Oliver Richmond is a Professor in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK, and Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.

His publications include Liberal Peace Transitions (with Jason Franks, Edinburgh University Press, 2009), Peace in International Relations (Routledge, 2008), The Transformation of Peace (Palgrave, 2005/7), Maintaining Order, Making Peace (Palgrave, 2002), and Mediating in Cyprus (Frank Cass, 1998). He is one of the editors of the Review of International Studies, and editor of the Palgrave book series, Rethinking Conflict Studies.

World Affairs,