Dr. Jonathan Gilmore

Biography

Jonathan Gilmore is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Manchester, with a research focus on global ethics, critical security studies, and normative critical international relations theory. His empirical interests delve into UK foreign policy, human security, UN peacekeeping, and the politics of internationalized civilian protection. Gilmore's scholarship features discussions on cosmopolitan commitments and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), particularly how these translate into practices for UK national militaries. His work explores the evolution of military doctrine, training, and organization since the Cold War to enhance the effectiveness of armed forces in peace operations and the prevention of mass atrocity crimes. Gilmore has published extensively in leading international journals, contributing to the foundational ideas behind his book, "Cosmopolitan Military: Armed Forces and Human Security in the 21st Century," released by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015. His current research examines concepts of good statehood and progressive internationalism in an increasingly complex post-liberal world order, particularly the potential for participatory cosmopolitan politics in foreign policy. He is actively involved in supervising PhD projects related to Ethics in Foreign Policy and Applied Cosmopolitanism within World Politics, among other areas.

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