Bruce D. Jones
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Bruce D. Jones, Ph.D. is an academic, an author
and policy analyst. He is Director and Senior Fellow of both the Center on International Cooperation
(CIC) at New York University
and of the Managing Global Order (MGO) project, a joint initiative between CIC and the Brookings Institution
. Jones’ research focuses primarily on U.S. policy on global order; the global order policies of the emerging powers
; global governance
and multilateral reform, including such issues as G8
/G20 and UN Security Council reform; and international conflict management
, peacekeeping
, and post-conflict operations. Under Jones, the Center on International Cooperation
has developed into one of the most influential think-tanks working on conflict and security
, climate change
, fragile states, peacebuilding
, mediation
, and global threats and challenges.
Through CIC, Jones has authored several major policy reports and publications. The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations has rapidly become the reference text for data and analysis on peacekeeping. From Fragility to Resilience has provided new international definitions for resilience and statebuilding, which were adopted by OECD member states, and taken forward by the United Kingdom
Department for International Development
and others. He also co-authored Recovering from War, which formed the basis for a Thematic Debate at the United Nations Security Council. The follow-up to the ideas in this report were most notably visible in the United Nations Review of International Civilian Capacities initiative, for which Dr. Jones served as a member of the Senior Advisory Group, and in the OECD workstream on financing.
Jones's book, Power and Responsibility (2009), co-authored by Ambassador Carlos Pascual
and Professor Stephen Stedman, received the BookNote Awards Gold Prize in 2009 for Best Book of the Year in the domain of Political Science.
Jones is also affiliated with several universities, serving at Stanford University
as a Consulting Professor, at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as an Adjunct Professor, and at New York University as a Professor by courtesy. He advises several international organizations, including the World Bank
, serving as Co-Lead and Senior External Advisor for the World Bank
's 2011 World Development Report
: Conflict, Security and Development; and the United Nations
, where he is Lead consultant with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
project, New Horizons for Peacekeeping. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Foreign Policy Program of the Brookings Institution
.
Jones is a Board member of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
; the Norwegian Peacebuilding Training Advisory Group; Conciliation Resources; and to Asia Foundation's Aid to Subnational Conflict Areas program.
in 2000 from the Department of International Relations. In 1997-1998, during which time he was registered part time at LSE, he attended Stanford University
as a David Hamburg Fellow on Conflict Prevention at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation. He also contributed to Stanford's MacArthur Consortium research on state-sponsored mass killing during this period.
, and in the same period was Acting Secretary of the Secretary-General’s Policy Committee. He also served as Deputy Research Director to the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change during this time. From 2000 to 2002, Jones served as Special Assistant and Acting Chief of Staff in the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
in Gaza and Jerusalem. From 1998-2000, Jones served in a range of functions with the United Nations
, including as Policy Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative for the UN Advance Mission in Kosovo; as a member of the team that designed the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK); as Regional Policy Advisor to the UN Regional Coordination Office for the Balkans; and as a member of the team that designed the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). From 1997-1998, Jones developed a report on strategic coordination in the Great Lakes
region in Africa, which was later adopted by the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee
.
Author
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and policy analyst. He is Director and Senior Fellow of both the Center on International Cooperation
Center on International Cooperation
The Center on International Cooperation is a foreign policy think tank based at New York University that works to enhance multilateral responses to global problems, including: conflict, humanitarian crises, and recovery; international security challenges, including weapons proliferation and the...
(CIC) at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and of the Managing Global Order (MGO) project, a joint initiative between CIC and the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
. Jones’ research focuses primarily on U.S. policy on global order; the global order policies of the emerging powers
Emerging Powers
The term emerging powers is a recognition of the rising, primarily economic, influence of a group of nations who have recently increased their presence in global affairs...
; global governance
Global governance
Global governance or world governance is the political interaction of transnational actors aimed at solving problems that affect more than one state or region when there is no power of enforcing compliance. The modern question of world governance exists in the context of globalization...
and multilateral reform, including such issues as G8
G8
The Group of Eight is a forum, created by France in 1975, for the governments of seven major economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1997, the group added Russia, thus becoming the G8...
/G20 and UN Security Council reform; and international conflict management
Conflict management
Conflict management involves implementing strategies to limit the negative aspects of conflict and to increase the positive aspects of conflict at a level equal to or higher than where the conflict is taking place. Furthermore, the aim of conflict management is to enhance learning and group outcomes...
, peacekeeping
Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....
, and post-conflict operations. Under Jones, the Center on International Cooperation
Center on International Cooperation
The Center on International Cooperation is a foreign policy think tank based at New York University that works to enhance multilateral responses to global problems, including: conflict, humanitarian crises, and recovery; international security challenges, including weapons proliferation and the...
has developed into one of the most influential think-tanks working on conflict and security
Security
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection...
, climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
, fragile states, peacebuilding
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding is a term used within the international development community to describe the processes and activities involved in resolving violent conflict and establishing a sustainable peace....
, mediation
Mediation
Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution , a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties. A third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate their own settlement...
, and global threats and challenges.
Through CIC, Jones has authored several major policy reports and publications. The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations has rapidly become the reference text for data and analysis on peacekeeping. From Fragility to Resilience has provided new international definitions for resilience and statebuilding, which were adopted by OECD member states, and taken forward by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Department for International Development
Department for International Development
The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current...
and others. He also co-authored Recovering from War, which formed the basis for a Thematic Debate at the United Nations Security Council. The follow-up to the ideas in this report were most notably visible in the United Nations Review of International Civilian Capacities initiative, for which Dr. Jones served as a member of the Senior Advisory Group, and in the OECD workstream on financing.
Jones's book, Power and Responsibility (2009), co-authored by Ambassador Carlos Pascual
Carlos Pascual
Carlos Alberto Pascual Lus is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The 5'6", 165 lb. right-hander was signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent before the 1949 season, and he played for the Senators in 1950. Nicknamed "Big Potato" Carlos Alberto Pascual Lus (13 March 1931 – 12...
and Professor Stephen Stedman, received the BookNote Awards Gold Prize in 2009 for Best Book of the Year in the domain of Political Science.
Jones is also affiliated with several universities, serving at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
as a Consulting Professor, at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as an Adjunct Professor, and at New York University as a Professor by courtesy. He advises several international organizations, including the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, serving as Co-Lead and Senior External Advisor for the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
's 2011 World Development Report
World Development Report
The World Development Report is an annual report published since 1978 by the World Bank. Each WDR provides in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development. Past reports have considered such topics as agriculture, youth, equity, public services delivery, the role of the state,...
: Conflict, Security and Development; and the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, where he is Lead consultant with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
The Department of Peacekeeping Operations is a department of the United Nations which is charged with the planning, preparation, management and direction of UN peacekeeping operations.-History of the DPKO:...
project, New Horizons for Peacekeeping. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Foreign Policy Program of the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
.
Jones is a Board member of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit research and policy institute based out of offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and Brussels...
; the Norwegian Peacebuilding Training Advisory Group; Conciliation Resources; and to Asia Foundation's Aid to Subnational Conflict Areas program.
Education
Born in 1969, Jones entered the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1991, earning his Ph.D.Ph.D.
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in 2000 from the Department of International Relations. In 1997-1998, during which time he was registered part time at LSE, he attended Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
as a David Hamburg Fellow on Conflict Prevention at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation. He also contributed to Stanford's MacArthur Consortium research on state-sponsored mass killing during this period.
Career
Jones joined CIC in 2002 as Deputy Director. From 2004 to 2005, he served as Senior Advisor in the Office of the UN Secretary-General during the UN reform effort leading up to the 2005 World Summit2005 World Summit
The 2005 World Summit, 14–16 September 2005, was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, which led to the Millennium Declaration of the Millennium Development Goals...
, and in the same period was Acting Secretary of the Secretary-General’s Policy Committee. He also served as Deputy Research Director to the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change during this time. From 2000 to 2002, Jones served as Special Assistant and Acting Chief of Staff in the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, formerly known as the United Nations Special Coordinator , "represents the Secretary-General and leads the UN system in all political and diplomatic efforts related to the peace process, including in the Middle East Quartet"...
in Gaza and Jerusalem. From 1998-2000, Jones served in a range of functions with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, including as Policy Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative for the UN Advance Mission in Kosovo; as a member of the team that designed the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK); as Regional Policy Advisor to the UN Regional Coordination Office for the Balkans; and as a member of the team that designed the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). From 1997-1998, Jones developed a report on strategic coordination in the Great Lakes
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
region in Africa, which was later adopted by the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee is an inter-agency forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners founded in 1992, to strengthen humanitarian assistance. The overall objective of the IASC is to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected populations...
.