Francis Kofi Abiew
Biographic Data
| ID | 1667563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francis Kofi Abiew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francis Kofi |
| FAMILY NAME | Abiew |
| SIGNATURE | ABIEW F K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Humanitarian Action under Fire
The spate of attacks against humanitarian NGOs since 2003 has raised a series of fundamental questions for humanitarian operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict and post-conflict situations. This article reflects on the ‘new humanitarianism’ and how increasingly, this humanitarianism is under attack in violation of the Geneva Conventions on the Laws and Customs of War. It argues that humanitarian action is under attack because of effort…
NGO-Military Relations in Peace Operations
Outside Agents and the Politics of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
AT THE CLOSE OF ONE OF THE MORE INFAMOUS CENTURIES in recorded history, we must also acknowledge one of its most violent decades, marked by two apparently contradictory trends in international politics. The first was a substantial increase in violent conflict, much of which took the form of civil wars and many of the victims of which were civilians. In 1996 all of the major conflicts in the world were civil or intra-state in nature. While the exa…
NGOs and UN peacekeeping operations
This article examines the increased interaction between international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and UN peacekeeping operations in complex emergencies and civil conflicts. The involvement of NGOs in civil conflicts and the increased delegation of service delivery from states and institutions to NGOs has become a prevalent aspect of peacekeeping and peacebuilding exercise in the 1990s. The article reviews a number of the reasons for this…
Assessing Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Period
NGO-Military Relations in Peace Operations
Humanitarian Action under Fire
The spate of attacks against humanitarian NGOs since 2003 has raised a series of fundamental questions for humanitarian operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict and post-conflict situations. This article reflects on the ‘new humanitarianism’ and how increasingly, this humanitarianism is under attack in violation of the Geneva Conventions on the Laws and Customs of War. It argues that humanitarian action is under attack because of effort…
NGOs and UN peacekeeping operations
This article examines the increased interaction between international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and UN peacekeeping operations in complex emergencies and civil conflicts. The involvement of NGOs in civil conflicts and the increased delegation of service delivery from states and institutions to NGOs has become a prevalent aspect of peacekeeping and peacebuilding exercise in the 1990s. The article reviews a number of the reasons for this…
Outside Agents and the Politics of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
AT THE CLOSE OF ONE OF THE MORE INFAMOUS CENTURIES in recorded history, we must also acknowledge one of its most violent decades, marked by two apparently contradictory trends in international politics. The first was a substantial increase in violent conflict, much of which took the form of civil wars and many of the victims of which were civilians. In 1996 all of the major conflicts in the world were civil or intra-state in nature. While the exa…
Assessing Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Period
Assessing Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Period
NGOs and UN peacekeeping operations
This article examines the increased interaction between international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and UN peacekeeping operations in complex emergencies and civil conflicts. The involvement of NGOs in civil conflicts and the increased delegation of service delivery from states and institutions to NGOs has become a prevalent aspect of peacekeeping and peacebuilding exercise in the 1990s. The article reviews a number of the reasons for this…
Outside Agents and the Politics of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
AT THE CLOSE OF ONE OF THE MORE INFAMOUS CENTURIES in recorded history, we must also acknowledge one of its most violent decades, marked by two apparently contradictory trends in international politics. The first was a substantial increase in violent conflict, much of which took the form of civil wars and many of the victims of which were civilians. In 1996 all of the major conflicts in the world were civil or intra-state in nature. While the exa…
NGO-Military Relations in Peace Operations
Humanitarian Action under Fire
The spate of attacks against humanitarian NGOs since 2003 has raised a series of fundamental questions for humanitarian operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict and post-conflict situations. This article reflects on the ‘new humanitarianism’ and how increasingly, this humanitarianism is under attack in violation of the Geneva Conventions on the Laws and Customs of War. It argues that humanitarian action is under attack because of effort…
Global Peace and Security Dynamics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (3 works) · Peacekeeping (3 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works)