About the Book
The humanitarian crises caused by civil conflicts and wars in Africa are too great in scope for an adequate and effective continental response. The founding of the African Union and the drafting of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, the basis for collective action against genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity makes this a critical time to reflect on how best to address regional conflicts.
This book responds to new regional conflicts over health, water, land and food security in the world's poorest, most socially fragmented continent. The work assesses African regional security arrangements and provides new policy recommendations for the future.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword: meeting the demand for intervention: the promise of African security architecture, Roméo A. Dallaire; African solutions for African problems and shared R2P, Hany Besada, Ariane Goetz and Karolina Werner; Through the lens of European integration theory: African peace and security architecture as a framework in transition, Siegmar Schmidt; Hopes and challenges for the peace and security architecture of the African Union, Jakkie Cilliers; From the multilateralism of states to the multilateralism of peoples: the roles of the African Union and the United Nations in supporting security sector reform, Adedeji Ebo and Kristiana Powell; The European Union (EU) and the emerging African peace and security architecture, Stefan Gänzle and Sven Grimm; R2P and the IGAD sub-region: IGAD's contribution to Africa's emerging R2P-oriented security culture, John Siebert; Complementary approaches to peacekeeping? The African Union and United Nations in Burundi, Devon Curtis and Gilbert Nibigirwe; Partnerships for peacebuilding in Burundi: some lessons learned, Youssef Mahmoud; The DDRR and SSR process in Liberia: prospects and challenges, Thomas Jaye and John Mark Pokoo; The Darfur conflict and the responsibility to protect: towards a sustainable peace, Ayesha Kajee; Steady but uneven progress: the operationalization of the African Standby Force, Benedikt Franke; A 'public' duty? Building citizen focused accountability and oversight mechanisms in global peace and security governance, Michael Hammer; Index.
About the Author :
Hany Besada, Senior Researcher: Development Cooperation, The North-South Institute, Canada
Roméo A. Dallaire, Hany Besada, Ariane Goetz, Karolina Werner, Siegmar Schmidt, Jakkie Cilliers, Adedeji Ebo, Kristiana Powell, Stefan Gänzle, Sven Grimm, John Siebert, Devon Curtis, Gilbert Nibigirwe, Youssef Mahmoud, Thomas Jaye, John Mark Pokoo, Ayesha Kajee, Benedikt Franke, Michael Hammer.
Review :
'...provides useful and timely insights into challenges and prospects for implementation of the principle of responsibility to protect in post-Cold War Africa. Its engagement with both the theory and practice of collective responsibility for common security in a fluid international environment makes the book particularly de rigueur. The plurality of perspectives immaculately woven together creates a seamless treatise of one of the most complex scholarly subjects of our time.'Siphamandla Zondi, Institute for Global Dialogue, Midrand, RSA'The creation of a sustainable continental security architecture is a vital component for Africa's development and positioning in the global system. Hany Besada's Crafting an African Security Architecture provides a wonderfully comprehensive and pragmatic overview of the key security debates, lessons,challenges and opportunities for Africa and its partners. The various contributors offer insights aplenty on military operations, security reform, the Right to Protect, governance, and other peace and security issues facing Africa. A new decade always requires a good guidebook; for anyone with an interest in African security, this book is an excellent place to start.'Knox Chitiyo, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies [RUSI], UK 'In Crafting an African Security Architecture we have a body of work that assesses African regional security arrangements and provides new policy recommendations for the future. Given the unpredictable nature of conflicts and instability in the current global political climate, the book should focus the minds of those tasked with overseeing the Responsibility to Protect. It is a timely book that deals admirably with a very complex issue. Easy to read, it should make life a lot easier for many who are researching peace and security issues in Africa.'African Prospects Magazine'The book provides valuable reading for policy makers, scholars, and researchers in international relations, political science, peace and security studies as well as conflict resolution... As a whole, this book promotes understanding the transition of the African peace and security architecture and the opportunities for strengthening prevention, resolution and transformation of conflict.' African Journal on Conflict Resolution'Crafting an African Security Architecture is an edited volume that impresses with its comprehensive coverage of the security arrangements that have been developed on the African continent during the past two decades. Its essays examine in depth the different regional and continental mechanisms that have been established in order to deal with Africa's security deficit. The book is successful in conveying the challenges and breakthroughs that were encountered in each case.' Hague Journal of Diplomacy
'…provides useful and timely insights into challenges and prospects for implementation of the principle of responsibility to protect in post-Cold War Africa. Its engagement with both the theory and practice of collective responsibility for common security in a fluid international environment makes the book particularly de rigueur. The plurality of perspectives immaculately woven together creates a seamless treatise of one of the most complex scholarly subjects of our time.'
Siphamandla Zondi, Institute for Global Dialogue, Midrand, RSA
'The creation of a sustainable continental security architecture is a vital component for Africa's development and positioning in the global system. Hany Besada's Crafting an African Security Architecture provides a wonderfully comprehensive and pragmatic overview of the key security debates, lessons,challenges and opportunities for Africa and its partners. The various contributors offer insights aplenty on military operations, security reform, the Right to Protect, governance, and other peace and security issues facing Africa. A new decade always requires a good guidebook; for anyone with an interest in African security, this book is an excellent place to start.'
Knox Chitiyo, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies [RUSI], UK
`In Crafting an African Security Architecture we have a body of work that assesses African regional security arrangements and provides new policy recommendations for the future. Given the unpredictable nature of conflicts and instability in the current global political climate, the book should focus the minds of those tasked with overseeing the Responsibility to Protect. It is a timely book that deals admirably with a very complex issue. Easy to read, it should make life a lot easier for many who are researching peace and security issues in Africa.’
African Prospects Magazine
'The book provides valuable reading for policy makers, scholars, and researchers in international relations, political science, peace and security studies as well as conflict resolution... As a whole, this book promotes understanding the transition of the African peace and security architecture and the opportunities for strengthening prevention, resolution and transformation of conflict.'
African Journal on Conflict Resolution
'Crafting an African Security Architecture is an edited volume that impresses with its comprehensive coverage of the security arrangements that have been developed on the African continent during the past two decades. Its essays examine in depth the different regional and continental mechanisms that have been established in order to deal with Africa's security deficit. The book is successful in conveying the challenges and breakthroughs that were encountered in each case.'
Hague Journal of Diplomacy
