Matthew Breay Bolton
Director, International Disarmament Institute (website)
twitter: @politicalmines web: politicalminefields.com
email: mbolton [at] pace [dot] edu
phone: (212) 346-1828
Director, International Disarmament Institute (website)
twitter: @politicalmines web: politicalminefields.com
email: mbolton [at] pace [dot] edu
phone: (212) 346-1828
landmines and cluster munitions | killer robots | Arms Trade Treaty | CCW | harm to civilians | corruption
Matthew Bolton is director of the International Disarmament Institute and associate professor of political science at Pace University in New York City. He is an expert on global peace and security policy, focusing on multilateral disarmament and arms control policymaking processes. He has a PhD in Government and Master’s in Development Studies from the London School of Economics. Dr. Bolton was on the information and analysis team of the Control Arms coalition during the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations. Since 2014, Bolton has worked on the UN and New York City advocacy of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. He has an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Graceland University.
Recent Publications:
- "New Book Shows Catastrophic Folly of Automating Warfare," International Committee for Robot Arms Control, September 20, 2020.
- "Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament," Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.*
- "Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations," Palgrave Pivot, 2020.
- “Local Peacebuilding in East Africa: The Role of Customary Norms and Institutions in Addressing Pastoralist Conflict in Kenya and Uganda,” Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies (ed. Stacey Connaughton and Jessica Berns), September 26, 2019.
- "Using the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Pastoralist Conflict and Wildlife Crime in Kenya’s Marginalized Regions," May 2018.
- "The humanitarian impact of drones" (editor), Reaching Critical Will, Oct 2017.
- Maridhiano Mashinani "Reconciliation at the Grassroots: Reflections on the Role of the Church in Building Sustainable Peace in the North Rift Region of Kenya," May 2017.
- "The Role of Education in Advancing Arms Trade Treaty Universalization and Implementation: Lessons Learned from ATT Academy East Africa 2016-2017," May 2017.
- "Le Rôle de l’Éducation dans l’Avancement de l’Universalisation et de la Mise en Oeuvre du Traité sur le Commerce des Armes: Enseignements tirés de l’Académie du TCA en Afrique de l’Est, 2016–2017," May 2017.
- "Comment Utiliser le Traité sur le Commerce des Armes Afin de Cibler La Violence Armée au Sein des Communautés Pastorales," March 2017.
- "How to Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Armed Violence in Pastoralist Communities," Control Arms and Pace University, March 2017.
- "How To Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Wildlife Crime," Sept 2016.
- "Comment utiliser le Traité sur le commerce des armes pour cibler la Criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages," Sept 2016.