Security and Strategic Defence in Africa

von Wung Hans Wung

196 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This comprehensive study examines Africa's security landscape through multiple theoretical lense invoking realism, securitization, regional security complex theory, and human security. It traces colonial legacies (arbitrary borders, coercive militaries, Cold War patronage) that shape contemporary challenges. The book analyzes the African Union's Peace and Security Architecture, revealing persistent gaps between normative ambition and operational capacity across its five pillars. It examines sub-regional mechanisms (ECOWAS, SADC, IGAD, ECCAS), finding ad hoc coalitions often outperform formal structures. Case studies cover terrorism in the Sahel and Horn, maritime piracy, civil wars in Sudan and DRC, the 2020s coup wave, great-power competition, defence industrialization, resource conflicts, and cybersecurity. The central finding: Africa's security governance consistently demonstrates institutional innovation that implementation capacity cannot match, requiring sustained financing, political will, and reduced external dependency.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat
• ISBN: 9786630484106
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.09.2026
• Größe: 220 x 150 mm
• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing