Edited Special Issues

Mello, Patrick A., and Stephen M. Saideman, eds. 2019. The Politics of Multinational Military Operations. Contemporary Security Policy 40 (1), 30-133.

DOI PDFMilitary interventionCoalition warfareSpecial issue

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Mello, Patrick A., and Dirk Peters, eds. 2018. Parliaments in Security Policy: Involvement, Politicisation, and Influence. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 20 (1), 3-190.

DOI PDFParliamentary debatesInternational securitySpecial issue

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Journal Articles

Caputo, Alessia, Lorenzo Taddeucci, Patrick A. Mello, and Milena Vainieri. 2026. Can the Public Sector Break the Mold? Exploring Antecedent Factors Driving Sensing Capabilities With fsQCA in the Tuscan Family and Community Nurse Model. Public Policy and Administration (June 8, 2026), 1-38.

DOIPublic sectorOrganizational capabilitiesPublic managementQCASociology and Political Science, Q1

Mello, Patrick A. 2025. The Party Politics of National Role Contestation: Germany’s ‘Traffic Light’ Coalition and the Russian War Against Ukraine. Cambridge Review of International Affairs 38 (6), 790-813.

DOI PDFRole theoryParty politicsGerman foreign policyRussia’s war against UkraineInternational security

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Mello, Patrick A. 2024. Zeitenwende: German Foreign Policy Change in the Wake of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. Politics and Governance 12, 1-17.

DOI PDFArms exportsDefence policyForeign policy changeInternational securityParty politicsPolitical contestationRussia’s war against Ukraine

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Sociology and Political Science, Q1

Mello, Patrick A. 2022. Incentives and Constraints: A Configurational Account of European Involvement in the Anti-Daesh Coalition. European Political Science Review 14 (2), 226-244.

DOI PDF Data CodeCoalition warfareForeign fightersIslamic StateParliamentary war powersInternational securityQCA

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Ide, Tobias, and Patrick A. Mello. 2022. QCA in International Relations: A Review of Strengths, Pitfalls, and Empirical Applications. International Studies Review 24 (1), 1-20.

DOI PDFQCAInternational RelationsSystematic review

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C. Heldt, Eugénia, Patrick A. Mello, Anna Novoselova, and Omar Ramon Serrano Oswald. 2022. When Do International Organizations Engage in Agency Slack? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of United Nations Institutions. Global Studies Quarterly 2 (3), 1-15.

DOI PDF Data CodeInternational organizationsAgency slackUnited NationsQCA

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Political Science and International Relations, Q2

C. Heldt, Eugénia, Patrick A. Mello, Anna Novoselova, and Omar Ramon Serrano Oswald. 2022. Persistence Against the Odds: How Entrepreneurial Agents Helped the UN Joint Inspection Unit to Prevail. Global Policy 13 (2), 235-246.

DOI PDFInternational organizationsInstitutional changeUnited Nations

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Meissner, Katharina L., and Patrick A. Mello. 2022. The Unintended Consequences of UN Sanctions: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Contemporary Security Policy 43 (2), 243-273.

DOI PDF Appendix PDFSanctionsNegative externalitiesUnited NationsUnintended consequencesQCA

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Mello, Patrick A. 2022. German Parliamentary Debates and Decision-Making on Afghanistan. Orient: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur des Orients / German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture of the Middle East 63 (1), 44-49.

Preprint PDF German foreign policyParliamentary debatesAfghanistan

Haesebrouck, Tim, and Patrick A. Mello. 2020. Patterns of Political Ideology and Security Policy. Foreign Policy Analysis 16 (4), 565-586.

DOI PDF DataParty politicsPolitical ideologyInternational securityMilitary intervention

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Mello, Patrick A. 2020. Paths towards Coalition Defection: Democracies and Withdrawal from the Iraq War. European Journal of International Security 5 (1), 45-76.

DOI PDF Supplement PDF Data CodeQCAMilitary coalitionsMilitary interventionIraq WarWithdrawalDomestic politics

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Mello, Patrick A., and Stephen M. Saideman. 2019. The Politics of Multinational Military Operations. Contemporary Security Policy 40 (1), 30-37.

DOI PDFMilitary interventionCoalition warfareAlliance politics

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Mello, Patrick A. 2019. National Restrictions in Multinational Military Operations: A Conceptual Framework. Contemporary Security Policy 40 (1), 38-55.

DOI PDFCaveatsMilitary interventionUse of force

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Mello, Patrick A., and Dirk Peters. 2018. Parliaments in Security Policy: Involvement, Politicisation, and Influence. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 20 (1), 3-18.

DOI PDFParliamentary debatesInternational securityPoliticisation

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Lagassé, Philippe, and Patrick A. Mello. 2018. The Unintended Consequences of Parliamentary Involvement: Elite Collusion and Afghanistan Deployments in Canada and Germany. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 20 (1), 135-157.

DOI Preprint PDF DataParliamentary war powersElite collusionAfghanistan

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Mello, Patrick A. 2018. Perspektiven der Forschung zur Privatisierung in der Sicherheitspolitik. Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung 7 (1), 195-199.

DOI Preprint PDFPrivate securityReview essay

Mello, Patrick A., and Dirk Peters. 2017. Parlamente in der Friedens- und Sicherheitspolitik: Parlamentarische Kontrolle von Streitkräfteeinsätzen im Licht der Forschung. Sicherheit und Frieden 35 (2), 53-59.

DOI PDFParliamentary debatesMilitary deploymentsGerman foreign policy

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Mello, Patrick A. 2017. Curbing the Royal Prerogative to Use Military Force: The British House of Commons and the Conflicts in Libya and Syria. West European Politics 40 (1), 80-100.

DOI Preprint PDFParliamentary war powersUnited KingdomLibyaSyria

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Mello, Patrick A. 2012. Parliamentary Peace or Partisan Politics? Democracies’ Participation in the Iraq War. Journal of International Relations and Development 15 (3), 420-453.

DOI Preprint PDF Supplement PDF DataParliamentary war powersIraq WarDemocraciesQCA

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Mello, Patrick A. 2010. In Search of New Wars: The Debate About a Transformation of War. European Journal of International Relations 16 (2), 297-309.

DOI Preprint PDFNew warsTransformation of warReview article

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