Keith Krause Explained

Keith Krause
Fields:	International security, armed violence, multilateral security cooperation
Workplaces:	Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Alma Mater:	University of Alberta, Balliol College, Oxford
Known For:	His works on small arms

Keith Krause (born 15 June 1960)^[1] is a Canadian political scientist known for his work on international security and armed violence.

Background

Krause was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford where he got his MPhil and DPhil. Since 1994, Krause is Professor of political science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Since 1999, Krause is also the Director of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at that same institution.^[2]

Work

Krause is the founder Small Arms Survey, whose flagship publication is an annual review of global small arms issues such as production and stockpiles.

Publications (selection)

• The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011: Lethal Encounters (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011). Co-edited (with Elisa Gilgen and Robert Muggah), co-wrote one chapter.
• Armed Groups and Contemporary Conflicts: Challenging the Weberian State (London: Routledge, 2010). Editor.
• The Global Burden of Armed Violence (Geneva: Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2008). Conceptualized project, commissioned chapters and research, co-edited chapters, co-wrote introduction.
• Critical Security Studies (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997). Edited with Michael C. Williams.
• With W. Andy Knight. State, Society and the United Nations System: Changing Perspectives on Multilateralism. UN University Press, 1995.
• Arms and the State: Patterns of Military Production and Trade. Cambridge Studies in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
• With Michael C. Williams. Critical Security Studies: Concepts And Strategies. Routledge, 1997.
• Editor of Culture and Security: Multilateralism, Arms Control and Security Building. Contemporary Security Studies. Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1999.

External links

• Short Biography of Keith Krause, Steering Committee, IHEID.

Notes and References

1. http://graduateinstitute.ch/webdav/site/admininst/shared/iheid/800/krause/CV%20Keith%20Krause.pdf CV
2. http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/iheid/cache/bypass/lang/en/teaching/faculty/professeurs?alphafilter=JKL&personneId=3f4789ac1c30aa3f0dc00ce05d4e14e8 Keith Krause