Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

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Current Research Projects

I am currently working on a study of SSR and the EU Regional Stabilisation Process, drawing lessons from the 2006 Kosovo Internal Security Sector Review (ISSR). My hypothesis is that any attempt at SSR must take into account the inter- and intra-institutional rivalries that are present in post-conflict or transitional state reconstruction and development initiatives.  The objective of the research is to critically examine the protocols and modalities relating to SSR, as applied by EU Member States, using the Kosovo ISSR as a case study. The research will examine the relationships between the key actors and judge their impact on the Review, the international organisations in Kosovo and the Kosovo Provisional Institutes of Self-Government and draw conclusions that may be of use to future interventions by the EU.

Books

• Cleland Welch, A. Kondi, S. Stinson, D. (eds) (2006) Kosovo Internal Security Sector Review. Pristina: United Nations Development Programme.
• Donini, A., Minear, L., Smillie, I., van Baarda, T., Welch, A.C. (2005). Mapping the Security Environment: Understanding the Perceptions of Local Communities, Peace Support Operations and Assistance Agencies. A Report commissioned by the UK NGO-Military Contact Group. Medford MA: Feinstein International Famine Center; Tufts University.

Book Chapters

• Cleland Welch, A. (2007). 'A successful Security Pact: European Union policy in South East Europe'. In Brown D & Shepherd, A (eds). The Security Dimensions of EU Enlargement. Wider Europe, weaker Europe. pp.191-206.  Manchester: Manchester University Press.
• Cleland Welch, A. (2007). 'A Security Sector Review in Kosovo – An Holistic Approach to SSR'. In Ebnoether, A, Felberbauer, E, Stanićić, M. (eds). Security Sector Reform in South East Europe- from a Necessary Remedy to a Global Concept. pp. 43-57. Vienna and Geneva: Austrian National Defence Academy /DCAF.
• Cleland Welch, A. (1992). 'The Royal Army Ordnance Corps'.  In Washington, L. (ed). Ten Years On. The British Army in the Falklands War. pp. 76-81. London: National Army Museum.

Journal Articles

• Cleland Welch, A. (2008). SSR and the Military.  In Security in the South Pacific Region: Civil Disorder and the Military: A Legal Minefield? Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand Journal (July 2008). Christchurch:  University of Canterbury.
•  Anthony Cleland Welch (2006) 'Achieving Human Security after Intra-State Conflict: The Lessons of Kosovo'. Journal of Contemporary European Studies Vol.14, No: 2. (August 2006). pp. 221-239.

Other Publications (Papers Presented)

• “Kosovo: New State, Failed State” Defence Forum, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 27 March 2008.
  
• SSR and the Military” Security in the South Pacific Region: Civil Disorder and the Military: A Legal Minefield? Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand / University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 - 6 April 2008.
  
• “Organised Crime and Security Development” 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference (Young Researchers Workshop, University of Turin, Italy, 10-14 September 2007.
• “European Security and the evolution of Security Sector Reform” UACES Conference, University of Portsmouth, 3-5 September 2007.
• “ISSR in Kosovo” DCAF Conference on Media and Security Sector Oversight".  Geneva, Switzerland.  23 - 27 April 2007.  
• “Internal Security Sector Review in Kosovo”. Post-Conflict Peace & Stability Operations Seminar. United States Institute of Peace. Washington DC, USA, 20 November 2006.
•  “A Security Sector Review in Kosovo – the SSDAT Holistic Approach to SSR”. Security Sector Reform in South East Europe – from a Necessary Remedy to a Global Concept. Joint Workshop of the PfP Consortium. Cavtat, Croatia, 5-8 October 2006.
• “Security of the Balkans Region” Final Status and Security in Kosovo. One Day Seminar on the future of Kosovo. European Parliament, Strasbourg. 8 April 2006.
• “Civil Society and Security in the WBSA”. Establishing Security and Stability in the Wider Black Sea Area: The Role of the New Democracies. Bansko, Bulgaria.  5-9 April 2006 
• “Security Sector Reform in Kosovo”. EU Presidency Conference on Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans. Vienna, Austria, 13/14 February 2006.
• “A Successful Security Pact”. UACES Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 5-7 September 2005. 
• “Mapping Security”. Security Sector Reform Conference at the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), London. 18-19 April 2005.

External Funding /Grants Received

• 2006 Economic and Social Research Council Research Studentship Grant

Memberships of Editorial Boards

• Board Member, Centre for Southeast European Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Board Member, South Downs College, Hampshire, UK.
• Review Panel Member, International Affairs Forum, Center for International Relations, Washington DC, USA.