Selected Publications
Refereed Monographs
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Tieku, T.K. (2017). Governing Africa: 3D Analysis of the Performance of the African Union. [Monograph] New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield
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Tieku, T.K. (2012). United States of America-Africa Relations in the Age of Obama. [Monograph] Ithaca: IAD, Cornell University
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Tieku, T.K., & Francis, D. (2011). African Union in Search of Peace and Reconciliation in Burundi and Comoros. [Monograph]Addis Ababa: African Union (Translated into French, Arabic, and Kiswahili).
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African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms (Lynne Rienner, 2018) with Katharine Coleman
Refereed Edited Volumes
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Tieku, T.K., Coffie, A., Setrana, M.B., & Taiwo, A. (Eds.). (2021). The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa. Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K., & Coleman, K. (Eds.). (2018). Africa’s Contributions to Global Norms. Lynne Rienner.
Journal Articles
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Tieku, T.K. (2021). The Legon School of International Relations. Review of International Studies 47(5), 656-671. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210521000395
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Tieku, T.K. (2021). Informal International Relations. Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of International Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.613
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Tieku, T.K. (2021). Punching Above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics. Africa Spectrum 56(3), 254-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002039721990394
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Tieku, T.K., & Payler, M. (2021). From Paternalism to the Chambas Formula for Mediation: Conceptualizing Cooperation between the UN and Regional Organizations in Mediating Conflicts. International Negotiation. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718069-bja10040
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Tieku, T.K. (2021). The African Union Makes its Mark in the Pandemic. Current History 120(826), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2021.120.826.172
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Tieku, T.K., Gänzle, S., & Trondal, J. (2020). People Who Run African Affairs. Staffing and Recruitment the African Union Commission. Journal of Modern African Studies 58(3), 461-481. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X20000270
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Tieku, T.K. (2019). Ruling from the Shadows: The Functions of Informal International Rules in World Politics. International Studies Review 21(2), 225-243. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viz012
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Tieku, T.K. (2019). The African Union: Successes and Failures. Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.703
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Tieku, T.K., & Hakak, T. (2014). African Union-United Nations Security Cooperation. Journal of African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review 4(2), 129-156. https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.4.2.129
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Tieku, T.K., Obi, C., & Scorgie-Porter, L. (2014). Introduction: African Union Peace and Security Architecture. Journal of African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review 4(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.4.2.1
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). African Agency via Multilateral Channels: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Conflict, Security and Development 13(5), 513-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2013.849848
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). Perks Diplomacy: The Role of Perquisites in Peace Negotiations. International Negotiation 18(2), 245-263.
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Tieku, T.K. (2012). A Pan-African View of A ‘New’ Agenda for Peace. International Journal 67(2), 373-389. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23266013
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Tieku, T.K., & Legler, T. (2010). What Difference Can a Path Make? Regional Regimes for Democracy Promotion and Defense in the Americas and Africa. Democratization 17(3), 465-491. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510341003700337
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Tieku, T.K. (2009). Multilateralization of Democracy Promotion and Defense in Africa. Africa Today 56(2), 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1353/at.0.0094
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Tieku, T.K. (2007). African Union Promotion of Human Security in Africa. African Security Review 16(2), 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2007.9627414
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Tieku, T.K., & Powell, K. (2005). From the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution to the new Security Agenda of the African Union: Is Africa any closer to a Pax Pan-Africana? International Journal 60(4), 937-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/002070200506000404
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Tieku, T.K., & Powell, K. (2005). The African Union and The Responsibility to Protect: Towards a Protection Regime for Africa? International Insights 20(1&2), 215-235.
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Tieku, T.K. (2004). Explaining the Clash and Accommodation of Interests of Major Actors in the creation of the African Union. African Affairs 103(411), 249-267 https://doi.org/ 10.1093/afraf/adh041
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Tieku, T.K., Burton, C., & Powell, K. (2004). The African Union’s Standby Force: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy Options. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 11(1), 47-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/11926422.2004.9673357
Book Chapters
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Tieku, T.K. (2021). Explaining APSA from the Perspective of Informal International Practices. In Researching the Inner Life of the African Peace and Security Architecture (pp. 101-116). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
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Tieku, T.K. (2020). A Mission to Civilize: The Liberal Idea of Peacebuilding in Africa. In I. Rashid & A. Niang (Eds.), Researching Peacebuilding in Africa (pp. 56-71). New York, NY: Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K. (2019). Stirring the Pot: The African Union and the International Order. In K. Coleman, M. Kornprobst & A. Seegers (Eds.), Introducing Orders of Africa, Orders of the World: How Diplomats Navigate Borderlands (pp. 212-234). New York, NY: Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K., & Coleman, K. (2018). African Actors in International Security: Four Pathways to Influence. In K. Coleman & T. K. Tieku (Eds.), Africa’s Contributions to Global Norms (pp. 1-19). Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
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Tieku, T.K., & Coleman, K. (2018). African Agency in Theory and Practice. In K. Coleman & T.K. Tieku (Eds.), Africa’s Contributions to Global Norms (pp. 241-256) Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
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Tieku, T.K., & Gelot, L. (2017). African Perspective on Global Governance. In A. Triandafyllidou (Ed.), Global Governance from Regional Perspectives (pp. 119-140). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Tieku, T.K. (2014). Theoretical Approaches to Africa’s International Relations. In T. Murithi (Ed.), A Handbook of Africa’s International Relations (pp. 1-18). New York, NY: Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). African Union: From Federalism to Fantasy Union. In J. Loughlin, J. Kincaid & W. Swenden (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Regionalism and Federalism (pp. 573-574) New York, NY: Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). Pan-Africanization of Human Security. In M. Martin & T. Owen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Human Security Abingdon: Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). African Union. In J. Boulden (Eds.), Responding to Conflict in Africa: The United Nations and Regional Organizations (pp. 33-50) New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). The Role of the African Union in Post-War Reconstruction. In D. Simpson, C. Veney & P. Zeleza (Eds.), Development and Democracy in Post-War African Nations (pp. 219-237) Lanham: Lexington Books.
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Tieku, T.K., & Odoom, I. (2012). Re-orient the Crowd: Ghana’s foreign policymaking. In F. Ohemeng, B. W. Carroll, J.R.A. Ayee, & A.B. Darku (Eds.), Policymaking in Africa in the 21st Century (pp. 323-345) New York, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
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Tieku, T.K., & Grant, J.A. (2011). New Regionalisms and the African Union: Reflections on the Rise of Africrats, Regional Economic Integration, and Inter-Regional Relations. In B. McKercher (Ed), Handbook on Diplomacy and Statecraft Abingdon: Routledge.
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Tieku, T.K. (2012). Africa’s Collectivist Worldview: Its Challenge to International Relations. In C. Scarlett, K. Dunne & T. Shaw (Eds.), Africa’s Challenge to Global Studies (pp. 36-50) New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Tieku, T.K. (2011). The evolution and role of AU Commission and Africrats: Drivers of Africa’s regionalism. In A. Grant, C. Scarlett, & T. Shaw (Eds.), The Research Companion to Regionalisms (pp. 193-212) Ashgate.
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Tieku, T.K. (2010). Major African Powers and African Union Peace and Security Council. In D. Bound, U. Engel, & J.G. Porto (Eds.), Africa’s New Peace and Security Architecture Ashgate.
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Tieku, T.K. (2009). African Union & US Strategic Interests in Africa. In D. Francis (Ed.), African Security & US Strategic Interests in Africa (pp. 78-91) Routledge
Technical Reports
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Tieku, T.K. (2009). African Union Mediation of Burundi Crisis. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.
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Tieku, T.K., Burton, C., & Powell, K. (2003). The African Union’s Standby Force: Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy Options. Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Book Reviews
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Tieku, T.K. (2019). [Review of The African Union: Autocracy, Diplomacy, and Peacebuilding in Africa, by T. Murithi & T. Karbo]. South African Journal of International Affairs 26(1), 157-158.
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Tieku, T.K. (2007). [Review of The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: The Case of the All-African Trade Union Federation, by O. Agyemang]. Canadian Journal of African Studies 41 (2), 309-311.
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Tieku, T.K. (2005). [Review of A Strategic Vision for Africa: The Kampala Movement, by F.M. Deng, & I. W. Zartman]. Canadian Journal of African Studies 39 (1), 148-151.
Discussion Papers
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Tieku, T.K. (2013). African Union and South Africa. Nordic Africa Institute Paper Series.
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Tieku, T.K. (2012). How Perks Influence outcomes of Peace Process. The Africa Initiative Discussion Paper No. 3.
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Tieku, T.K. (2012). AU Plays, UN Pays: The new normal in AU-UN Security Cooperation. America: Social Science Research Council Forum.
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Tieku, T.K., & Ostry, S. (2007). Trade Advocacy Groups and the Multilateral Trading System. MCIS Briefing Paper Series, Munk School of Global Affairs.