Dr. Bah holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Queen's University, Canada. He specializes in sub-regional and regional integration, and security cooperation in Africa with a specific focus on ECOWAS, SADC and the African Union. He was a Senior Researcher with the Peace Missions Program at the Institute for Security Studies; where he was responsible for a project on the protection of civilians. During this time, he served as a consultant to the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development in developing the legal and policy framework for the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade; as part of the African Union's effort to establish an African Standby Force. Sarjoh was one of four consultants contracted by the European Commission to undertake the mid-term evaluation of the 250 Million Euro Africa Peace Facility. He is a keen follower of the emerging relationship between the African Union and European Union, especially in the areas of peace and security. Dr. Bah worked as a teacher and journalist in Botswana, and has travelled extensively in Africa, Europe and North America.

His recent publications include A Tortuous Road to Peace: The Dynamics of Regional, UN and International Humanitarian Interventions in Liberia, ISS: Pretoria, South Africa, 2005 (co-edited with Festus Aboagye), and numerous journal articles, book chapters and reports on a broad range of issues. His areas of academic and research interests revolve around the nexus between development and security.

Selected Publications:

• Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2009, Volume Editor. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008.
• "US Peace Operations Policy in Africa: From ACRI to AFRICOM." Co-authored with Kwesi Aning. International Peacekeeping, Volume 15 (2008): 118-132.
• Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2008, Volume Editor. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008.
• “Peacekeeping Partnerships: Issues, Lessons Learned and Future Options,” Co-authored with Bruce Jones, Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2008
• Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, 2007. Series Coordinator. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 2007
• “Peacekeeping in Sudan: The Dynamics of Protection, Partnerships and Inclusive Politics," Co-authored with Ian Johnstone, An Occasional policy paper of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University, May 2007
• “The Making of the Rwandan Genocide and the Future Protection of Civilians in Africa, in John Laband (ed.), Daily Life of Civilians in Wartime Africa – From Slavery Days to Rwandan Genocide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2007.
• A Tortuous Road to Peace: Understanding the Dynamics of Regional, U.N. and International Humanitarian Interventions in Liberia, Co-edited with Festus Aboagye, Pretoria: Institute forSecurity Studies, 2005.
• “The Intervention Dilemma: The Dynamics of Civilian Protection in the Post-Cold War Era,” in  Festus Abogye and Alhaji M.S. Bah, eds. A Tortuous Road to Peace: Understanding the Dynamics of Regional, U.N. and International Humanitarian Interventions in Liberia, Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2005
• “Mid-Term Evaluation of the African Peace Facility Framework Contract (9ACP RPR 22) 250 M€,”  Co-authored with James Mackie, Jonas Frederiksen and Stella Sabiiti. Evaluation Commissioned by the European Commission, Maastricht, 19 January, 2006.
• “The Implementation of the Joint Africa/G8 Plan to Enhance African Capabilities to Undertake Peace Support Operations: Survey of Current G8 and African Activities and Potential Areas for Further Collaboration,” A Joint Report of the Chatham House, the United Nations Association-UK and the Institute fro Security Studies, Co-authored with Alex Ramsbotham and Fanny Calder, April, 2005.
• “Enhancing African Peace and Security: a useful role for the UK and G8,” International Affairs, Volume 81, Number 2, March 2005.
• "West Africa – From a Security Complex to a Security Community," African Security Review, Vol. 14 No. 2, 2005
• “Liberia at a Crossroads: A Preliminary Look at the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) – A Crucial Role in the Protection of Civilians” ISS Occasional Paper, No. 95, November 2004.
• “Micro-Disarmament in West Africa: The ECOWAS Moratorium on Small Arms and Light Weapons, African Security Review, Volume 13 No. 3, 2004
• “Toward a Regional Approach to Human Security in Southern Africa,” Martello Papers, No. 26, Centre for International Relations, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, May, 2004.
• “Implementing the ECOWAS Small Arms Moratorium in Post-War Sierra Leone,” Ploughshares Working Paper, 04-1, May 2004.

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