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This book explores why countries undergoing transitions from war to
peace decide to integrate armed groups into a statutory security
framework, with a focus on the case of South Sudan. In the 1960s,
only 10% of peace agreements included some element of
political-military accommodation - namely, military integration.
From Burundi to Bosnia to Zimbabwe, that number had increased to
over 50% by the 2000s. However, relatively little is understood
about this dimension of power-sharing often utilized during
war-to-peace transitions. Through an examination of the case of
South Sudan between 2005 and 2013, this book explores why countries
undergoing transitions from war to peace decide to integrate armed
groups into a statutory security framework. The book details how
integration contributed to short-term stability in South Sudan,
allowing the government to overcome wartime factionalism and
consolidate political-military power prior to the referendum on
self-determination in 2011. It also examines how the integration
process in South Sudan was flawed by its open-ended nature and lack
of coordination with efforts to right-size the military and
transform the broader defense sector, and how this led the military
to fragment during periods of heightened political competition.
Furthermore, the book explains why integration ultimately failed in
South Sudan, and identifies the wider lessons that could be applied
to current or future war-to-peace transitions. This book will be of
great interest to students of war and conflict studies,
peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, African security
issues and International Relations in general, as well as to
practitioners.
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