Francis Kofi Abiew
Educational Background
LL.B.(Hons) University of Ghana, B.L.( Ghana School of Law), LL.M., M.A., Ph.D.( University of Alberta), Postdoctoral Fellow, Carleton University
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Political Science
- Introduction to International Relations
- Contemporary Political Conflict
- International Organization
- International Human Rights
Areas of Interest /Research
Humanitarian Intervention and State Sovereignty, International Human Rights, International Law on the Use of Force, UN, Peace operations, NGOs in conflict zones
Selected Publications
Books
The Evolution of the Doctrine and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention (The Hague: Kluwer Law International Publishers, 1999)
Refereed Articles
“NGO-Military Relations in Peace Operations”, International Peacekeeping, Vol.10, No.1, Spring 2003 Special Issue, pp.24-39
“Outside Agents and the Politics of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation”, International Journal, Vol.LV, No.1, Winter 1999-2000, pp.80-106 (With Tom Keating)
“NGOs and UN Peacekeeping Operations: Strange Bedfellows”, International Peacekeeping, Vol.6,No.2, Summer 1999, pp.88-110 (With Tom Keating)
“Assessing Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Period: Sources of Consensus”, International Relations, Vol.XIV, No.2, August 1998, pp.61-90
Book Chapters
“Kosovo, Iraq and the Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention” in Osvaldo Croci and Amy Verdun eds., The Transatlantic Divide: Foreign and Security Policies in the Atlantic Alliance from Kosovo to Iraq ( Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006), pp.64-76
“Defining a Role for Civil Society: Humanitarian NGOs and Peacebuilding Operations” in Tom Keating and Andy Knight eds., Building Sustainable Peace ( Edmonton and Tokyo: University of Alberta Press/United Nations University Press, 2004) (With Tom Keating), pp.93-117
“NGO-Military Relations in Peace Operations” in Henry F. Carey and Oliver P. Richmond eds., Mitigating Conflict: The Role of NGOs ( London: Frank Cass Publishers, 2003), pp.24-39
“Humanitarian Intervention in Africa: Rwanda and Liberia” in Malinda S. Smith ed., Globalizing Africa ( Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press/Red Sea Press, 2003), pp.147-166
Book Reviews
David Malone, Decision-Making in the Security Council: The Case of Haiti (Oxford: Clarendon Press,1998) 334pp. International Journal, Vol.LV, No.3, Summer 2000, pp.524-525
Other Publications
From Civil Strife to Civil Society: NGO-Military Cooperation in Peace Operations, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Occasional Paper No. 39, 2003
Canadian Defence and the Canada-US Strategic Partnership, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Occasional Paper No. 29, 2003 (Conference Report)
Democratic Civil-Military Relations, Prepared for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Department of National Defence, Ottawa, 2002 (Conference Report)
Selected Conference Papers and Participation
“NGOs and the Military in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Rethinking Strategies toward Sustainable Peace”, invited, presented at conference on ‘The Challenges of Peacebuilding: Reconstructing Shattered Societies’, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, February 3-5, 2006
“Kosovo and the Question of Humanitarian Intervention”, invited, presented at conference on ‘A Transatlantic Divide on Security: Canada, the European Union, NATO and the New Bush Doctrine of Pre-Emptive Self-Defence’, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., June 11-13, 2004
“From Civil Strife to Civic Society: NGO-Military Coordination in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies”, invited, presented at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 4-6, 2003
“Sovereignty, Intervention and Reconstruction: What Can Outsiders Do?”, invited, presented at conference on ‘ECOWAS, Conflict Prevention and Human Security in West Africa – A Response to NEPAD’, Accra, Ghana, October 23-25, 2002
“Post Conflict Reconstruction: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice”, invited participant, Wilton Park, in association with The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, at Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, UK, September 30-October 4, 2002
“Canadian Defence and the Canada-US Strategic Partnership”, participant and rapporteur, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, Center for the Study of the Presidency, and Centre for Security and Defence Studies, Carleton University, at The Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, September 5-6, 2002
“Strengthening the Capacity of the United Nations in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”, invited participant, Wilton Park, in association with The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, at Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, UK, March 4-8, 2002
“Nongovernmental Organizations and the Military in Complex Emergencies”, invited participant, Wilton Park, in association with The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, at Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, UK, April 23-26, 2001
“Humanitarian Intervention? How Can We Do it Better?”, invited participant, Wilton Park, in association with The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence, Department for International Development, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, at Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, UK, February 19-23, 2001
“International Institutions and Human Survival” presented to the Global Survival Workshop, The Faculty Retirees Association, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, March 4, 2000
“The Role of Outside Actors and the Politics of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in Africa” presented at the Third Annual Africa Society Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, February 25-26, 2000 (With Tom Keating)
“Outside Agents and the Politics of Reconciliation” presented at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, June 16-18, 1999 (With Tom Keating)
“The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Peacekeeping Operations” presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, June 17-19, 1998 (with Tom Keating)
“Re-examining the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention in International Relations” presented to the Academic Council on the United Nations System/American Society of International Law Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, July 28 - August 9, 1996
“Towards the Establishment of an International Criminal Court”, presented at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, City University of New York, New York City, June 19-21, 1995
