He is particularly interested in (1) how to apply a human security approach to NATO’s implementation of the Cross-Cutting Topics (Protection of Civilians (PoC), Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV), Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB), Cultural Property Protection (CPP)) at both a strategic level and as both a task for the civil-military cooperation branch (CIMIC J9/G9) and whole HQ at the operational and tactical levels and (2) the relationship between human security and national resilience in both a NATO and UK defence context. At the request of NATO Allied Command Transformation, his research has examined the impact of a human security approach on NATO collective defence. You can listen to him discuss NATO's human security approach on The Human Rights Podcast.
In his book, Stabilization and Human Security in UN Peace Operations (Routledge 2022), Alex examined whether the UN's stabilization mandates pursued human security. You can hear more about this research on the Humans of Security podcast or on YouTube.
As a leading expert on human security in military operations, he has worked as a Consultant/Contractor at NATO HQ Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and NATO HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, is a member of NATO's Research Task Group on Human Security and Military Operations and has acted as a Subject Matter Expert for Navy Command Headquarters, Royal Navy. He has engaged with a wide variety of NATO and UK defence organisations to provide input on the development of human security doctrine and policy. At the University of Reading, Alex co-leads the University's engagement with the Network for Security Engagement & Collaboration (run by the Home Office and Cranfield University).
