Featured OEF Publications

Burden-sharing Multi-level Governance:The Case of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, a One Earth Future and Oceans Beyond Piracy Report by Danielle A. Zach, D. Conor Seyle, and Jens Vestergaard Madsen. A two-page executive summary is also available. The authors welcome comments and queries.

Global Governance: A "Philadelphia Moment?" A One Earth Future Discussion Paper by Thomas G. Weiss. If you would like to learn more about the ongoing research project that generated this paper, please contact Conor Seyle.

Governance, Democracy, and Peace: How State Capacity and Regime Type Influence the Prospects for War and Peace. A One Earth Future White Paper by David Cortright with Conor Seyle and Kristen Wall. If you would like to learn more about the ongoing research project that generated this paper, please contact Conor Seyle.

OEF Publications 

Our publications analyze various aspects of governance theory. They also reflect research we conduct for our implementation programs. We welcome comments and suggestions.

White Papers and Research Reports

White papers and research reports reflect direct engagement with OEF's core thinking on the relationship between governance and peace. 

Governance, Democracy, and Peace by David Cortright with Conor Seyle, and Kristen Wall.  If you would like to learn more about the ongoing research project that generated this paper, please contact Conor Seyle. 

Potential Roles for Nonstate Actors and Nonterritorial Sovereign Organizations in Reducing Armed Violence by Robert Haywood and Jeffrey French, 2009. To read the summary of this white paper, click here.  

Discussion Papers

The discussion paper series provides thought provoking perspectives on contemporary issues related to peace and security. Although we believe that the papers in this series make a valuable contribution to the public discourse, they do not necessarily reflect OEF opinion. 

Global Governance: A "Philadelphia Moment?" A One Earth Future Discussion Paper by Thomas G. Weiss. If you would like to learn more about the ongoing research project that generated this paper, please contact Conor Seyle. 

Public Authority Beyond the State: Reconsidering the Public-Private Dimensions of State and Non-state Forms of Governance by Brian Bernhardt. 

Improving Global Accountability: the ICC, the Resource Curse, and a Theory of International Crime by Eamon Aloyo.  

Bringing Pirates to Justice: A Case for Including Piracy within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court by Yvonne Dutton. 

Transitional Tradeoffs and Vital Victims: A Partially Democratic Theory of Transitional Justice by Eamon Aloyo.  

A Theory of Democratic Self-Determination:  Affectedness, Sovereignty, and Nonterritorial Political Boundaries by Brian Bernhardt.  

The Penalties for Piracy by Eugene Kontorovich. 

Books

Maritime Piracy by Robert Haywood and Roberta Spivak. Part of the Global Institutions Series, Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkenson, eds. Published by Routledge, 2012. 

Book Chapters

"The Business Society and the Responsibility to Protect," by Conor Seyle and Eamon Aloyo in Operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect: A Contribution to the Third Pillar Approach, ed. Daniel Fiott, Robert Zuber, and Joachim Koops, 2012. 

Journal Articles

Organizing for Resistance: How Group Structure Impacts the Character of Violence by Lindsay Heger, Danielle Jung, and Wendy H. Wong. Terrorism and Political Science, 24 No. 5. 

Pirates and Impunity: Is the Threat of Asylum Claims a Reason to Allow Pirates to Escape Justice? by Yvonne Dutton, OEF Intern and Faculty Member at the University  of San Diego School of Law, Fordham International Law Journal, 34:236. Article Posted with Permissions from Fordham International Law Journal.  

Working Papers

Working papers fall under the following categories: research presented at conferences, initial findings of ongoing projects, or work that informs our implementation projects.  

Business Participation in the Responsibility to Protect by Conor Seyle. 

Does the International Criminal Court Deter Torture? by Eamon Aloyo, Yvonne M. Dutton, and Lindsay Heger. 

Ameliorating the Resource Curse via the International Criminal Court by Eamon Aloyo.

Piracy Ransoms: Conflicting Perspectives by Charles Marts. 

Forest Stewardship Council: A case study in Entrepreneurial Global Governance by Meadow Didier.  

Commitment to the International Criminal Court: Do States View Strong Enforcement Mechanisms as a Credible Threat? by Yvonne Dutton.    

FDI Peace: Which "capitalism" leads to more peace among dyads? by Ceren Altincekic.  

Prosecuting Pirates and Upholding Human Rights Law: Taking Perspective by Saorise de Bont. 

The Rights and Liabilities of Private Actors: Pirates, Master, and Crew by Thomas Fedeli. 

"Pirate Jurisdiction": Fact, Fiction, and Fragmentation in International Law - by Beck Pemberton.  

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as a High Court of Piracy by Beck Pemberton. 

Hybrid Tribunals to Combat Regional Maritime Piracy: Guiding the Rule of Law Through the Rocks and Shoals by Andrew Lee.