Book Chapters
In addition to the peer reviewed works below my public media portfolio can be viewed at ​http://whitneygrespin.pressfolios.com/.  I've had the privilege of being published by Forbes, Foreign Affairs, UPI, and War on the Rocks, amongst other outlets. 
“Enhancing Operational Effectiveness Through an Analysis of the Women, Peace, and Security Environment in Djibouti.” Sandhurst Trends in Conflict: Women, Peace and Security in Military Operations.  Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Howgate Publishing. 2023.
Civilians are disproportionately impacted by contemporary armed conflict, with women, children, and other vulnerable groups among the most affected. Effective military operations occur against the backdrop of two major shifts in international thinking on security: Human Security and the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS). These innovations have radically transformed the field of contemporary security studies and continue to evolve and be debated in both academic and policy circles. However, militaries have been slow to adopt these ideas and adapt their behaviours to account for the importance of protecting civilians, gender mainstreaming, women’s participation, responsibilities on children in conflict, and preventing egregious crimes, such as modern slavery and human trafficking. This book is a conversation between academics and civilian and military practitioners to better understand the contemporary challenges and obligations militaries have towards realising the WPS agenda. Drawing on expertise from military, academia, and civil society it offers insights and recommendations on how militaries can effectively integrate the WPS agenda into their operations.​
​"​The Easy Button: Foreign Military Training as an Exit Plan."  Sandhurst Trends in Conflict: War Amongst the People. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Howgate Publishing. ​2019.
Recent conflicts have required the armed forces to engage in what has been termed ‘war amongst the people’. Such conflicts increasingly require a type of soldier deployed to function as an ‘armed social worker’, as was seen most recently in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. If this increased focus on societal relations has – and should – become the area of prime concern for contemporary armed forces, this poses a series of conceptual and practical questions regarding the ‘people’ concerned and the nature of the society amongst which war is conducted.  Scholars and practitioners come together in this volume to explore how armed forces can make sense of such complexity in conceptual terms and how military actors have practically interacted with local power structures and relations, with both positive and negative effects. It examines armed forces’ engagement at the local level in a contemporary context, and contextualises this within the broader political, strategic, tactical and legal implications this engagement has had at home and overseas.
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