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  1. Explaining European Military Engagement in the Fight Against Daesh

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  2. The party politics of national role contestation: Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition and the Russian war against Ukraine

    Article • Cambridge Review of International Affairs, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  3. Strategische Zeitenwende? Die Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie als Wendepunkt deutscher Außenpolitik

    Article • January 2025, Nomos Verlag

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  4. Zeitenwende: German Foreign Policy Change in the Wake of Russia's War Against Ukraine

    Article • Politics and Governance, February 2024, Cogitatio

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  5. Uncovering Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Article • October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  6. The Quest for Knowledge in International Relations: How Do We Know? by Richard Ned Lebow

    Article • Political Science Quarterly, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  7. Methods of Foreign Policy Analysis

    Article • December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  8. Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Article • December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  9. Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods

    Article • December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  10. When Do International Organizations Engage in Agency Slack? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of United Nations Institutions

    Article • Global Studies Quarterly, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  11. Incentives and constraints: a configurational account of European involvement in the anti-Daesh coalition – Corrigendum

    Article • European Political Science Review, April 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  12. The unintended consequences of UN sanctions: A qualitative comparative analysis

    Article • Contemporary Security Policy, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  13. Persistence Against the Odds: How Entrepreneurial Agents Helped the UN Joint Inspection Unit to Prevail

    Article • Global Policy, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  14. QCA in International Relations: A Review of Strengths, Pitfalls, and Empirical Applications

    Article • International Studies Review, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  15. Incentives and constraints: a configurational account of European involvement in the anti-Daesh coalition

    Article • European Political Science Review, February 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  16. German Foreign Policy

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  17. Entscheidungsträger in der deutschen Außenpolitik: Führungseigenschaften und politische Überzeugungen der Bundeskanzler und Außenminister

    Article • German Politics, December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  18. Patterns of Political Ideology and Security Policy

    Article • Foreign Policy Analysis, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  19. Paths towards coalition defection: Democracies and withdrawal from the Iraq War

    Article • European Journal of International Security, June 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  20. Curbing the royal prerogative to use military force: the British House of Commons and the confl icts in Libya and Syria

    Article • December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  21. The politics of multinational military operations

    Article • Contemporary Security Policy, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  22. National Restrictions in Multinational Military Operations: A Conceptual Framework

    Article • Contemporary Security Policy, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  23. The Unintended Consequences of Parliamentary Involvement

    Article • The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  24. Parliaments in Security Policy: Involvement, Politicisation, and Influence

    Article • The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  25. Perspektiven der Forschung zur Privatisierung in der Sicherheitspolitik

    Article • Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, January 2018, Nomos Verlag

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  26. Two-Level Games in Foreign Policy Analysis

    Article • June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  27. Qualitative comparative analysis and the study of non-state actors

    Article • April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  28. Qualitative Comparative Analysis and the Study of Non-State Actors

    Article • April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  29. The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

    Article • Political Studies Review, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  30. Parlamente in der Friedens- und Sicherheitspolitik

    Article • Sicherheit & Frieden, January 2017, Nomos Verlag

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  31. “New” and “Old” Wars

    Article • January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  32. British Parliamentary Involvement and the Conflicts in Libya and Syria

    Article • West European Politics, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  33. Asymmetric Warfare

    Article • August 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  34. All Necessary Measures: The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention

    Article • Perspectives on Politics, March 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  35. Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Change: Analyzing Withdrawal from Coalition Operations in Iraq

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  36. POLITISCHE THEORIE UND IDEENGESCHICHTE

    Article • Politische Vierteljahresschrift, January 2016, Nomos Verlag

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  37. Brummer, K., & Oppermann, K. (2014). Außenpolitikanalyse. München: Oldenbourg, 226 S., ISBN: 978-3486713251, € 29,95.

    Article • Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  38. Unreliable Allies? Democratic Reliability and Coalition Warfare in Iraq

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  39. Verleihung des DVPW-Förderpreises für Dissertationen 2015 an Patrick A. Mello

    Article • Politische Vierteljahresschrift, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  40. Außenpolitikanalyse

    Article • December 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  41. Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict: Military Involvement in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq

    Article • January 2014, Nature

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  42. Democracy and War Involvement

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  43. Introduction

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  44. Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  45. Explaining Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  46. Iraq: Parliamentary Peace or Partisan Politics?

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  47. Afghanistan: Unconditional Support but Selective Engagement?

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  48. Kosovo: Forced Allies or Willing Contributors?

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  49. Democracies and the Wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  50. A Comparative Analysis of Constitutional and Political Restrictions on the Use of Force

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  51. Parliamentary Peace or Partisan Politics? Democracies’ Participation in the Iraq War

    Article • Journal of International Relations and Development, June 2012, Nature

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  52. In Search of New Wars: The Debate about a Transformation of War

    Article • European Journal of International Relations, March 2010, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  53. Afghanistan

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  54. Democracies and the Wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  55. Democracy and War Involvement

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  56. Explaining Democratic Participation in Armed Conflict

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  57. Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  58. Introduction

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  59. Iraq

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  60. Kosovo

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello

  61. Democratic Peace Theory

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Patrick A. Mello