Vanessa Newby

Vanessa Newby is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University and President of the Netherlands chapter of Women in International Security (WIIS) based in The Hague. Her research interests include gender and security, non-traditional security threats, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and disaster response and the international relations of the Middle East. Vanessa has conducted research on the Middle East for over twelve years and is an Arabic speaker. She is the author of Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and Local Cooperation with Syracuse University Press (2018) and has published in international peer-reviewed journals such as International Peacekeeping, Contemporary Politics, the Australian Journal of International Affairs, and Third World Quarterly. Vanessa blogs regularly and has contributed over the years to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Lowy Institute, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs.