Africa’s Irregular Security Threats: Challenges for U.S. Engagement By Andre Le Sage. Institute for National Strategic Studies, 2010.
African states face a wide array of unconventional threats that generally are transnational and interconnected. The many domestic militant groups, international criminal enterprises, and democratic governance and institutional deficits common across the continent require multi-dimensional strategies bounded by the rule of law, vigorously implemented by African leaders, and continually supported by international partners. [PDF]
Africa 2008-2009: Retrospective Look at the Past Year and Forecast for the New Year. Institute for Security Studies, 2009.
Good overview of the breadth of current security challenges and flashpoints on a sub-region by sub-region basis. Thoughtful, informative, balanced, accessible, and policy relevant. [PDF]
Developing Concepts of Security in Africa. By Eboe Hutchful. United Nations Office at Geneva and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces, 2004.
An overview of the dichotomy between state security and regime security in African states.
Africa: Many Hills to Climb. By Michelle Sieff. World Policy Institute, 2008.
The author makes thoughtful predictions on what Africa will look like in 25 years, with attention paid to security, al Qaeda, democracy, and economics. [PDF]
