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*[[Ditchley Foundation]], Governor 2001–present | *[[Ditchley Foundation]], Governor 2001–present | ||
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*[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], member 2002–present | *[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], member 2002–present | ||
*[[Chatham House]], member of the Council 1985–91<ref>The Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War (CCW), [http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/roberts.asp Professor Sir Adam Roberts] (accessed 12 June 2008)</ref> | *[[Chatham House]], member of the Council 1985–91<ref>The Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War (CCW), [http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/roberts.asp Professor Sir Adam Roberts] (accessed 12 June 2008)</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 20 June 2008
Sir Edward Adam Roberts (born 29 August 1940), known as Adam, is an Oxford professor and an expert in international relations and the role of terrorism in international politics.
Education and Career
Roberts attended Westminster School for Boys and then Magdalen College Oxford where he studied a BA in Modern History.[1] From 1962-65 he was assistant editor of the anti-war magazine Peace News.[2] From 1968–81 he was Lecturer in International Relations at LSE and from 1981–6 he was Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations and Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford. He was the Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University from 1986 to the end of 2007.[3] Roberts is currently a Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for International Studies in Oxford University's Department of Politics and International Relations, and an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is also a member of the Steering Commitee of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.
Publications
- The Strategy of Civilian Defence: Non-violent Resistance to Aggression (ed, 1967)
- Nations in Arms: The Theory and Practice of Territorial Defence (1976, 2 edn, 1986)
- Documents on the Laws of War (with Richard Guelff, 1982, 3 edn 2000)
- United Nations, Divided World: The UN's Roles in International Relations (ed with Benedict Kingsbury, 1988, 2 edn 1993)
- Hugo Grotius and International Relations (ed with Hedley Bull and Benedict Kingsbury, 1990)
- Humanitarian Action in War (1996)
Affiliations
- Ditchley Foundation, Governor 2001–present
- UK Defence Academy Advisory Board (DAAB), member 2003– present.
- International Institute for Strategic Studies, member 2002–present
- Chatham House, member of the Council 1985–91[4]
Notes
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, November 2007); The Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War (CCW), Professor Sir Adam Roberts (accessed 12 June 2008)
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, November 2007)
- ↑ The Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War (CCW), Professor Sir Adam Roberts (accessed 12 June 2008)
- ↑ The Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War (CCW), Professor Sir Adam Roberts (accessed 12 June 2008)
