Catastrophe and Conflict: Disaster Diplomacy and Its Foreign Policy Implications examines how and why disaster-related activities (disaster response and disaster risk reduction) do and do not lead to diplomatic endeavours.

Ilan Kelman, PhD (2003), University of Cambridge, is a Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo. His work, publications, and public engagement can be followed through http: //www.ilankelman.org and Twitter @IlanKelman.