Peace operations are now a principal tool for managing armed conflict and building world
peace. The fully revised, expanded and updated second edition of Understanding …

Today, Western intervention is a ubiquitous feature of violent conflict in Africa. Humanitarian
aid agencies, community peacebuilders, microcredit promoters, children's rights activists, the …

With the launch of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, its Agreement on Trade-
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) emerged as a symbol of coercion in …

Shortlisted for the Inaugural International Political Economy Group annual book prize, 2006.
An incisive exploration of the interventions of the World Bank in severely indebted African …

Studies on EU–Africa migration cooperation often focus on the interests of the EU and its
member states. But what do African states themselves seek to achieve with respect to …

In the island states of Oceania, colonial power dynamics profoundly shape climate
vulnerability and response. Largely as a result of their colonial history, island nations are …

The post-cold war years have witnessed an unprecedented involvement by the United
Nations in the domestic affairs of states, to end conflicts and rebuild political and …

Determining who, or indeed what, is to respond to prescriptions for action in cases of
international crisis is a critical endeavor. Without such an allocation of responsibilities, calls …

In what sense can foreign aid be understood as a moral practice? Is there any empirical
substance to this claim? This article reconceptualises a type of foreign aid in which this claim …

Foreign aid is a complex international institution which, over the years, has experienced a
number of transformations. Most of these changes, however, cannot be understood outside …