Towards an African peace and security regime continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance

This book provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities of conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. The book revolves around three main areas of fo...

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Other Authors: Engel, Ulf (Editor), Porto, João Gomes (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, University of Surrey, England London Ashgate Routledge 2013
Series:Global security in a changing world
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Call Number :JZ 5584.A35 T69 2013
Table of Contents:
  • The African Union and contested political order(s) / Antonia Witt
  • From non-interference towards non-indifference: an ongoing paradigm shift within the African Union / Martin Welz
  • The responsibility to protect by African organizations: a new trend in the cooperation between the UN and regional organizations / Rodrigo Tavares and Tânia Felício
  • Africa's regional economic communities and the multi-level logic of security cooperation on the continent / Benedikt Franke
  • Lessons learned and best practice from a troubled region: ECOWAS and the development of the ECOWAS standby force / Emma Birikorang
  • The weight of history: prospects and challenges for the southern African development community / Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
  • COMWARN: COMESA's distinctive contribution to the continental early warning system / João Gomes Porto
  • Positive, negative, or ambiguous? Peace-keeping in the local security fabric / Andreas Mehler
  • Regional security and intelligence cooperation in Africa: the potential contribution of the committee on intelligence and security services of Africa / Lauren Hutton
  • Capacity building for the African peace and security architecture: dos and don'ts in program design / Markus Koerner and Mulugeta Gebrehiwot
  • Challenges and opportunities for the AU's peace and security council: a critical reflection from a regime analytical perspective / Kwesi Aning.