African Security - Publications
- Heart of Darkness
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo approaches its next round of presidential and legislative elections, it is time to take stock of the fruits of the decade-long peacebuilding effort. There have been fairly successful elections and the country is more or less reunited. But the overall achievements appear all too meagre, especially in light of the transformational goals of the UN mission.
- Strategic Survey 2011
Strategic Survey is the annual review of world affairs from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The book provides essential analysis of key events and issues in international affairs over the past year. It includes a chronology and a series of detailed maps highlighting topics and trends of particular interest.
- Libya after Gadhafi
After more than four decades of authoritarian stability, Libyas future is unclear. Fears that the country will become the next Somalia are probably over-blown, but even in the best case considerable difficulties lie ahead. Any democratic transition in Libya is likely to be protracted and fragile.
- West Africa's 'cocaine coast'
Could West Africa follow Mexico's path into drugs and gang-fuelled violence? The question sounds alarmist, but has concerned international law-enforcement agencies in recent years, as countries such as Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Benin and Nigeria have emerged as major transhipment points for the global trade in cocaine and heroin. With the business increasingly a destabilising force in West Africa, G8 ministers meeting in Deauville next week will discuss a new initiative to tackle it.
- Towards Two Sudans
The independence of South Sudan will mark the division of Africas largest country, a division that has produced both inquests on the past and questions about the future. The inquests on why it is happening often go right back to the mid-nineteenth century, when the southward march of Egyptian imperialism laid claim to the Nile almost as far south as the Great Lakes.
- Military Balance 2011
The Military Balance is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 170 countries worldwide, produced annually by the IISS since 1959. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, analysis and research.
