The Africa Center’s academic programs aim to generate strategic insights and analyses that can inform practitioners and policymakers on Africa’s security challenges. Participants include military, civilian, and civil society security sector professionals from Africa and their international counterparts. Drawing on practical experiences and lessons learned, the Center’s academic programs provide seminar-style venues for candid exchanges on priorities and best practices.
Program Themes
The thematic focuses of the Africa Center’s academic programs include:
- Emerging Security Sector Leaders Seminar
- African Executive Dialogue
- National Security Strategy Development (NSSD) and Implementation
- Security Sector Transformation and Reform (SST/SSR) in Challenging Contexts
- Security Governance Initiative (SGI) Partners Seminar
- ACSS Community Chapters Leaders Forum
- Washington Seminar on U.S.–Africa Security Engagement
- African Ambassadors Forum
- African Military Education Program (AMEP)
- Managing Security Resources in Africa 2.0
- Africa Logistics Forum
- Regional Responses to Maritime Insecurity
- Peace Support Operations in Strategic Context
- Continental and Regional Conflict Prevention
- Women, Peace, and Security
- Legitimacy, Accountability, and Transparency
- Security-Development-Governance Nexus
