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Colleagues finish St Andrews professor’s book as tribute

Professor Paul Wilkinson.
Professor Paul Wilkinson.

Tribute has been paid to a world-renowned expert in terrorism by colleagues who have completed the book he never managed to finish.

Professor Paul Wilkinson was working on what would have been his 18th publication when he died in 2011 at the age of 74.

The St Andrews University academic was a pioneer in the study of terrorism and political violence and was widely quoted as an expert, particularly in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the US.

His colleagues and friends in the university’s School of International Relations were able to pull together the strands for his book, entitled State Terrorism and Human Rights: International Responses Since the End of the Cold War.

Gillian Duncan, who edited the book with Orla Lynch, Gilbert Ramsay and Ali Watson, said: “I would have worked with Paul on this book and the outline was already agreed with the publishers.

“Colleagues, friends and peers were only too happy to contribute the chapters in their own words as a tribute to Paul’s work in the field.

“We the editors hope he would have been happy with the finished result.”

Harrow-born Mr Wilkinson, who retired in 2007, became the first chairman of international relations when he moved to St Andrews in 1989.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his distinguished public service in 2009. Among his published work was a book on the Lockerbie bombing.

His final book includes a dedication by co-founder of the university’s Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Professor Bruce Hoffman, and a foreword by university principal Professor Louise Richardson.