Research
A central focus of Roach's work is the interaction of ethical values and political power. His recent work uses the relationship between decency and moral accountability to study the growing political pressures that threaten the liberal international order. [2] In a 2016 interview with E-IR,he points out that the gap between humanitarian values and emotion has never been greater;that it is not simply the hostile emotions that explain right-wing populism,but liberalism's detachment from these sentiments. [3] In his three books on critical international theory,he traces the roots of critical international theory,showing the epistemological and practical interventions of international theory in critical theory. His interest in the normativity of international theory eventually led to the published volume,Moral Responsibility in Twenty First Century Warfare,in which he formulates the notion of dual responsibility to study the novel tensions between just war theory and the application of Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS).
Roach is one of the first political scientists to systematically explore the political forces shaping the International Criminal Court. His notion of political legalism functions as a pragmatic instrument to study how best to bring justice to the worst perpetrators of serious crimes. [4] In an article published by Global Governance,he argues that the court cannot escape the effects of operating in an international system. [5] It needs to confront this difficult and complex political reality of the ICC [5] by devising new ways of thinking about its agency and by adopting the political strategies needed to balance the demand for global justice against the constraints of the international system.
Roach also has conducted extensive field research in South Sudan and written on the many challenges facing the country,including corruption,food insecurity,accountability,and extreme violence. His articles and short essays have appeared in International Affairs,Foreign Affairs, and African Arguments. In 2023,he authored South Sudan's Fateful Struggle, which,in providing a sweeping account of the country’s enduring state of war,formulates the concept of militarized patronage to study the country’s radically militarized society and state. [6]
Overall,his works have been translated into Arabic,Chinese,French,Persian,Russian,Spanish,and Turkish. with two of his books,International Relations:the Key Concepts and Critical Theory and International Relations, becoming bestsellers in the field of international relations.
Recognition
In 2022,he was the recipient of an Outstanding Faculty Award,Global Excellence Award and the Theodor and Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award. Prior to this he was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and research at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,where he was recognized as Honorary Professor. [7] In 2020,he was appointed Country Expert of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Democracy,Human Rights,and Governance (DRG) assessment team in South Sudan. The team's assessment report was presented to the U.S. State Department and Congress and now serves as the basis of USAID’s five-year strategic mission in the country. [8] He is currently a member of several editorial and consultancy boards. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Two of his books,South Sudan’s Fateful Struggle and Moral Responsibility in Twenty-First Century Warfare,were the recipients of CHOICE Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Title (2021,2024).
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