The Africa Center’s research provides strategic analysis of Africa’s security challenges and offers practical, evidence-based insights into paths forward. The Center builds on a strong network of relationships on the continent to publish products from our experts and African scholars and practitioners that facilitate an exchange of views on effective strategies for advancing African security.
Security Briefs
Concise analyses of critical security challenges
Research Papers
In-depth background on strategic concerns
Special Reports
Deep looks at still-evolving issues
Security Briefs
Concise analyses of critical security challenges
Scaling What Works: Community-Level Mediation Strategies to Support Peace and Security in Africa
Ifeoluwa Olawole, Tog Gang, and Maurice Amollo | March 2026
Revitalizing Integrated Tactical Units to Combat West Africa’s Irregular Militant Groups
Fatai Alli | February 2026
Adapting Benin’s Battle with Violent Militant Groups
Anouar Boukhars | January 2026
Somalia at Risk of Becoming a Jihadist State
Matt Bryden | November 2025
The Regional Security Imperative to Protect the Congo Basin
Denis Mahonghol | November 2024
Recalibrating Coastal West Africa’s Response to Violent Extremism
Daniel Eizenga and Amandine Gnanguênon | July 2024
Research Papers
In-depth background on strategic concerns
Shifting Borders: Africa’s Displacement Crisis and Its Security Implications
Wendy Williams | October 2019
Assessing Attitudes of the Next Generation of African Security Sector Professionals
Kwesi Aning and Joseph Siegle | May 2019
Advancing Military Professionalism in Africa
Emile Ouédraogo | July 2014
Africa’s Information Revolution: Implications for Crime, Policing, and Citizen Security
Steven Livingston | November 2013
Fragility and State-Society Relations in South Sudan
Kate Almquist Knopf | September 2013
Stress-Testing South Africa: The Tenuous Foundations of One of Africa’s Stable States
Assis Malaquias | July 2011
Special Reports
Deep looks at still-evolving issues
Envisioning a Stable South Sudan
May 2018
The Anatomy of the Resource Curse: Predatory Investment in Africa’s Extractive Industries
J.R. Mailey | May 2015
Advancing Stability and Reconciliation in Guinea-Bissau: Lessons from Africa’s First Narco-State
Davin O’Regan and Peter Thompson | June 2013
Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations
Africa Center for Strategic Studies | November 2011