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Towards an African peace and security regime, continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance, edited by Ulf Engel and João Gomes Porto

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-252) and index

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Towards an African peace and security regime

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edited by Ulf Engel and João Gomes Porto

Global security in a changing world

continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance

"'Towards an African peace and security regime: continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance' 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. Complementary to the editors' 'Africa's new peace and security architecture: implementing norms, institutionalising solutions' (Ashgate 2010), this volume revolves around three main areas of focus: the continental 'embeddedness' of norms, values and processes required for the gradual coming into shape of the African peace and security regime; its transnational linkages as well as the wider collective security environment; and the empirical analysis of the connections between the continental level and the regional economic communities with case-studies on ECOWAS, SADC and COMESA"--provided by publisher

Introduction / João Gomes Porto. -- Part 1. Continental Embeddedness : 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. -- Part 2. Transnational Linkages : Africa's regional economic communities and the multi-level logic of security cooperation on the continent / Benedikte 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. -- Part 3. Strategic Relevance : 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 in 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