The Future of African Peace Operations - From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Africa Now
Release date:	March 2016
Editors:	Cedric De Coning • Linnea Gelot • John Karlsrud
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-78360-708-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Peacekeeping operations Promotions
LSN:	1-78360-708-4
Barcode:	9781783607082

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