B R U C E D . J O N E S
Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Senior Consultant to the Secretary-General, Office of the Special Advisor to the
Secretary-General for Follow-up to the High-level Panel.
Assist the Secretary-General in facilitating negotiations within the General Assembly and Security
Council on a package of proposed reforms covering: counter-terrorism; non-proliferation; peacebuilding; Security Council reform; and Secretariat reform. On loan from the Center on International Cooperation.
2004 Deputy Research Director – Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
Assist the Research Director in preparing a report of the Panel to the Secretary-General
containing a threat assessment, institutional evaluation and recommendations for policy and institutional reform. Negotiated with key governments at the Ministerial and Ambassadorial level. Evaluation work covered collective security institutions’ performance in: prevention and resolution of inter-state war; prevention and resolution of internal conflict, including state failure and genocide; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; poverty and infectious disease. Co-drafted the report with the Research Director. On loan from the Center on International Cooperation.
2002-Present Deputy Director – Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Assist the Director in managing all aspects of the Center, including fundraising (generating $3.5
million in funds for 2004-2005.) Oversee the research activities of 10 staff members, plus consultants and regional partners in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Direct an international research project on the impact of changing US security policy on multilateral security institutions, and a project on the UN’s role in post-conflict peace implementation and peacebuilding. Additional responsibilities include: overseeing program development; staff management; long-term planning for the Center; and outreach. Assist NYU School of Continuing Studies in the design of a Masters program on post-conflict peacebuilding.
Consultant to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, on peacekeeping strategy in light of
changing US policy; advisor to UNSCO on Middle East policy; and to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on strategies for strengthening coordination mechanisms for response to humanitarian crises.
Lecturer, Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School: ‘UN Roles in Post-conflict Contexts’. Board Member, Conciliation Resources
Board Member, Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute International Advisor, Swiss Minister for Foreign Affairs
2000 –2002 Special Assistant, Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (Gaza/Jerusalem)
Assisted Special Coordinator Terje Roed-Larsen in implementing all aspects of the UN’s
diplomacy in the Middle East (covering Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt.) Assisted the Special Coordinator in development and management of the ‘Quartet’ of diplomatic actors (US, EU, UN, Russia) for the Middle East. Accompanied the Special Coordinator on diplomatic missions to Beirut, Damascus, Cairo, Amman, and Western capitals.
Managed the Front Office of the Special Coordinator, ensuring quality control on all reports,
cables and documents emanating from the office. Assist the Special Coordinator in all aspects of managing UNSCO, overseeing on his behalf aspects of the performance of 30 international professionals and 30 national staff members. Oversee budget development and planning.
Participated in the UN Secretary-General’s delegations to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in Paris
and Sharm el-Shaikh, as well as four additional Secretary-General missions related to the Middle East. Developed UN position papers and background documents for those negotiations.
1998 - 2000 United Nations – Special Assignments - Podgorica/Prishtina/New York
UN Advance Mission in Kosovo – as Policy Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative, led
staff planning efforts to design the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Regional Policy Advisor to the UN Regional Coordination Office for the Balkans.
UN Transitional Administration in East Timor – on loan to the Department of Peacekeeping
Operations, assisted in the design of UNTAET.
1998 - 2000 Policy Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
In the Policy Development Unit, lead a policy team to develop more effective UN policy on
post-conflict issues, relief-development transitions, and strategic coordination. Represented OCHA in several international policy fora and networks.
Designed and managed a series of applied research projects for OCHA senior management, on
such topics as humanitarian negotiations and rebel movements. Developed relations with think tanks, academic bodies, and international organization policy departments.
1997 - 1998 Senior Consultant, UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Stanford/Kinshasa
Conducted a study on strategic coordination in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa, with Sue
Lautze. Conducted over 100 interviews in Africa, the US, and Europe. Report made comprehensive recommendations for reform of the UN humanitarian system, later adopted by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (comprised of all UN humanitarian agencies plus the ICRC.)
1996 - 1998 Project Principal, Care Canada – Toronto/Nairobi
With a team of four senior researchers, designed and implemented a multi-year research and
consultancy program on ‘NGOs in Complex Emergencies’. Conducted the principal case studies (Rwanda and Somalia) and co-wrote the final report.
1996 - 1998 Associate, Conflict Analysis and Development Unit, London School of Economics
Associate on a series of projects focusing on the interaction between development programs and
conflict resolution efforts, including a pilot project developed with CARE Rwanda on conflict prevention through development programming; developed with two others an evaluation and training program on conflict handling for the UK Department for International Development, later adopted by the UN Secretariat as their principal conflict analysis training program.
1996 - 1998 Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute / Overseas Development Institute
Co-author of the final report of a two year evaluation of international conflict resolution efforts in
Rwanda. Author of background papers on the peace process and refugee protection. Fieldwork and interviews in Rwanda, Burundi, New York.
1992 - 1994 Staff Consultant, Training TaskForce
FIELD MISSIONS
Israel & Palestinian Authority; Syria; Lebanon; Jordan; Egypt; Rwanda; Burundi; Zaire; Kosovo; Macedonia; Montenegro.
EDUCATION
1994 - 2000 London School of Economics & Political Science
Ph.D. London
Department of International Relations. Ph.D. received in 2000. Short-listed for the BISA prize for
best dissertation of 2000. (Full-time 1994-1997; part-time 1997-2000.)
1997 - 1998 Stanford University
Fellow Stanford
David Hamburg Fellow on Conflict Prevention, Center for International Security and Arms
Control. Contributed to MacArthur Consortium Research on state-sponsored mass killing.
1991 - 1992 London School of Economics & Political Science
M.Sc. (Econ.) London
Department of International Relations. M.A. received in 1992 with honors.
1991 - 1992 London School of Economics & Political Science
B.A. (Hons.) Toronto
Department of Political Science. B.A. awarded with top honors in 1990.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, David Hamburg Fellowship on Conflict Prevention (Stanford University), 1997.
Academic Council of the UN System, Dissertation Fellowship, 1997. Commonwealth Scholarship, 1996, 1995.
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1996, 1995. Overseas Research Student Scholarship, UK Committee of Vice-Principals, 1995.
Paul J. Nathanson Scholarship for Political Science, University of Toronto, 1989. Trinity College Scholarship for Academic Achievement, University of Toronto, 1989. Faculty Scholar, Top Honours Standing, University of Toronto, 1989, 1988.
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Manuscripts, Papers, Book Chapters
“The UN’s Role in Protracted Crises”, in Joanne Macrae (ed.) Monitoring trends 2003–2004: Beyond the continuum. London: Overseas Development Institute, July 2004.
“Evolving Models of Peacekeeping: Policy Implications and Responses.” Report to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, November 2003. www.un.org/dpko/bestpractices.
“An External Review of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee” with Abby Stoddard. New York: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, November 2003.
“The Security Council in the Arab-Israeli Conflict” in David Malone (ed.) The Security Council in the 1990s.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2004.
“Tactical Multilateralism: U.S. Policy in the Middle East” in Tom Weiss et al (eds.) U.S. Foreign Policy, Human
Rights & the Middle East. Routledge, 2004.
“Intervention in a Re-Ordered World: Lessons from Afghanistan” in Antonio Donini (eds.) Nation-Building
Unraveled? Peace, Aid and Justice in Afghanistan. Kumarian, 2004.
“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Where do we stand?” Report of the Carter Center, July 2003.
“Post-Conflict Reconstruction” With A. Costy and J. Butswami-Sam. In Robert O. Matthews (ed.) After Civil
Wars: Reconstruction and Reconciliation. Forthcoming 2003.
“Strategic Coordination and Peace Implementation” in S. Stedman, E. Cousens and D. Rothchild (eds.)
Strategies, Organizations, and Consequences: Evaluating the Implementation of Peace Agreements in Civil Wars.
Volume 2 of Ending Civil Wars. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2002.
Peacemaking in Rwanda: The Dynamics of Failure. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2001.
“The Challenges of Strategic Coordination: Containing Opposition and Sustaining Implementation of Peace Agreements in Civil Wars”. IPA Policy Paper Series on Peace Implementation, CISAC-IPA Project on Peace Implementation, June 2001
“From Chaos to Coherence? Toward a Regime for Protecting Civilians in War.” With C. Cater. Simon Chesterman (ed.) Civilians in War. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2001
“Building Peace through Transitional Authority: New Directions, Major Challenges” with Michèle Griffin,
International Peacekeeping Summer 2000 (7,4)
“Civilians in War: 100 Years after the Hague Conference” with C. Cater. Symposium Report, IPA/Carnegie Symposium on Civilians in War: 100 Years after the Hague. New York: IPA, 2000.
The UN and post-crisis aid: Towards a more political economy. Chr. Michelsen Institute: Bergen, 2000.
Towards a Theory of Inter-Connected Third-Party Intervention: Explaining the Failure of the Peace Process in Rwanda, 1990-1994. Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 2000.
“Failure to Act, or Failure of Actions Taken: Early Warning in Rwanda.” With A. Suhrke. Opportunities Taken,
Opportunities Lost. Bruce Jentleson (ed.) New York: Carnegie Commission, 1999.
“Military Intervention and War Termination in Rwanda’s Two Wars.” In J. Snyder and B. Walter (eds.) Civil
War, Insecurity and Intervention. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
“Roots, Resolution, and Reaction: Civil War, Peace Process and Genocide in Rwanda” in B. Matthews and T. Ali (eds.) Civil Wars in Africa: Their Roots and Their Resolution Montreal: McGill/Queens University Press, 1999
Mean Times: Humanitarian Action in Complex Political Emergencies – Stark Choices, Cruel Dilemmas. With M. Bryans
and J. Stein. University of Toronto Program on Conflict Management. Toronto: January 1999. “The Arusha Peace Process” in The Path to Genocide: Uganda to Zaire. H. Adelman and A. Suhrke (eds.) New
Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press, 1999.
Strategic Humanitarian Coordination in the Great Lakes Region, 1996-1997: An Independent Study for the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee. With S. Lautze and M. Duffield. New York: Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, 1998.
“NGOs and Early Warning: The Case of Rwanda” With J. Stein. Early Warning and Early Response. S. Schmeidl and H. Adelman (eds.) New York: Columbia International Affairs Online, 1998.
Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict:A-State-of-the-Art Report .With Bente Hybertsen, Gro Tjore, Emery Brusset
and Astri Suhrke. Bergen, NO: CMI, 1998.
“NGOs and the Response to the Somali Emergency”. Report to CARE Canada’s Project on NGOs in Complex Emergencies. Ottawa: September 1997
“NGOs and the Response to the Rwanda Emergency”. Report to CARE Canada’s Project on NGOs in Complex Emergencies. Ottawa: September 1997
Genocide in Rwanda: Early Warning and Conflict Management. Contributing author with H. Adelman and A.
Suhrke. Study II of the Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda. Copenhagen, March 1996. “Security and Protection in the Rwandan Refugee Camps.” Report for Study II of the Joint Evaluation of
Emergency Assistance to Rwanda. Bergen, 1995.
“Intervention without Borders: Humanitarian Intervention in Rwanda, 1990-1994.” Millennium: Journal of
International Studies. 24,2 Summer 1995: pp.225-249.
“The Arusha Peace Process” Background Paper for Study II of the Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda. Bergen, 1995.
Lectures and Conference Papers
• More than 20 speeches, lectures, conference presentations on United Nations reform and the work of the
High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
“Tactical Multilateralism: US Policy in the Middle East”, Mellon Lecture Series, Ralph Bunche Institute, City University of New York, March 12, 2003.
“The Middle East Peace Process: Where do we go now?” Lawrence University, January 19, 2003.
“The Middle East Peace Process: What went wrong” New Century Lecture, Stanford University, November 17, 2002.
“The Evolution of the UN in the 1990s” Brazilian Institute for International Relations, November 7, 2002. “Peacemaking in Rwanda: Causes of Failure” International Peace Academy. New York. March 6, 2002. “Strategic Coordination and Peace Implementation: Identifying the Policy Challenge” Stanford
University/IPA Conference on Peace Implementation, Stanford University, November 1999.
“Friends and Foes of Peace Process” Stanford University/IPA Conference on Peace Implementation. New York: April 1998.
“Towards a Strategic Theory of State-Sponsored Mass Killing: Reviewing the Comparative Genocide Debate” With C. Tilly. Stanford University/MacArthur Foundation Conference on State-Sponsored Mass Killing. Stanford University, April 1997.
“Strategic Coordination in the Great Lakes.” Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University, November 1997.
“Military Intervention in Rwanda and Burundi.” Institute for War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, Conference on Military Intervention and Security Dilemmas. New York: May 17, 1996.
“The Arusha Peace Process in Rwanda: Preventive Diplomacy?” U.S. Committee for Refugees Workshop on Early Warning and Conflict Management in Rwanda. Washington, DC: December 10, 1995.
“Third-Party Intervention in Rwanda” London Center for International Relations, London: October 20, 1995.
“Civil Conflict in Rwanda: Causes, Conflict Resolution and Cautionary Tales.” University of Toronto Conference on Civil War in Africa: Roots and Resolution. Toronto: May 25, 1995.
“Democratic Deficits in Europe: Comparative Experience from North America.” Panel on Democratic Deficits in Europe, British Political Science Association, University of York, April 19, 1995.
“Foreign Intervention in Rwanda” University of Kent at Canterbury, International Relations Series. February 17, 1995.
“Intervention without Borders: Humanitarian Intervention in Rwanda.” Ford Foundation/LSE Workshop on International Relations after the Cold War. London: January 28, 1995.
