Mient Jan Faber

Mient Jan Faber is Professor Emeritus at the Free University (VU), Amsterdam and Visiting Professor at the University of Houston (UH)

Mient Jan Faber

"Prof. Faber has asked Martijn Dekker and myself, his two phd students, to participate in a little brainstorm for Open Democracy's 10th anniversary. As a consequence, we

By Mient Jan Faber

/ 11 May 2011

R2P, introduced without the slightest idea of how it has to be implemented, is nothing more than an alibi for half-hearted (Libya) or fully fledged (Ivory Coast) military operations and interventions. With regard to non-combatants (civilians), the UN should and could have done a better, more hones

By Mient Jan Faber

/ 5 May 2011

Europeanising Cyprus

A short time ago, we crossed over to northern Cyprus, with a French colleague, at Ledra Street in Nicosia in order to meet our Turkish Cypriot friend from the Helsinki

By Mary Kaldor and Mient Jan Faber

/ 16 Jul 2008

Palestine's human insecurity: a Gaza report

To enter Gaza from Israel you have to cross at Erez where the Israelis have erected a huge new terminal made of glass, steel and Jerusalem stone (it is actually

By Mary Kaldor and Mient Jan Faber

/ 20 May 2007

Talking to terrorists in Gaza

In the great debate now taking place about terrorism, I feel I have a special starting point. For over thirty years I have worked in zones of conflict, particularly the

By Mient Jan Faber

/ 14 Feb 2005

Mient Jan Faber

Mient Jan Faber

R2P is misused

Europeanising Cyprus

Palestine's human insecurity: a Gaza report

Talking to terrorists in Gaza