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| Author | : Francois VreA |
| Publisher | : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2017-10-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1928357571 |
Standby forces of the African Union are expected to deploy rapidly into high-intensity conflict zones. Inherently they stem from and are expected to work effectively with regional militaries of differing capabilities. But first, the AU has to muster the political will to deploy the force at all and do it all on a shoestring budget. VreA and Mandrup's edited volume illuminates through the chapter contributions the breadth of challenging political hurdles that the African Union's African Standby Force faces. They do this in clear and readable terms. This important book is imperative for anyone seeking to understand the rapid deployment forces on which African states have optimistically pinned the future of their collective security aspirations.
| Author | : Magatte Ndiaye |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 25 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Africa |
| ISBN | : |
The concept of an African standby force (ASF) responds to the logic of a greater involvement of African States in the resolution of African problems. A protocol adopted on 9 July 2002 envisioned such a force establishment by the African Union (AU) and designed to provide timely and efficient responses to a full spectrum of operations focused on the particular security challenges of the African continent. As currently structured and trained, the ASF will be able to conduct peace support missions and low intensity operations. Yet, there is a misalignment between the mandate requirements and the expected capabilities. Shortcomings are operational and logistical in nature and will hamper responsiveness, effectiveness and sustainability. In order to cope adequately with threats not initially taken into account, the AU should focus mainly on sustainability and operational flexibility which translates into structural changes for increased firepower at brigade level, the integration of enablers and a better leverage of partnerships and international cooperation.
| Author | : Jakkie Cilliers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 26 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Pan-Africanism |
| ISBN | : |
In order to enable the Peace and Security Council [to] perform its responsibilities with respect to the deployment of peace support missions and interventions? an African Standby Force shall be established. Such Force shall be composed of standby multidisciplinary contingents, with civilian and military components in their countries of origin and ready for rapid deployment at appropriate notice.
| Author | : Cedric De Coning |
| Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2016-03-15 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1783607114 |
Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of peacekeeping. With the AU's African Standby Force becoming fully operational in 2016, this timely and much-needed work argues that responding to these challenges will require a new and distinctively African model of peacekeeping, as well as a radical revision of the current African security framework. The first book to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of African peace operations, The Future of African Peace Operations gives a long overdue assessment of the ways in which peacekeeping on the continent has evolved over the past decade. It will be a vital resource for policy makers, researchers and all those seeking solutions and insights into the immense security challenges which Africa is facing today.
| Author | : Peter F. Magosi |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 18 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Pan-Africanism |
| ISBN | : |
Following its transition from the Organization of African Unity to the African Union, African leaders agreed on a common vision of a strongly united continent aimed at building close economic ties among African governments. As a continental organization it focused on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa through regional economic blocks. Armed ethnic conflicts, civil wars and failing states continue to pose a threat not only confined to Africa, but to the international peace and stability, especially in today's Global war on Terrorism. The formation of the African Standby Force is a way forward towards containment of armed conflicts, but its establishment will be a major challenge calling for strong commitments and political will from all nations. While different regions had already established Peace and Security initiatives, it has proven difficult for Africa to achieve stability without outside assistance. This project examines the challenges facing the formation of the African Standby Force, and it further assesses the regional conflict resolution mechanisms' successes and failures to identify lessons learned that ASF could draw from. The research reveals why ASF cannot succeed without assistance from the West, and provides recommendations for a successful and robust Standby Force.
| Author | : Francis Onditi |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 527 |
| Release | : 2021-05-24 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3030708691 |
This book utilizes a systems thinking perspective to propose a holistic framework of analysis and practice for the regional security community (“RSC”) arrangement in Africa. In responding to the challenge of improving effectiveness of response to peace and security threats, African states tend to rely on ad hoc mechanisms. However, this approach has been mired with a myriad of structural limitations. The holistic framework reconfigures the traditional “RSC” into a simplified tool kit of “resources”, making this text book ideal for students and advanced researchers in international relations, and all those concerned with regional security and strategic studies.
| Author | : Monica Kathina Juma |
| Publisher | : PULP |
| Total Pages | : 534 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Africa |
| ISBN | : 0958509735 |
This Compendium contains key official Documents on peace and security in Africa covering period between 1963 and the end of 2005.
| Author | : Jonathan Fisher |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2022-02-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108499376 |
An examination of how peacekeeping is woven into national, regional and international politics in Africa, and its consequences.
| Author | : J. Gomes Porto |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2016-04-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1317184009 |
This volume offers an informed and critical analysis of the operationalization and institutionalization of the peace and security architecture by the African Union and Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs). In creating this architecture, the African Union and the RECs tread new ground with potentially significant consequences to the lives and livelihoods of millions of Africans who are affected by war and armed conflict. In-depth, critical chapters inform, clarify and provide key points for reflection on the architecture as a whole as well as on each of the structures currently under implementation. The volume examines the institutions that will carry the mandate forward, raises pertinent research questions for the successful operationalization of the architecture and debates the medium and long-term challenges to implementation. Students and researchers of African approaches to peace building, conflict resolution and regional security will benefit from the deep and critical engagement of issues covered in this volume by world renowned scholars and practitioners.
| Author | : Jeffery E. Marshall |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 31 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Peacekeeping forces, African |
| ISBN | : |
The author believes that the African Standby Force (ASF) holds great promise for promoting stability and security in Africa but that it lacks the critical command and control, and logistics functions, that it needs in order to achieve this promise. His paper analyses the security requirements in Africa, reviews the current ASF design and implementation, determines potential shortfalls in the current ASF roadmap and makes specific recommendations for strengthening the ASF, as well as suggesting a change of focus for international support in order to help implement these recommendations.
