Vanessa Newby
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. V.F. Newby
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9911
- v.f.newby@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9162-2304
Vanessa Newby is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University with the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs - Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and is the PhD Coordinator at ISGA. Vanessa is President of Women in International Security Netherlands (WIIS-NL), and is also the lead researcher for the Gender and Peace research stream of the Chair of UN Studies in Peace and Justice. Vanessa’s research interests include peacekeeping, peacebuilding, informal institutions, gender and security and the international relations of the Middle East.
More information about Vanessa Newby
News
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ISGA researchers featured in international media -
Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’ -
Joachim Koops awarded with Jean Monnet Chair on ‘The EU’s Role in Security and Global Affairs’ -
Call for Papers: Localizing the Women Peace & Security Agenda Across Multiple Governance Challenges -
The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’ -
Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance -
Workshop series Ocean Governance – Call for contributions -
Vanessa Newby on Breaking Barriers and Women in Peacekeeping
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1325 twenty years on – the evolution of the WPS agenda after 9/11 -
Women in International Security Netherlands -
Vanessa Newby in 'ASPI The Strategist' about hospital ships during pandemics and climate change -
Call for Papers: Where are the Women after Resolution 1325?
Research output
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Offering the Carrot and Hiding the Stick? Conceptualizing Credibility in UN Peacekeeping -
Introduction: WPS 20 Years On: Where Are the Women Now? -
Globalizing Regionalism and International Relations -
Gender sidestreaming? Analysing gender mainstreaming in national militaries and international peacekeeping -
ANZUS cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the Asia-Pacific: ships in the night?
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Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and Local Cooperation
PhD Candidates
Blog posts
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'Worried About Gaza? South Lebanon Will Be Worse'
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'Fallout In A Country In Freefall: Lebanon A Year After The Beirut Blast'
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Gender Sidestreaming? How women slip through the cracks in national militaries and peacekeeping, WIIS-Global, May 2021
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'Impediments to implementing the women, peace and security agenda', ASPI - The Strategist , 20 June 2020
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'Pandemics and climate change mean it's time to consider ANZUS hospital ships', ASPI - The Strategist, 30 March 2020
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'Women face an 'extra responsibility' in the armed forces', ASPI - The Strategist, 28 August 2019
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'Challenges for female peacekeepers can come from within UN militaries', ASPI - The Strategist, 4 April 2019
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'The hunt for Hezbollah's weapons and the limits of civil-military cooperation', ASPI - The Strategist, 20 August 2018
The conversation
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IDF actions against UN peacekeepers suggest Israel may be considering occupying part of southern Lebanon
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Israel has invaded Lebanon six times in the past 50 years – a timeline of events
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UN peacekeepers at risk as they deliver protection for civilians in southern Lebanon
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It would be a mistake for Israel to invade Lebanon – here’s why
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Lebanon peace deal: Israel-Hezbollah agreement needs to be guaranteed by the Lebanese armed forces
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IDF actions against UN peacekeepers suggest Israel may be considering occupying part of southern Lebanon
Women In International Security The Netherlands
Personal website
Vanessa has a BSc Honours in Psychology from the University of Westminster, in the UK and an MA and PhD in International Relations from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Her thesis was completed in 2014 and examined the factors that influence the security environment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Vanessa’s book ‘Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and Local Cooperation’, examines the role of credibility in peacebuilding. Previously Vanessa was a research fellow at the Australian National University and an affiliated scholar with the American University of Beirut. She is an Arabic speaker and has spent over ten years researching in the Middle East. Vanessa’s research interests include peacekeeping, peacebuilding, informal institutions, gender and security and the international relations of the Middle East. She is also the president of Women In International Security (WIIS) The Netherlands.
Women in International Security Netherlands (WIIS-NL)
Vanessa Newby is President of Women in International Security Netherlands (WIIS-NL). Women In International Security (WIIS) is a global organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership and professional development of women in the field of international peace and security. WIIS-Netherlands (WIIS-NL) is an affiliate of WIIS Global. WIIS-NL Members include: professionals, civil servants, academics, NGOs, employees of international bodies and organizations, embassy staff, politicians, students, and interested members of the general public. The Chapter’s base is Leiden University in The Hague.
Assistant professor
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- War, Peace and Justice
- Ruffa C. & Newby V.F. (2024), Peacekeeping operations and civil-military relations: an emerging research agenda?. In: Croissant A., Kuehn D. & Pion-Berlin D. (Eds.), Research handbook on Civil-Military relations . Elgar Handbooks in Political Science. Chelthenham: Edward Elgar. 219-230.
- Veilleux-Lepage Y.D., Kisyova M.E. & Newby V.F. (2022), Conversations with other (alt-right) women: how do alt-right female influencers narrate a far-right identity?, Journal for Deradicalization 31: 35-72.
- Newby V.F. (2022), Offering the Carrot and Hiding the Stick? Conceptualising Credibility in UN Peacekeeping: Conceptualizing Credibility in UN Peacekeeping, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 28(3): 303-329.
- Newby V.F. (2021), Embracing the particular: a research agenda for Globalizing International Relations . In: Futak-Campbell Beatrix (Ed.), Globalizing regionalism and international relations. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 49-73.
- Newby Vanessa F. (12 May 2021), Gender Sidestreaming? How women slip through the cracks in national militaries and peacekeeping,. Defense and Security, Women in International Security Blog. Washington D.C., US.: Women in International Security. [blog entry].
- Newby Vanessa F. & O'Malley Alanna (2021), Introduction: WPS 20 years on : where are the women now?, Global Studies Quarterly 1(3): 1 (13).
- Newby V.F. (30 March 2020), Pandemics and climate change mean it’s time to consider ANZUS hospital ships. Pandemics and climate change mean it’s time to consider ANZUS hospital ships. Canberra, Australia: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (12 June 2020), Impediments to implementing the women, peace and security agenda. Impediments to implementing the women, peace and security agenda. Canberra, Australia: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. [blog entry].
- Salama D. & Newby V.F. (9 September 2020), UNIFIL & The Beirut Blast. Leiden Security & Global Affairs Blog. Leiden: Institute of Security and Global Affairs. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. & Sebag C. (2020), Gender sidestreaming? Analysing gender mainstreaming in national militaries and international peacekeeping, European Journal of International Security 6(2): 148-170.
- Newby V.F. (2019), Review: Military Cultures in Peace and Stability Operations: Afghanistan and Lebanon, Chiara Ruffa, Peace & Change 44(4): 585-587.
- Newby V. (2019), ANZUS cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the Asia-Pacific: ships in the night?, Australian Journal of International Affairs 74(1): 72-88.
- Newby V. (4 April 2019), Challenges for female peacekeepers can come from within UN militaries. Challenges for female peacekeepers can come from within UN militaries. Canberra, Australia: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V. (28 August 2019), Women face an ‘extra responsibility’ in the armed forces. Women face an ‘extra responsibility’ in the armed forces. Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (2018), Power, Politics and Perception: The impact of foreign policy on civilian-peacekeeper relations, Third World Quarterly 39(4): 661-676.
- Newby V.F. (2018), Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and local cooperation. New York: Syracuse University Press.
- Newby V.F. (20 August 2018), The hunt for Hezbollah’s weapons and the limits of civil–military cooperation. The Strategist. Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (2017), Positive Hybridity? Unpacking UN Security Sector Reform in South Lebanon, Contemporary Politics 23(1): 156-174.
- Newby V.F., A Fragile Spring? Lebanon Here and Now. Australian Outlook. Canberra: Australian Institute for International Affairs. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (22 November 2017), The Mysterious Case of the Missing Prime Minister. Australian Outlook. Canberra: Australian Institute for International Affairs. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (30 August 2017), Don’t ask the UN to fight America’s war against Hizbullah. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (31 July 2017), Trump’s vital but confused support for Lebanon. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (30 June 2017), Lebanon’s elections: War by other means?. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (6 February 2017), US policy on Lebanon should be to keep calm and carry on. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (10 January 2017), The Future of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. Protection Gateway. University of Queensland: Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (2016), The Pieces that Make the Peace’: The micro processes of international security, International peacekeeping 23(1): 133-157.
- Newby V.F. (2016), Walk the Line: An investigation of the micro processes of a UN peacekeeping operation. . Beirut, Lebanon: Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.
- Newby V.F. (2016), Women in Jihadi Groups: Urban Myth and Social Reality. Canberra: Australian National University. [working paper].
- Newby V.F. (2016), Defending the Sectarian State: Lebanon at the heart of terrorism. . Canberra: Australian National University.
- Newby V.F. (2016), On the Front Line: Lebanon’s Role and Future Trajectory in the Levant Crisis. . Canberra: Australian National University.
- Newby V.F. (16 December 2016), Walking the Blue Line: Lebanon's Security Sector Reform. Oxford Research Group Blog. Oxford: Oxford Research Group. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (18 October 2016), Lebanon: On Remembering and Forgetting. Australian Outlook. Canberra: Australian Institute for International Affairs. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (20 July 2016), Lebanon's fragile stability. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (13 April 2016), '60 Minutes' detention highlights women's rights issues in Lebanon. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (22 July 2015), In Vienna, the US-Iran story comes full circle. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (2015) Review: How Peace Operations Work. Review of: Whalan Jeni (2014), How Peace Operations Work: Power, legitimacy and effectiveness. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Global Responsibility to Protect 7(1): 109-111.
- Newby V.F. (24 April 2015), Palestinian communities in the Levant vulnerable to Islamic extremism. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (17 March 2015), The shrinking space for piety without violence. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Newby V.F. (6 March 2015), How does the Arab World View ISIS?. The Interpreter. Sydney: Lowy Institute. [blog entry].
- Kim H.J. & Newby V.F. (2014), The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK: Background and Activities no. No.6. Seoul, Korea: Social Science Korea Human Rights Forum (National Research Foundation of Korea). [working paper].
- Newby V.F. (2013), Playing with Fire: Understanding the Sunni-Shi’a Sectarian Lifecycle, Griffith Asia Quarterly 2/3: 77-104.
- Newby V.F. (2008) ‘The Islamic Republic and the World’, Maryam Panah. Review of: Panah Maryam (2007), The Islamic Republic and the World: Global Dimensions of the Iranian Revolution. London: Pluto Press. Australian Journal of International Affairs 63(3): 438-439.
- Newby V.F. (2007) Review: The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth Barry Naughton. Review of: Naughton B. (2006), The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press. Australian Journal of International Affairs 61(4): 564-566.
- President