2026 Alex J. Bellamy: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	48	277	245	7	6	332	11518

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Current World Ranking

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Political Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Alex J. Bellamy is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their scholarship primarily focuses on social sciences, specifically political science and international relations, with an emphasis on global peace and security dynamics.

Their research topics include:

Global Peace and Security Dynamics
Peacebuilding and International Security
International Law and Human Rights
War, Ethics, and Justification
Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
Torture, Ethics, and Law

One prominent aspect of Bellamy's academic output is a strong presence in political and ethical discussions related to war and peace. Their recent papers comprise:

Using Force to Protect Civilians in UN Peacekeeping (2021, Survival)
Victory: The triumph and tragedy of just war (2021, Contemporary Political Theory)
Winning? The Politics of Victory in an Era of Endless War (2022, International Studies Review)
The Evolution of Mass Atrocity Early Warning in the UN Secretariat: Fit for Purpose? (2023, International Peacekeeping)
Law and sentiment in international politics: ethics, emotions, and the evolution of the laws of war (2022, International Affairs)

Bellamy has contributed to several publication venues frequently, with a record of eight publications in Ethics & International Affairs, four in International Affairs, four in the Journal of International Peacekeeping, three in Global Responsibility to Protect, and one in Survival.

The author has also published a book titled Syria Betrayed (2022) through Columbia University Press.

Bellamy works collaboratively with several coauthors in their research, including Joel H. Rosenthal, Jana Weinstein, Daniel R. Brunstetter, Allen Buchanan, and Deen K. Chatterjee, each appearing in multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

Responsibility to Protect

Alex J. Bellamy

1076
Citations
The New Politics of Protection: Cote d’Ivoire, Libya and the Responsibility to Protect

Alex J. Bellamy;Paul D. Williams

733
Citations
Just Wars: From Cicero to Iraq

Alex J. Bellamy

486
Citations
The Responsibility to Protect—Five Years On

Alex J. Bellamy

473
Citations
Responsibility to protect or Trojan Horse? The crisis in darfur and humanitarian intervention after Iraq

Alex J. Bellamy

464
Citations
Whither the Responsibility to Protect? Humanitarian Intervention and the 2005 World Summit

Alex J. Bellamy

408
Citations
Global Politics and the Responsibility to Protect: From Words to Deeds

Alex J. Bellamy

407
Citations
The Responsibility to Protect and the problem of military intervention

Alex J. Bellamy

383
Citations
Libya and the Responsibility to Protect: The Exception and the Norm

Alex J. Bellamy

330
Citations
The Responsibility To Protect and the Crisis in Darfur

Paul D. Williams;Alex J. Bellamy

313
Citations
Who's Keeping the Peace? Regionalization and Contemporary Peace Operations

Alex J. Bellamy;Paul D. Williams

302
Citations
Responsibility to protect : the global effort to end mass atrocities

Alex J. Bellamy

260
Citations
Kosovo and International Society

Alex J. Bellamy

251
Citations
Responsibility to Protect: A Defense

Alex J. Bellamy

246
Citations
Security Communities and their Neighbours

Alex J. Bellamy

235
Citations
'The utility of human security': Which humans? What security? A reply to Thomas & Tow

Alex J. Bellamy;Matt McDONALD

234
Citations
The ‘next stage’ in peace operations theory?

Alex J. Bellamy

234
Citations
The Formation of Croatian National Identity: A Centuries-Old Dream?

Alex J. Bellamy

220
Citations
Introduction: Thinking anew about peace operations

Alex J. Bellamy;Paul Williams

197
Citations
International Society and its Critics

Alex J. Bellamy

134
Citations
Twenty‐first century UN peace operations: protection, force and the changing security environment

Alex J. Bellamy;Charles T. Hunt

132
Citations
The evolution of International Security Studies.

AJ Bellamy

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Williams George Washington University

Roland Bleiker University of Queensland

Mark Beeson University of Technology Sydney

Tim Dunne University of Queensland

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