Paul Williams

Paul D. Williams is associate professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, Washington, DC, and a non-resident senior adviser at the International Peace Institute in New York. His primary research interests lie in contemporary peace operations and Africa’s international relations. His books include War and Conflict in Africa (Polity 2011); co-author, Understanding Peacekeeping (Polity, 2nd ed. 2010); co-editor Security and Development in Global Politics (Georgetown University Press 2012); and The International Politics of Mass Atrocities: The Case of Darfur (Routledge 2010).