Phil Williams

Biographic Data

ID3744157
NAMEPhil Williams
GIVEN NAMESPhil
FAMILY NAMEWilliams
SIGNATUREWILLIAMS P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pittsburgh
ORCID0000-0003-2213-7692
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS48
TOTAL CITATIONS50
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Resident-led action for greener operating rooms

    Open AccessGordon M Best, Gordon Best et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    Phil WilliamsBOOKNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization2024

    This volume consists of major books written in the English language on NATO as well as an extensive listing of journal articles that deal with various aspects of the Alliance. All the major debates that have taken place over the last forty years are discussed.

  • US intervention in Afghanistan and the failure of governance

    Phil WilliamsARTICLESmall Wars and Insurgencies2022Cited by: 1References: 3

    Several factors militated against successful counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, but the real failure was a failure of governance. The US and its allies created a central government which proved extremely powerful at resource extraction while dismally weak at service provision, Development aid, the opium economy and the lack of political accountability created new forms of highly pernicious corruption, akin to those in many African states. The resu…

  • Contemporary Strategy

    John Baylis, John Garnett et al.BOOKContemporary Strategy2021

  • Russian Organized Crime

    Phil WilliamsBOOKRussian Organized Crime2014

    First Published in 1997. During the 1990s transnational criminal organizations of all kinds have received increased scrutiny from law enforcement agencies, intelligence analysts, and academic researchers. While there are many differences of both interpretation and assessment regarding a whole range of issues, divisions are particularly acute in the area of Russian organized crime. This title gives a brief history of Russian Organized Crime before…

  • Combating Transnational Crime

    Dimitri Vlassis, Phil WilliamsBOOKCombating Transnational Crime2013

    This work examines the challenges posed by transnational crime and the steps being taken by the international community to meet these challenges. It offers comprehensive analysis of different forms of transnational crime and the various responses that are being developed

  • The United Nations and Transnational Organized Crime

    Ernesto Ugo Savona, Ernesto Savona et al.BOOKUnited Nations and Transnational…2012

    Transnational organized crime poses a serious threat to the international community. This volume, the product of a UN conference, discusses the dangers of transnational organized crime and identifies forms of regional, national and international co-operation for its prevention and control, including intelligence networks, preventive strategies, extradition treaties, criminalizing participation in criminal organizations and the elaboration of an i…

  • Illegal Immigration and Commercial Sex

    Phil WilliamsBOOKIllegal Immigration and…2012

    Human commodity trafficking - an overview, Phil Williams illegal migration - personal tragedies, social problems, or national security threats? Margaret E. Beare capitalizing on transition economies - the role of the Russian Mafiya in trafficking women and forced prostitution, Gillian Cadwell et al trafficking in people in Thailand, Pasuk Phongpaichit organized crime and trafficking in women from eastern Europe and the Netherlands, Gerben J.N. Br…

  • The Terrorism Debate Over Mexican Drug Trafficking Violence

    Phil WilliamsARTICLETerrorism and Political Violence2012Cited by: 11

    Violence in Mexico related to drug trafficking has expanded enormously, and observers have begun using terms like terrorism, nacro-terrorism, and criminal insurgency to label the violence. However, arguments that Mexico is the victim of growing terrorism are both exaggerated and unconvincing. While there have been many murders of innocent civilians, these killings do not seem to have been motivated by a political, ideological, or religious cause.…

  • Afterword

    Paul Rexton Kan, Phil WilliamsARTICLESmall Wars and Insurgencies2010

  • Organized Crime and Corruption in Iraq

    Phil WilliamsARTICLEInternational Peacekeeping2009Cited by: 3

    This article seeks to put organized crime in Iraq in a broad comparative perspective. It examines the evolution of organized crime in Iraq, from a largely state-controlled phenomenon under Saddam Hussein to a free market in criminality under the current regime, and identifies the factors which led to this transformation. It also delineates the most prevalent and lucrative criminal activities and identifies those groups and factions involved. It a…

  • Sustainable Development

    Open AccessPhil WilliamsARTICLEScottish Affairs2003

    This is the edited version of a lecture Professor Phil Williams AM (Plaid Cymru) gave at a symposium on Regionalism and Sustainable Development at Bad Urach, Germany, in June 2002. Up to the election on I May 2003, Dr Phil Williajns was the Welsh Shadow spokesperson on Economic Development and was unanimously selected by his fellow AMs as Welsh Politician of the Year in the first year of the National Assembly's existence. He is a Professor in Phy…

  • Transnational Organized Crime and International Security

    Peter Andreas, Monica Den Boer et al.BOOKTransnational Organized Crime and…2002

    Though the provision of illicit goods and services is far from being a new phenomenon, today's global economic environment has allowed transnational organized crime an unprecedented capacity to challenge states. The authors of this book examine the trends underlying the explosion of transnational organized crime and consider possible responses. Emphasizing the difficulties encountered by individual states in their efforts to deal with this securi…

  • Intelligence Analysis for Internet Security

    Phil Williams, Timothy J Shimeall et al.ARTICLEArms Control2002

  • Illegal Immigration and Commercial Sex

    Phil WilliamsBOOKIllegal Immigration and…1999

  • Captured, criminal and contested states

    Phil Williams, Doug BrooksARTICLESouth African Journal of…1999Cited by: 1References: 1

    (1999). Captured, criminal and contested states: Organised crime and Africa in the 21st century. South African Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 81-99

  • The Nature of Drug-Trafficking Networks

    Phil WilliamsARTICLECurrent History1998

    Essay| April 01 1998 The Nature of Drug-Trafficking Networks Phil Williams Phil Williams Phil Williams is director of the Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He is editor of the journal Transnational Organized Crime. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1998) …

  • Money laundering

    Phil WilliamsARTICLESouth African Journal of…1997References: 2

    On the impeccable logic that the primary aim of criminal organisations is to make money, one response of law enforcement has been to target the money laundering associated with the international drugs trade as a means of discouraging drug trafficking. The United States, through the G‐7's Financial Action Task Force, has played the leading role in the creation of a global anti‐money laundering regime. The main argument of this article is that, in …

  • Transnational criminal organizations

    Phil WilliamsARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1995Cited by: 3References: 2

    (1995). Transnational criminal organizations: Strategic alliances. The Washington Quarterly: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 57-72

  • Transnational threats

    Phil Williams, Stephen Black et al.ARTICLEArms Control1994Cited by: 2References: 1

    (1994). Transnational threats: Drug trafficking and weapons proliferation. Contemporary Security Policy: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 127-151

  • The Evolution of the Television Rerun

    Phil WilliamsARTICLEJournal of Popular Film and…1994Cited by: 2References: 1

    (1994). The Evolution of the Television Rerun. Journal of Popular Film and Television: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 162-175

  • Transnational criminal organisations and international security

    Phil WilliamsARTICLESurvival1994Cited by: 13References: 4

    (1994). Transnational criminal organisations and international security. Survival: Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 96-113

  • Atlantis lost, Paradise regained? The United States and Western Europe after the Cold War

    Phil Williams, Paul Y Hammond et al.ARTICLEInternational Affairs1993Cited by: 1

    The end of the Cold War has generated many new questions about United States policy towards Western Europe. This article identifies three competing pressures—the calculus of US interests, the psychological desire for leadership, and the salience and complexity of the domestic problems facing the Clinton administration. It outlines three options for the United States—efforts to continue the leadership role, selective engagement combined with coope…

  • Superpower Politics

    Andrew J Pierre, Michael Pugh et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1990Cited by: 1

    The recent thaw in the Cold War is leading to a fundamental transformation of global politics. This textbook aims to explain the latest political changes in the USA and the USSR, and considers the implications for the international order of their decline in power. The book looks at each country's internal and external policy adjustments and emphasizes the constraints felt by Washington and Moscow. Beginning with an account of the history of the s…

  • Nato Crisis Management

    Phil WilliamsARTICLEThe Washington Quarterly1989