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

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? …”