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Accountability for Intervention: Negotiating Civilian Protection Dilemmas with respect to Economic Community of West Africa States and Africa Union Interventions. African Security, IV(2), pp. 81-99.
by: Aning, K. & Salihu, N.
Topic(s): Protection of Civilians

African Agency in R2P: Interventions by African Union and ECOWAS in Mali, Cote D’Ivoire, and Libya. International Studies Review XVIII(1), pp. 120-133.
by: Aning, K. & Edu-Afful, F.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect

An Evolving Security Dilemma:Adopting a Comprehensive Approach to Changing Dynamics of Terrorism in Africa. International Relations and Diplomacy, IV(2), pp. 85-94.
by: Kotia, E. & Abdallah, M.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect, Terrorism

China’s Foray into African Security and the Question of Non-Interference. African East-Asian Affairs, Issue 3, pp. 9-30.
by: Aubyn, F.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation, Peacekeeping

Confronting the Boko Haram Challenge to Nigeria: Exploring Options for A Peaceful Settlement. Stability Operations, VIII(1), pp. 24-25 & 27.
by: Aning, K.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Critical Perspectives on Transnational Criminality in West Africa. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies. XVII(2), pp. 70-85.
by: Aning, K. & Amedzrator, L.

Das Sicherheitsdilemma in Westafrika. Welt Trends, 111 January 2016, pp. 46-50.
by: Aning, K. & Abdallah, M.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

ECOWAS and Mediation in West Africa:Towards an Enhanced Capacity. Africa Policy Journal, VII, pp. 29-40.
by: Atuobi, S.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Empowering Others: Motives and Strategies Sucessful Women Adopt. Review of Social Studies,4(I), pp. 41-58.
by: Osei-Hwedie, K.
Topic(s): Women, Leadership

Examining the Legal and Policy Frameworks Regulating the Behavior of Political Parties in Sierra Leone. Stockholm: International IDEA.
by: Aning, K. & Edu-Afful, F.
Topic(s): Elections

HIV/AIDS Dimensions of Disarmement, Demobilization (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR) Processes in Post-Conflict Reconstruction. International Peacekeeping, XX(IV), pp. 507-520.
by: Jaye, T.

Islamic Radicalization and Violence in Ghana. Conflict, Security and Development Journal, XIII(2), pp. 149-167.
by: Aning, K. & Abdallah, M.
Topic(s): Violent Extremism

Islamic Radicalization and Violence in Liberia. Conflict, Security and Development Journal, XIII(2), pp. 191-208 (with Alao, A.).
by: Jaye, T.
Topic(s): Violent Extremism

L’instabilita passa dal Salava: Il Fattora Tuareg. Aspenia, pp. 221-225.
by: Aning, K. & Amedzrator, L.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Legal and Policy Frameworks Regulating the Behavior of Politicians and Political Parties in Ghana: Interrogating Institutional Mechanisms. Stockholm: International IDEA.
by: Aning, K. & Edu-Afful, F.
Topic(s): Elections

Peacekeeping Economies in a Sub-Regional Context: The Paradigmatic Cases of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, IX(3), pp. 391-407.
by: Edu-Afful, F. & Aning, K.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Breaking-Up A Monolithic State: Reflections of Unarmed Ghanaian Military Observers in Kosovo and Bosnia. New York: New York University.
by: Aning, K., Edu-Afful, F. & Avoxe, E.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Different Missions, Different Mandates:A Comparative Assessment of Ghanaian Police Experiences in UN Peacekeeping Since 1960. New York: New York University/Carnegie Foundation.
by: Aning, K. & Avoxe, E.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Envisioning a Future African Union: Exploring Collaborative Ventures with the EU & the UN. In: R. Sharamo & C. Ayagafac, eds. The State of Human Security in Africa: An Assessment of Institutional Preparedness. Pretoria: ISS Monograph 185.
by: Aning, K. & Danso, F. K.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

The Role of the Police in UNAMID. ISS Monograph, Issue 190 (with Caparini, M; Davies, OV; Dessu, MK & Peter, M).
by: Aubyn, F. K.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Confronting the ‘Oil Curse’: State-Civil Society Roles in Managing Ghana’s Oil Find. SAIIA Occasional Paper, Issue 27.
by: Annan, N. & Edu-Afful, F.
Topic(s): Natural Resources

Integrating Gender in Peacekeeping Training: An Approach from the ECOWAS Subregion. Gender and Peacebuilding in Africa Occasional Paper, Issue 2. Cape Town, Dakar, Nairobi & Oxford: Pambazuka Press (with Alaga, E.).
by: Birikorang, E.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Japan-Africa Relations: Applying the Asian Development Experience to Sub-Saharan Africa. New York: Cornell University Institute for African Development Occasional Paper Series, Issue 14 (with Osei-Hwedie, B.Z.).
by: Osei-Hwedie, K.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Decoding ECOWAS’s Multiple Institutional Mechanisms for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding. Tunis: African Development Bank.
by: Birikorang, E.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

ECOWAS and Conflict Prevention in West Africa: Confronting the Triple Threats. New York: Center on International Cooperation, New York University (with Bah, S.A.).
by: Aning, K.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Establishing the Future State of the Peacebuilding Commission: Perspectives on Africa. Oslo & Ottawa: NUPI & CIPS.
by: Aning, K. & Lartey, E.
Topic(s): Peacebuilding

Ghana: The Land Question in El Dorado. Dakar: Institute for Strategic Studies (with Kabran, E. & Onoma, A.).
by: Annan, N.
Topic(s): Natural Resources

Managing Expectations and Tensions in Ghana’s Oil-Rich Western Region. Johannesburg: SAIIA Policy Briefing 55.
by: Osei - Tutu, J.A.
Topic(s): Natural Resources

Normative Changes in Peacekeeping Operations: How Much are Current Norms and Practices Challenged? Africa’s Resistance to Peacekeeping’s Normative Change. Zurich & Geneva: CSS at ETH Zurich & GCSP.
by: Aning, K., Aubyn, F. Annan, N. & Edu-Afful, F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector: Lessons from Ghana. New York: Center on International Cooperation, New York University.
by: Aning, K. & Lartey, E.
Topic(s): Policing

Peace vs Justice? The Dilemma of Peace and Justice in Post-Conflict Societies in Africa: Lessons from Sudan and Kenya.
by: Aning, K. & Lartey, E.
Topic(s): Peacebuilding

Responsibility to Prevent in Africa: Leveraging Institutional Capacity to Mitigate Atrocity Risk, Policy Analysis Brief (The Stanley Foundation), January 2015.
by: Aning, K. & Okyere, F.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect

Security Dimensions of Political Transitions in Ghana. Accra: UNDP Ghana Policy Paper.
by: Aning, K. & Lartey, E.
Topic(s): Elections

Taking Stock of the Responsibility to Protect in Africa: Challenges, Prospects, and Priorities for the Next Decade. Policy Dialogue Brief (The Stanley Foundation) (with Porter, K.), 6 March 2015.
by: Okyere, F.O.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect

The Deployment and Vandalization of Political Party Posters: The Case of Ghana’s 2012 Elections. Elections Policy Brief # 1 July 2015. Accra: Ghana Center for Democratic Development (with Mensah, K. A).
by: Ansah Lartey, E.
Topic(s): Elections

The Role of RECs in Peacebuilding in Africa: Past Experiences & the Way Forward. Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa. Cairo Policy Briefs No (3), November 2014.
by: Aning, K. & Ansah Lartey, E
Topic(s): Peacebuilding

Transitional Justice and DDR: The Case of Liberia. Research Brief. New York: International Centre for Transitional Justice.
by: Jaye, T.

Where Two or More Are Gathered in the Name of Politics: Addressing the Problem of Group Clashes in Ghana’s Elections. Briefing Paper XV(3) July 2015. Accra: Ghana.
by: Danso, S. O.
Topic(s): Elections

Africa in Global International Relations: Emerging Approaches to Theory and Practice. London and New York: Routledge (with Bischoff, P. and Acharya A. eds.).
by: Aning, K. ed.
Topic(s): Terrorism

ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building. Dakar: CODESRIA (with Garuba, D. & Amadi, S. eds.).
by: Jaye, T. ed.
Topic(s): Peacebuilding

Ghana Armed Forces in Lebanon and Liberia Peace Operations. Maryland: Lexington Books.
by: Kotia, E.W.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping in Africa: The Evolving Roles of the African Union and Regional Mechanisms. Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (with De Carvalho, B., Kasumba, Y. & Okumu, W. eds.).
by: Jaye, T. ed.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Traditional Authorities and Governance: A Case Study of Komenda Traditional Area, Ghana. Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing.
by: Edu- Afful, F.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

‘Interrogating the Northern Problem’: Postcolony, Identity and Political (In)Stability in Cote d’Ivoire and Togo. In: S. J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni & B. Mhlanga, eds. Bondage of Boundaries and Identity Politics in Postcolonial Africa: The ‘Northern Problem’ and Ethno-Futures. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa, pp. 100-116.
by: Aning, K. & Salihu, N.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

A Case Study of Ghana. In: C. Kavanagh, ed. Getting Smart and Scaling Up: Responding to the Impact of Organized Crime of Governance in Developing Countries. New York: New York University Center on International Cooperation, pp. 97-134 (with Kwarkye, S.B.).
by: Aning, K. & Pokoo, J. M.

Africa and Transnational Organized Crime: Financing Insecurity and Narco-Terrorism. In: T. Murithi, ed. Handbook of Africa’s International Relations. London: Routledge, pp. 272-281.
by: Aning, K.

African Domestic and Cross-Border Challenges. In: C. A. Crocker, F. O. Hampson & P. Aall, eds. Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World. Washington, DC: USIP.
by: Aning, K.
Topic(s): Border Security Management

Africanizing the International and Internationalizing the Africa: Security, War on Terror and Mali. In: P. Bischoff, K. Aning & A. Acharya, eds. Africa in Global International Relations: Emerging Approaches to Theory and Practice. London & New York: Routledge, pp. 144-163.
by: Aning, K. & Annan, N.
Topic(s): Terrorism

An Overview of West Africa’s Security Situation. In: F. Casprini, S. Lunarelli & A. Marrone, eds. Flexible Frameworks-Beyond Borders: Understanding Regional Dynamics to Enhance Cooperative Security. Brussels: NATO Headquarters.
by: Aning, K. & Amedzrator, L. M.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Application of and Responses to the Responsibility to Protect Norm at Regional and Sub-Regional Levels in Africa: Lessons for Implementation. In: The Role of Sub-Regional Organisations in Strengthening the Responsiblity to Protect. New York: Stanley Foundation.
by: Aning, K. & Atoubi, S.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect

Article 4(h):Translating Political Commitment into Collective Action. In: D. Kuwali & F. Vilijoen, eds. Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: Article 4(h) of the African Union Constitutive Act. London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 278-287.
by: Okyere, F. Aning, K. & Nelson, S.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect

Bridging the Capacity Gaps to Meet West Africa’s Security Challeges: Options for Austria’s Engagement. In: J. Frank & W. Matyas, eds. Strategie und Sicherheit 2013: Chancen und Grenzen Europaischer Militarischer Integration. Wien Koln Weimar: Bohlau Verlag Ges.m.b.H & Co. KG.
by: Aning, K. & Aubyn. F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Challenges and Opportunities for the AU’s Peace and Security Council: A Critical Reflection from a Regime Analytical Perspective. In: U. Engel & J. G. Porto, eds. Towards an African Peace and Security Regime: Continental Embeddednes, Transnational Linkages, Strategic Relevance. Surrey; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 209-226.
by: Aning, K.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Comprehending West Africa’s Security Dilemmas: State Fragility, Narco-Terrorism and Oil Politics. In: Europa Publications, ed. Africa South of the Sahara 2012. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 49-53…
by: Aning, K.

Conclusion: Culture and Conflict Managements: The Need for a Paradigm Shift. In: A. G. Adebayo, J. J. Benjamin & B. D. Lundy, eds. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies: Global Perspectives. Maryland: Lexington Books, pp. 257-264 (with Sen, D. & Meneses, N.).
by: Danso, K.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Confronting Hybrid Threats in Africa: Improving Multidimensional Responses. In: C. de Coning, L. Gelot & J. Karlsrud, eds. The Future of African Peace Operations: From Janjaweed to Boko Haram. London: Zed Books, pp. 20-37.
by: Aning, K. & Abdallah, M.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

DDR and SSR Process in Liberia: Prospects and Challenges. In: H. Baseda, ed. Crafting an African Security Architecture–Addressing Regional Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century. Burlington: Ashgate.
by: Jaye, T. & Pokoo, J.

Demography, Environment and Conflict in West Africa. In: T. Jaye, D. Garuba & S. Amadi, eds. ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building . Dakar: CODESRIA, pp. 77-95.
by: Atta-Asamoah, A. & Aning, E. K.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

ECOWAS and the Second Liberian War. In: South African Yearbook of International Affairs, pp. 293-302. Johannesburg: SAIIA.
by: Birikorang, E.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping
![ECOWAS Intervention in Liberia and Sierra Leone: Lessons for the Evolving APSA. In: F. Aboagye, ed. A Comprehensive Review of African Conflicts and Regional Interventions [CRACRI]. Addis Ababa & Nairobi: AU & APSTA, pp. 93-108.](https://www.kaiptc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/external-2.jpg)
ECOWAS Intervention in Liberia and Sierra Leone: Lessons for the Evolving APSA. In: F. Aboagye, ed. A Comprehensive Review of African Conflicts and Regional Interventions [CRACRI]. Addis Ababa & Nairobi: AU & APSTA, pp. 93-108.
by: Jaye, T.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

ECOWAS, West Africa and the Responsibility to Protect. In: A. Knight & F. Egerton, eds. The Responsibility to Protect. London: Routledge
by: Aning, K. & Atoubi, S.
Topic(s): Responsibility to Protect

EU-AU Missions in Africa: Lessons Learned and Future Scenarios. In: N. Pirozzi, ed. Ensuring Peace and Security in Africa: Implementing the New Africa-EU Partnership and Developing Cooperation. Rome: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
by: Aning, K. & Danso, K.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Introduction to Concepts and Key Issues in Conflict and Peacebuilding. In: A. S. Gadzekpo, ed. Conflict-Sensitive Coverage: A Manual for Journalists Reporting Conflict in West Africa. Accra: School of Information and Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon/African Peacebuilding Network (APN), pp. 10-21.
by: Kotia, E.
Topic(s): Peacebuilding

African Armies Consistently Provide Peacekeepers. The Africa Report, April, Issue 49, p. 26 (Interview conducted by The Africa Report).
by: Aning, E. K.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Burkina Faso: An Unforeseen Crisis?. Conflict Trends, Issue 3, pp. 34-40.
by: Salihu, N.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Challenges in Mali: Historic Duty to Ensure Peace. New Routes, XVIII(2), pp. 24-26.
by: Aning, K. & Aubyn. F.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

From Research to Practice: Linking the Training for Peace Programme’s Research to Policy Development and Training in Peace Operations. Conflict Trends, Issue 2, pp. 19-27.
by: Aning, K. & Aubyn. F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Key Factors Shaping the Interest of China in Africa Security Issues. Africa Conflict Monthly Monitor, July, pp. 8-13.
by: Aubyn, F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Managing Complex Political Dilemmas in West Africa: ECOWAS and the 2012 Crises in Guinea-Bissau. Conflict Trends, pp. 26-32.
by: Aubyn, F. K.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Protection of Civilians in Peace Support Operations: Lessons from La Cote d’Ivoire. Conflict Trends, XII(2), pp. 25-32.
by: Aning, K. & Salihu, N.
Topic(s): Protection of Civilians

Religion and Ethnicity in Africa: An Obstacle to Development. The AU Herald, January-December 2013, pp. 74-93.
by: Annan, N. & Danso, S.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Teaching Peacekeeping: An Interview with Fiifi Edu-Afful, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC). African Conflict Monthly Monitor, July , pp. 21-23 (Interview conducted by James Hall).
by: Edu- Afful, F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

The Colonial Legacy of Civil-military Relations and Democratic Stability in West Africa. Conflict Trends, Issue 4, pp. 50-56.
by: Salihu, N.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Transnational Security Threats and Challenges to Peacekeeping in Mali. Conflict Trends, Issue 2, pp. 11-17.
by: Aning, K.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Unconstitutional Changes of Government: Confronting Africa’s Democratic Paradox. The AU Herald, January-December, Issue III, pp. 48-59.
by: Aning, K. & Aubyn. F.
Topic(s): Conflict Analysis and Mediation

Addressing the Challenges of Small Arms Availability in Ghana: A Security/Development Dilemma? A Report on Small Arms Baseline Study on Ghana-2014, Accra: Ghana National Commission on Small Arms.
by: Pokoo, J. M. Aning, K. & Jaye, T.
Topic(s): Small Arms and Light Weapons

African Commitments to Conflict Prevention and Peacekeeping, A Review of Eight NePAD Countries, Pretoria: African Human Security Initiative.
by: Aning ,E.K., Birikorang, E., Addo, P. & Sowatey, E,
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Contributor Profile: Ghana, New York: International Peace Institute (Providing for Peacekeeping Project).
by: Aning, K. & Aubyn. F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping

Ghana Center for Democratic Development, 2015. Conflict Monitoring and Intervention for Peace in Ghana’s Election 2012. Accra: Center for Democratic Development
by: Aning, K., Ansah Lartey, E. & Danso, S.O.
Topic(s): Elections

Human Security in the Western Region of Ghana, Accra: UNDP Ghana Working Paper.
by: Aning, K. & Lartey, E.
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Illicit Small Arms in Ghana: A Baseline Assessment, Accra: UNDP/GoG.
by: Aning, K., Birikorang, E., Sowatey, E. & Ajayi, T.
Topic(s): Small Arms and Light Weapons

Independent Mid-Term In-Depth Evaluation of the Global Programme on Strengthening the Legal Regime against Terrorism (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) (with Allan, P.G.).
by: Aning, K.

UNDP Western Region Human Development Report 2013, Accra: UNDP (with Aning, S. – Contributors to the Report).
by: Aning, K. & Ansah Lartey, E
Topic(s): Conflict Prevention

Ghana Armed Forces in Lebanon and Liberia Peace Operations. Daily Graphic, 12 November, p. 45.
by: Aubyn, F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping
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Arms Control in Peacebuilding Activities in Africa – A Perspective. Berlin, Heinrich Bӧll Stiftung. [Online]
by: Pokoo, J.
Topic(s): Small Arms and Light Weapons

Balancing External Support with Domestic Imperatives in Security and Justice Sector Reform.In: Sustaining Peace: what Work’s, August, Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development. Stockholm: SIPRI, pp. 47-51.
by: Lartey, E. & Aning, K.
Topic(s): Policing

Drug Trafficking and Threats to National and Regional Security in West Africa. WACD Background Paper No. 1. Accra, WACD.
by: Aning, K. & Pokoo, J.

ECOWAS and Regional Peacekeeping Interventions in West Africa. In: T. Achleitner & G. Greindl, eds. Regional Peacekeeping in West Africa, Blue Helmet Forum Austria 2013. Vienna: National Defence Academy; United Nations Information Service Vienna, pp. 81-108.
by: Aubyn, F.
Topic(s): Peacekeeping
by: Aning, K. & Amedzrator, L.
Topic(s): Violent Extremism

Communiqué on Preserving National Security in Elections 2012 and Beyond. Daily Graphic, 8 November, p. 9.
by: KAIPTC ed.
Topic(s): Elections

Final Communiqué Issued at A Stakeholders Colloquium on the Theme “Reducing the Incidence of Violence in Election 2016 and Beyond”. Daily Graphic, 3 October, p. 14.
by: KAIPTC ed.
Topic(s): Elections

Final Communiqué Issued at An Election Colloquium on the Theme” Ensuring Credible Elections and Peaceful Political Transition in Liberia”. FrontPage, Monday, 2 October p.9
by: KAIPTC & Liberia Peacebuilding Office eds.
Topic(s): Elections