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.
The thematic focuses of the Africa Center’s academic programs include:
Strengthening Leadership, Strategy, and Institutions
- 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
Addressing Drivers of Conflict and Insecurity
Advancing Collective Security and Crisis Response
- Africa Logistics Forum
- Regional Responses to Maritime Insecurity
- Peace Support Operations in Strategic Context
- Continental and Regional Conflict Prevention
Cross-Cutting Themes
- Women, Peace, and Security
- Legitimacy, Accountability, and Transparency
- Security-Development-Governance Nexus
