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Africa's role in nation-building : an examination of African-led peace operations / James Dobbins, James Pumzile Machakaire, Andrew Radin, Stephanie Pezard, Jonathan S. Blake, Laura Bosco, Nathan Chandler, Wandile Langa, Charles Nyuykonge, Kitenge Fabrice Tunda.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2019]Description: xxxi, 291 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 197740264X
  • 9781977402646
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 327.1/72096 23
LOC classification:
  • JZ5584. D63
Online resources: Other related works: The UN's role in nation-building : from the Congo to Iraq; RAND history of nation-building; Europe's role in nation-building : from the Balkans to the Congo; America's role in nation-building : from Germany to Iraq; How African institutions help keep the peaceAvailable additional physical forms:
  • Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
Contents:
Introduction -- Burundi -- Central African Republic -- Darfur, Sudan -- Comoros -- Somalia -- The MNJTF, Response to Boko Haram -- Comparative Analysis -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Nation-Building Supporting Data -- Appendix B: Performance Indicators. includes bibliographical references
Summary: Three previous RAND volumes examined the record of American-, United Nations (UN)-, and European-led peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and postconflict stabilization operations. This volume considers similar missions by the African Union and several subregional African organizations. These missions range from mediation and traditional peacekeeping to peace enforcement and extended counterinsurgency campaigns. This report contains case studies of six of these missions in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Darfur, the Comoros, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin. The case studies are followed by a statistical comparison of U.S., UN, European, and African missions. The report concludes with recommendations for the relevant African institutions, the UN, and other organizations and governments interested in peace and security in Africa.Of the six missions examined, two were ultimately successful, and three have shown some progress. What is most remarkable and commendable about Africa's institutional role in regional peace operations is the level of cooperation generally achieved among the states most directly affected by these conflicts. African countries do not all agree with one another but instead have established effective consultation processes. They are also able to form ad hoc coalitions to pursue their shared interests. African-led peace operations have shown the flexibility to undertake a range of different types of tasks, up to and including high-intensity combat, under different subregional or continent-wide institutions, supported by varying partners. African institutions will likely develop new capabilities for peace operations, especially if new funds become available.
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"This research was ... conducted jointly by the National Security Research Division (NSRD) of the RAND Corporation and the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). It was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND NSRD."--Preface (page iii).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-291).

Introduction -- Burundi -- Central African Republic -- Darfur, Sudan -- Comoros -- Somalia -- The MNJTF, Response to Boko Haram -- Comparative Analysis -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Nation-Building Supporting Data -- Appendix B: Performance Indicators. includes bibliographical references

Three previous RAND volumes examined the record of American-, United Nations (UN)-, and European-led peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and postconflict stabilization operations. This volume considers similar missions by the African Union and several subregional African organizations. These missions range from mediation and traditional peacekeeping to peace enforcement and extended counterinsurgency campaigns. This report contains case studies of six of these missions in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Darfur, the Comoros, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin. The case studies are followed by a statistical comparison of U.S., UN, European, and African missions. The report concludes with recommendations for the relevant African institutions, the UN, and other organizations and governments interested in peace and security in Africa.Of the six missions examined, two were ultimately successful, and three have shown some progress. What is most remarkable and commendable about Africa's institutional role in regional peace operations is the level of cooperation generally achieved among the states most directly affected by these conflicts. African countries do not all agree with one another but instead have established effective consultation processes. They are also able to form ad hoc coalitions to pursue their shared interests. African-led peace operations have shown the flexibility to undertake a range of different types of tasks, up to and including high-intensity combat, under different subregional or continent-wide institutions, supported by varying partners. African institutions will likely develop new capabilities for peace operations, especially if new funds become available.

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY). G-16-53779

See also RAND/MG-304-RC, RAND/MG-304/1-RC, RAND/MG-722-RC, RAND/MR-1753-RC RAND/RB-10078-CC.

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