Author profile: Patrick Pitts

The Securitization of Mali

Patrick Pitts • Feb 19 2014 • Essays

The French intervention in Mali is a testament to securitization theory’s prowess in challenging, and more significantly, critiquing modern conceptualizations of security.

The French Intervention in Mali

Patrick Pitts • Jul 1 2013 • Essays

A victory in Mali will allow France to achieve political penance for “francafrique” while simultaneously obtaining renewed power on the international stage.

U.S. Foreign Policy Failures in Iraq

Patrick Pitts • Apr 4 2013 • Essays

The Gulf War may be considered a military triumph par excellence; however, a destabilized Iraq must also be considered a disastrous outcome for the U.S. Foreign Policy establishment.

Jumping the Loaded Gun: How Promoting Democracy Fails to Achieve Peace

Patrick Pitts • Feb 5 2013 • Essays

The West’s democracy promotion has achieved an outcome antithetical to its purpose: an increase in the violence of and destabilization within low-income and conflict-affected states.