Mello & Saideman, 2019) and “Parliaments in Security Policy” (Mello & Peters, 2018) cited in a report on the design of military interventions, published by the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt — PRIF Report 5/2023, 2023.
  • “Incentives and Constraints: A Configurational Account of European Involvement in the Anti-Daesh Coalition” (European Political Science Review, 2022) cited in a research paper on Syria and EU foreign and security policy from the Horizon 2020 JOINT project — JOINT Research Papers No. 17, February 2023.
  • Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict (2014) and “German Parliamentary Debates and Decision-Making on Afghanistan” (Orient, 2022) listed in the Deutscher Bundestag Library’s topical bibliography compiled to support the Enquete-Kommission “Lehren aus Afghanistan für das künftige vernetzte Engagement Deutschlands” — Aktuelle Bibliographien Nr. 20, December 2022.
  • “The Unintended Consequences of UN Sanctions” (Meissner & Mello, 2022) cited in a Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Deutschen Bundestages briefing on sanctions and international investment protection law, prepared in support of a Member of the Bundestag’s work on the EU’s sanctions response to Russia’s war against Ukraine — WD 2 – 3000 – 085/22, November 30, 2022.
  • “The Politics of Multinational Military Operations” (Mello & Saideman, 2019) cited in a chapter on the Sahel region, in the report Sahel: 10 Years of Instability published by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies — ISPI, October 2022.
  • “The Unintended Consequences of Parliamentary Involvement” (Lagassé & Mello, 2018) cited in a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade inquiry into international armed conflict decision-making — Parliament of Australia, Submission 20, 2022.
  • “The Politics of Multinational Military Operations” (Mello & Saideman, 2019) cited in a study of ad hoc coalitions in Europe, published by the German Institute for International and Security Affairs — SWP-Studie 8/2022, July 2022.
  • “National Restrictions in Multinational Military Operations” (Contemporary Security Policy, 2019) cited on the challenges of a dual chain of command, in a policy brief on the G5 Sahel Joint Force, published by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) — PRIO Policy Brief 5/2021, 2021.
  • “In Search of New Wars” (European Journal of International Relations, 2010) cited among the critiques of the “new wars” discourse in Security Activities of External Actors in Africa, published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute — SIPRI / Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • “In Search of New Wars” (European Journal of International Relations, 2010) cited in a working paper for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security — CCAFS Working Paper No. 92, 2014.

Press and commentary

  • “Las promesas incumplidas de Scholz a Ucrania: el ‘giro’ militar que nunca llegó”, expert comment, based on an interview for RTVE — Radiotelevisión Española, February 19, 2025.