Crafting an African Security Architecture

Hany Besada, Senior Researcher: Development Cooperation, The North-South Institute, Canada

'...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 rel

• Chapter 1 African Solutions for African Problems and Shared R2P, Hany Besada, Ariane Goetz, Karolina Werner; Chapter 2 Through the Lens of European Integration Theory, Siegmar Schmidt; Chapter 3 Hopes and Challenges for the Peace and Security Architecture of the African Union, Jakkie Cilliers; Chapter 4 From the Multilateralism of States to the Multilateralism of Peoples, Adedeji Ebo, Kristiana Powell; Chapter 5 The European Union (EU) and the Emerging African Peace and Security Architecture, Stefan Gänzle, Sven Grimm; Chapter 6 R2P and the IGAD Sub-region, John Siebert; Chapter 7 Complementary Approaches to Peacekeeping?, Devon Curtis, Gilbert Nibigirwe; Chapter 8 Partnerships for Peacebuilding in Burundi, Youssef Mahmoud; Chapter 9 The DDRR and SSR Process in Liberia, Thomas Jaye, John Mark Pokoo; Chapter 10 The Darfur Conflict and the Responsibility to Protect, Ayesha Kajee; Chapter 11 Steady but Uneven Progress, Benedikt Franke; Chapter 12 A ‘Public’ Duty?, Michael Hammer;