... brigade states foreign aid France Gowon Yakubu Organisation of African Unity OAU Soviet Union United Nations UN United States World Bank Biafran humanitarian crisis Concern Holy Ghost Fathers International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC Byrne Tony Caritas Internationalis Joint Church Aid...

...This chapter describes the conflagration of forces from above (the rapid expansion of the foreign aid regime) and below (the rise of an increasingly powerful NGO sector) that transformed aid and humanitarianism into key constituents of international relations in the 1970s. It illustrates how...

..., and anti-apartheid protesters at the heart of Irish popular understanding of the developing world. It chronicles Africa's influence on Irish foreign policy, from decolonisation and the end of empire, to apartheid and the rise of foreign aid. Adopting a fresh, and strongly comparative approach, this book...

... Kirk Arab League autonomy of states ‘locked in’ current expenditures Qatar Yemen Kuwait Mulqi Hani Razzaz Omar ruling families security forces corruption Jordan economic change shifting policies foreign aid rentierism Cheap oil would seem to be a blessing for Jordan, as the country...

... political status changed, the ‘fire brigade’ states adapted accordingly, not least by re-directing their focus to the field of foreign aid. In the midst of those changes this chapter explores a theme that is at the heart of this book: the marriage of idealism, pragmatism, national concerns and international...