Adam Smith

Research Fellow | smith@ipinst.org

Adam Smith is a Research Fellow heading the peacekeeping dimension of IPI’s Coping with Crisis program. He joined the International Peace Institute in 2006 and served as Special Assistant to the Vice President through August 2007. Since then, as a Senior Policy Analyst and now a Research Fellow, Adam’s work has focused on multidimensional peacekeeping, the management of UN peace operations, peacekeeping partnerships and the role of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG).  His field research has included East and West Africa, as well as conferences and seminars in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Before joining IPI, Adam consulted for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Program on Global Security and Sustainability, the Foreign Policy Leadership Council and Security Council Report.  In 2005, Adam was awarded the Ralph Helmold Fellowship at Columbia University and served as a teaching fellow for a graduate-level course entitled Economics for International Affairs.

He holds a Bachelor’s in Foreign Service from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Master’s in International Affairs with a concentration in International Security Policy from Columbia University.

Selected Publications

• Caty Clement and Adam C. Smith, “Managing Complexity: Political and Managerial Challenges in UN Peace Operations” (New York: International Peace Institute, June 2009).
• International Peace Institute, “Peace Operations,” IPI Blue Paper No. 9, Task Forces on Strengthening Multilateral Security Capacity, New York, 2009.