Collective Security in Africa: The Tension Between Theory and Practice

Jordaan, Evert

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“…Moreover, the UN has increasingly recognized the role of regional organizations in undertaking some of its own assigned tasks because of the additional burden emerging from the diversification of its role that relied on the four Ps: preventive diplomacy or conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding (Moolakkattu, 2010). This is in terms of understanding and applying collective security within the UN context where the international community has a collective responsibility to protect (R2P) civilians in any state suffering gross human rights violations, even if their government does not take responsibility to protect them, or is itself guilty of atrocities against them (Jordaan, 2016). Generally, the underlying UN 70 Article DOI: 10.52589/AJLPRA-GWPHEXEW DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.52589/AJLPRA-GWPHEXEW www.abjournals.org system and its peace operations are the ideals of liberalism although there are certain hindrances to success in some contexts due to incompatibilities of the liberal values.…”

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“…Furthermore, the notion of collective security, which was developed primarily at the global level, has become a key concept for regional and sub-regional security, and African nations have adopted it to handle both interstate and intrastate conflict (Jordaan, 2016). As a result, the establishment of the AU ushered in far-reaching changes to the pan-African peace and security agenda, particularly about the parameters of sovereignty and intervention for human protection purposes, as well as elements of the prevention-reaction-rebuilding continuum, articulated in the responsibility to protect framework (Powell, 2005), which can be conceived of as the African version of liberal thinking that makes Pan-Africanism provide a foundation for peace and security (Murithi, 2007).…”

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The Impact of the Theory of Liberalism on the United Nations’ and African Union’s Approach to Global Peace and Security

Arrey¹

2023

African Journal of Law, Political Research and Administration

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This article presents a critical analysis of the impact (influence) of the theory of liberalism on the United Nations’ (UN) and Africa Union’s (AU) approach to global peace and security. There are various and sometimes conflicting theories of international relations relating to how world politics functions, including international and regional peace and security. Which theory of international relations and peace would explain the United Nations' role in promoting worldwide peace and security, as well as the African Union's role in promoting regional peace and security within the African continent? Even though this question is difficult to answer and no single theory can fully capture the complexities surrounding the issues at hand, this article contends that the liberal peace framework has had a profound influence on the creation of the United Nations and the African Union, as well as their roles in international and regional peace and security. To this purpose, the study adopts a qualitative critical research strategy with secondary data collection and analytical approaches which comprise characterizing, thematizing, and contextualizing the topic at hand. The paper explains how liberalism influenced the essential thinking, values and norms, institutional legitimacy and mandate. It also conceptualizes and operationalizes peace and security concerns at the UN and AU. This is tied to UN-led global action which, when paired with the AU's considerable continental role, illustrates liberalism's impact in terms of laws, conventions, principles, and practices, facilitating cooperative peacebuilding efforts. Despite some critical theoretical and practical shortcomings, this paper argues that liberalism is still essential to achieving the UN’s and AU's, agenda for global peace and security.

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The Impact of the Theory of Liberalism on the United Nations’ and African Union’s Approach to Global Peace and Security

Arrey¹

2023

African Journal of Law, Political Research and Administration

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Africa and the ‘Globalization Bargain’: Towards a Collective Economic Sovereignty

Okoli

Atelhe

2021

Austral

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Africa’s existential situation in the prevailing global order is such that no state thereof can afford to take national sovereignty too seriously. Apart from the myriad of structural challenges imposed on the continent by globalization, Africa is faced with a gamut of political and economic problems that can only be meaningfully addressed through some form of strategic multilateral collaboration. Africa’s aspiration to economic sovereignty has been constrained by the structural conditionalities of globalization, which have kept the continent overly weak, dependent and underdeveloped. The constraint is so immanent that individual African states can hardly afford even the relative sovereignty to harness a strategic balance in the fast ossifying asymmetries of interdependence that characterize the contemporary global political economy. It is posited in this paper that the remedy for Africa lies in the ability of her states to transcend their disempowering territorial-cum-nationalistic divides and capitalize on the existing continental multilateral mechanisms towards mainstreaming collective sovereignty, based on the principle of pan-African supranationalism. To that end, leveraging and maximizing the gains and prospects of extant regional and continental supranational organisms would become both salient and expedient.

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Foreign Policy and Afrocentricism: An Appraisal of Nigeria’s Role

Dauda

Ahmad

Keling³

2019

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Nigerian foreign policy is a tool use by the country to achieve its national interest. The country’s external policy has been tailored to be Afrocentric since its independence in 1960 which shows the commitment of Nigeria towards Africa’s stability and development. The principles of Nigeria’s foreign policy and its Afrocentricism has consistently operated by the government of the country irrespective of whether it is civilian or military administration. The notion of four concentric circle of Nigerian foreign policy where the country considers its national interest and the interest of its neighbouring States first, the West African sub-region, Africa’s interest and the interest of the world, have accrued numerous benefits to the country. The benefit of Nigeria’s Afrocentric policy has enormously assisted the country’s image internationally. This has invariably promoted Nigeria’s influence during global decision making. The study makes use of systems theory that viewed an individual or group as an ecosystem with moving parts that affect each other. Meaning that, if any part of human body is suffering from pain or any deficiency, the entire body will be feeling pain which can make the whole human body to malfunction. Likewise Nigeria, if any African country is in a crisis, all countries in Africa should look for a way-out to rescue the situation. The study therefore is qualitative in nature that employs the use of both primary and secondary data source. Twelve respondents were interviewed from various higher institutions and government agencies, and the data was analyzed thematically through Nvivo 10.

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Collective Security in Africa: The Tension Between Theory and Practice

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The Impact of the Theory of Liberalism on the United Nations’ and African Union’s Approach to Global Peace and Security

The Impact of the Theory of Liberalism on the United Nations’ and African Union’s Approach to Global Peace and Security

Africa and the ‘Globalization Bargain’: Towards a Collective Economic Sovereignty

Foreign Policy and Afrocentricism: An Appraisal of Nigeria’s Role

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