National and Regional Perspectives on Africa's Emerging Threats

Governance, Security, and Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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Beskrivning

Editor Richard Obinna Iroanya brings together contributors from Africa to analyze current complex security issues in Africa including climate change and terrorism.What recurrent and emerging threats does Africa need to address? How are various regions grappling with them? What can we learn from these efforts so far? In this volume, contributors examine conceptual issues of security, state weakness, over throw of elected leadership, and violent extremism. They highlight institutional responses to security threats across the African continent, including the strengths and weaknesses of the responses. By providing detailed, comparative analysis, the book aims to provide a realistic optimism to the discussion and understanding of security threats in Africa.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2027-02-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666978179

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Richard Obinna Iroanya is Associate Professor at the School of Military Science, University of Namibia.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Contextualizing Perspectives on Africa’s Emerging Security Threats1. The Enduring Contradictions: Global Structures, State Centrality, and Security Threats in Africa2. Insecurity in Africa: The Artificial State as a Source of Threat3. The Hidden Population: Statelessness, Displacement and the Security Nexus in Africa4. Liberia and the Enclave-Parallel Economy: An Analysis of the Economic Dimensions of The Accra Peace Agreement5. Impacts of Military Coups D’état on the Armed Forces: A Perspective of Africa6. Legitimizing the Barracks: Counterterrorism Narratives and the Return of Coups in Francophone Africa7. Beyond Climate Variability and Water Degradation: Challenges for Sustaining Human Security in the Lake Chad Basin8. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Namibian Waters: A Case of the Kunene River Mouth9. Rethinking Emerging Security Threats: An Analysis of Human Trafficking, Education, and National Security in Africa10. The Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Enhancing Border Security: The Case of the Oshikango Border Post11. The Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as a Complementary Strategy to Traditional Methods of Policing: A Case of Havana Informal Settlement12. Private Military (and Security) Companies in Post-Colonial Africa: The Motives and Outcomes13. Unpacking the Causes of War in the Democratic Republic of Congo Between 2014 and 2024: Socio-Political, Economic, and External Dimensions14. Reskilling and Human Capital Development as Strategic Infrastructural Governance in Mitigating AI-Induced Job Displacement in Africa15. Artificial Intelligence and the Management of Security and Terrorism Threats in AfricaConclusion: People-Centered Governance Through Holistic Security Reforms