African Security

The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, organized crime, state failure, public discontent, and economic turbulence. African Security provides a current, comprehensive and compact guide to understanding Africa's chief security issues, providing a solid introduction for practitioners and students new to the field.John Siko and Jonah Victor have developed and taught leading courses on African security problems at two of the world's leading schools of international affairs. They now present their unique lessons and pedagogical approach from the classroom in a concise guidebook that leads students through the most important issues, dynamics, challenges, and considerations for analysing and planning responses to security developments in Africa. Learning is supported through the following features:- Thematic chapters which are optimized to help the reader quickly connect to the key concepts and analytic frameworks within the field.- The most relevant historical case studies, enabling students to engage in sophisticated analysis and discussion.- Annexes which include practical information and advice on conducting research and travelling in Africa.- Chapter-end checklists of key questions to enable practical engagement with the topics covered.This textbook provides essential primers on the causes and consequences of Africa's conflicts, including:-how to analyse military capabilities-how to anticipate security issues-how to understand the unique context of African security-how to think about the key drivers of future trends