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In Progress

  1. Salton, H. T (2028) UN Peacekeeping and Political Affairs: Two Microhistories of the UN Secretariat from the Age of American Hegemony (single-authored monograph under contract with Oxford University Press, with an expected delivery date of 2027 and a publication date in 2028) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2026) The United Nations Secretariat: A Political History (single-authored monograph under contract with Oxford University Press, with expected delivery in 2025 and publication in 2026) [link].
  3. Salton, H. T. (2026) “The United Nations and the ‘Political Affairs’ Category: What Exactly Is (Not) ‘Political’ in the United Nations Secretariat?” (article, currently under review).

 

2025

  1. Salton, H.T. (2025) “The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire”, International Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol.32, Issue 4 (review).
  2. Salton, H. T. (2025) “Assembly by Design: The United Nations and Its Global Interior”, International Affairs (Oxford University Press/Chatham House), Vol.101, Issue 4 (review).
  3. Salton, H. T. (2025) “The Intellectual Origins of the United Nations Secretariat: Technocracy, Functionalism, and the Separation between Politics and Administration”, Journal of International Organization Studies (article, under review).
  4. Salton, H. T. (2025) “UN Mediators in Syria: The Challenges and Responsibilities of Conflict Resolution”, International Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol.32, Issue 3 (review).
  5. Salton, H. T. (2025) “The Concertation Impulse in World Politics: Contestation over Fundamental Institutions and the Constrictions of Institutionalist International Relations”, International Affairs (Oxford University Press/Chatham House), Vol.101, No.2 (review) [link].

 

2024

  1. Salton, H. T. (2024) The Artisan of Peace? The Role of the United Nations in International Relations (Paris: Harmattan) 262pp. (single-authored book) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2024) “‘The Hand That Holds the Pen’: Boutros-Ghali, Peacekeeping, and American Influence over the United Nations Secretariat in the 1990s”, Int’l Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol.31(1), pp.87-113 (article) [link]
  3. Salton, H. T. (2024) “Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, and the ‘Balance of Bureaucratic Power’ in Kofi Annan’s Secretariat: A Micro-History of Two United Nations Departments”, Peacebuilding (Routledge), pp.1-23 (article) [link]
  4. Salton, H. T. (2024) “Sustainable Peace in Northeast Asia”, Cambridge Review of Int’l Affairs (Routledge), 37 (5), pp.717–719 (review) [link]
  5. Salton, H. T. (2024) “Making International Institutions Work: The Politics of Performance”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol 100 (5), pp. 2247–2248 (review) [link].
  6. Salton, H. T. (2024) “The Crisis of the UN and the Options for Reform: A Report to the French Parliament” ( [original title “La Crise de l’Organisation des Nations Unies et les Perspectives de Réforme” (Paris: Assemblée Nationale) (policy report) [link].
  7. Salton, H. T. (2024) “Advocacy and Change in International Organizations”, Int’l Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol.31 (4), pp. 1-3 (review) [link]
  8. Salton, H. T. (2024) “The United Nations: Policy and Practice”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 100 (2), pp. 847-849 (review) [link].
  9. Salton, H.T. (2023) “Peacebuilding in the United Nations: Coming into Life”; “A Requiem for Peacebuilding?”, Int’l Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol. 30, N. 2, pp.410-414 [link].

 

2023

  1. Salton, H. T. (2023) The United Nations: A Critical Introduction (Turin/Milan: UTET Università) 250pp. (single-authored book) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2023) “The Twilight of Liberal Peacebuilding?”, Int’l Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol.31 (3), pp.410–414 (review) [link].
  3. Salton, H. T. (2023) “The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation”, Int’l Peacekeeping (Routledge), Vol.30(4), pp. 545–548 (review) [link].
  4. Salton, H.T. (2023) “The Peacekeeping Failure in South Sudan: The UN, Bias and the Peacekeeper’s Mind”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 99 (4), pp. 1811–1812 (review) [link].

 

2021

  1. Salton, H. T. and Foley, M. (2021) The Role of Leadership in International Relations: Sources, Typologies, and Disciplinary Perspectives (Milan: FrancoAngeli) 236pp. (co-authored book) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2021) “Rethinking Sino-Japanese Alienation: History Problems and Historical Opportunities”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 97 (5), pp. 1656–1658 (review) [link].
  3. Salton, H. T. (2021) “Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 97 (4), pp. 1254–125 (review) [link].

 

2020

  1. Salton, H. T. (2020) “Power in Peacekeeping at the UN”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 96 (3), pp. 817–819 (review) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2020) “African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa”; “African Kings and Black Slaves: Sovereignty and Dispossession in the Early Modern Atlantic”; “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange in Medieval Saharan Africa”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 96 (2), pp. 549–551 (triple review) [link].
  3. Salton, H. T. (2020) “Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority: Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 96 (4), pp. 1094–1096 (review) [link].
  4. Salton, H. T. (2020) “The Final Act: The Helsinki Accords and the Transformation of the Cold War”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 96 (1), pp. 225–226 (review) [link].
  5. Salton, H. T. (2020), “Governance for Peace: How Inclusive, Participatory and Accountable Institutions Promote Peace and Prosperity”, Academic Council on the United Nations System (review) [link].

 

2019

  1. Salton, H. T. (2019) “The UN Secretary-General and the Security Council: A Dynamic Relationship”; “The Working World of International Organizations: Authority, Capacity, Legitimacy”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford University Press), Vol. 95 (3), pp. 717–718 (double review) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2019) “Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace”, Int’l Affairs (Oxford UP), Vol. 95 (1), pp. 238–239 (review) [link].

 

2018

  1. Salton, H. T. (2019) “Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding”, Academic Council on the United Nations System, Vol. 10 (18) (review) [link].

 

2017

  1. Salton, H. T. (2017) Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics, and the Role of the UN Secretariat in Rwanda (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 320pp. (single-authored book) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2017) “Anti-Religious or Anti-Islam? The ‘Obscure Clarity’ of France’s ‘Anti-Veil’ Legislation”, Int’l Journal of Arab Culture, Vol.3, No.1, pp.1-24 (article) [link].

 

2014

  1. Salton, H. T. (2014) “The Muslim Veil in the United States and France: A Comparative Analysis of Law and Policy”, Int’l Journal of Public Policy, Vol.11, No.2, pp.332-354 (article) [link].

 

2013

  1. Salton, H. T. (2013) “L’Autorité Supra-Morale du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies”, in B. Chélini-Pont (ed) Annuaire Droit et Religions, Aix-en-Provence: Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, Vol.5, pp.663-686 (article) [PDF].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2013) “’A Flag for All Republicans’: The Legislative History and Parliamentary Debates of the French Law on Religious Signs at School”, Canadian Journal of Human Rights, Vol.2, No.1, pp.118-157 (article) [link].
  3. Salton, H. T. (2013) “Free To Wear Whatever They Want? The Muslim Veil and School Symbolism in the Law and Politics of the USA”, Int’l J. of Public Law and Policy, Vol.3, No.1., pp.227-62 (article) [link].
  4. Salton, H. T. (2013) “A Very French Obsession: France, the Islamic Veil and the Struggle between Law and Politics”, Int’l J. of Human Rights and Const’l Studies, Vol.2, No.1., pp.162-93 (article) [link].
  5. Salton, H. T. (2013) “A Stroke of Genius? Religion, the Founding Fathers and the Creation of the American Polity”, Public Administration Research, Vol.2, No.1, pp-67-75 (article) [link].
  6. Salton, H. T. (2013) “Nation, Faith and War: The Birth of Freedom in France and the United States”, Journal of Politics and Law, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.24-35 (article) [link].
  7. Salton, H. T. (2013) “The Little Prince, Race and the Five Planets of Racism”, Journal of Politics and Law, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.145-62 (article) [link].

 

2012

  1. Salton, H. T. (2012) “A Godless Constitution? Faith, Politics and Speech in the Bill of Rights in the United States of America”, Int’l Law Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.1-12 (article) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2012) “France’s Other Enlightenment: Laïcité, Politics and the Role of Religion in French Law”, Journal of Politics and Law, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp.30-41 (article) (link).
  3. Salton, H. T. (2012) “Unholy Union: History, Politics and the Relationship between Church and State in Modern France”, Review of European Studies, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp.135-47 (article) [link].

 

2010

  1. Salton, H. T. (2013) Arctic Host, Icy Visit. China and Falun Gong in Iceland (Brussels: Lambert), 260pp. (single-authored book) [link].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2010) “A Political Duty: An Analysis of the French Law on Religious Symbols at School through the Prism of its Parliamentary History”, in Ragnarsbók: Essays in Honour of Ragnar Adalsteinsson (Reykjavik, Iceland: Mál og Menning Publishing), pp.201-262 (chapter) [PDF].

 

2008

  1. Salton, H. T. (2008) “Une Relation Compliquée: Développement Historique et Status Juridique des Minorités Religieuses en Australie”, in B. Chélini-Pont (ed) Annuaire Droit et Religions, Aix-en-Provence: Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, Vol.3 (1), pp.1-24 (article) [PDF].
  2. Salton, H. T (2008) Veiled Threats? Islam, Headscarves and Religious Freedom in America and France (Brussels: VDM), 284pp. (single-authored book) [link]

 

2007

  1. Salton, H. T. (2007) “Iceland, Falun Gong and China: A Legal Assessment of the 2002 Events”, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol.25 (2), pp.158-182 (article) [PDF].
  2. Salton, H. T. and Griffiths, D. (2007) “Religion, Laïcité et Voile Islamique: La Nouvelle-Zélande Scrute la France (et S’Interroge)”, in B. Chélini-Pont (ed), Annuaire Droit et Religions, Aix-en-Provence: Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, Vol.2. (1), pp.355-388 (chapter) [PDF].

 

2006

  1. Salton, H. T. (2006) “Les Agences Gouvernementales dans le Monde Anglo-Saxonne: Une Révolution Britannique?”, Cahiers de la Fonction Publique et de l’Administration, No.259, pp.10-16 (article) [PDF].
  2. Salton, H. T. (2006) “Politique et Administration en Nouvelle-Zélande: Responsabilisation, Decentralisation, Privatisation”,Cahiers de la Fonction Publique et de l’Administration, Special Issue, pp.21-25 (article) [PDF].
  3. Salton, H. T. (2006) “Una Legge Senza Delitto? La Nuova Normativa Francese Sui Simboli Religiosi a Scuola, Tra Diritto, Politica e Laicità”, Centro Studi sulle Nuove Religioni, Vol.3, No.4, pp.1-14 (article) [PDF].

 

2005

  1. Salton, H. T. (2005) “Independent People? Iceland, Falun Gong and the Official Visit of the Chinese President in June 2002”, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol.23, No.3, 245-60 (article) [PDF].

 

2002

  1. Salton, H. T. (2002) “Terrifying Times, Icelandic Solutions: Iceland’s Policy against International Terrorism in the Aftermath of 9/11”, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, No.2, 58-66 (article) [link].

 

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