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Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Dr. Louis A. Picard Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research. Conflict Resolution in Africa. Overview: Five Themes. Conflict Prevention and management Conflict and Peace Making Peacekeeping and international organizations

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Africa Center for Strategic Studies

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  1. Africa Center for Strategic Studies Dr. Louis A. PicardSenior Research Fellow and Director of Research Conflict Resolution in Africa

  2. Overview: Five Themes • Conflict Prevention and management • Conflict and Peace Making • Peacekeeping and international organizations • Terrorism and Counter-terrorism • Post-Conflict Governance

  3. Conflict and Peace Making - Different Modes • Wars of Liberation - South Africa, Algeria, Lusophone Africa (Victory or Stalemate and Negotiations) • Civil Wars- Ethnic and Religious “Cultural Pluralism”- Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda (Mediation and Peacemaking)

  4. Different Modes of Conflict • Economic Conflict- poverty and organized crime (Post-Apartheid South Africa) • Regional conflicts- DRC, Namibia/Angola and Liberia/Sierra Leone (International Negotiations and Peace Making)

  5. Conflict Prevention and Management • Community based conflict mitigation • Role of indigenous leadership and traditional conflict mediation • Land, social rights and behavior • Leadership modalities (The Mandela Model) • Traditional Justice vs. Political institutions

  6. Indigenous Methods • Problem of ratcheting up and reconstructing institutions • Problem of collapsed and failed states • National Identity Challenges- Leadership Modalities

  7. Peacekeeping and international organizations Issues (1 of 3) • Multi-lateral and bi-lateral – Continental vs. International • Regional Groups: ECOWAS, Africa Union, SADC • United Nations Peacekeeping vs. Monitoring vs. Conflict control (Rules of Engagement)

  8. Peacekeeping and international organizations Issues (2 of 3) • Northern State mechanisms: NATO and EU • African mediators • Unilateral vs. Multilateral (U.S., France and U.K.)

  9. Peacekeeping and international organizations Issues (3 of 3) • Role of “proxy” states/armies (Ethiopia) • Impact of Foreign and Military assistance Programs (Horn, Sahel and War on Terror) • Special Role: Mediation Centers (Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance at Africa University, Zimbabwe)

  10. Terrorism as an Issue • Terrorism and Counter-terrorism (Includes regional, sub-regional, national and sub-national levels of activity) – U.S. and Europe • Global vs. non-global

  11. Sector Reforms and Counter-Terrorism • Legislation, Finance, Border Security (including passports and travel documents Control) • Police, military and security, combating ideological Support for Terrorism • Information and Intelligence and International Cooperation

  12. Sector Reforms and Counter-Terrorism • Evolution of U.S. CT Policy in Africa • Impact of ethnic and religious identification on Terrorist threats • Challenges of parallel governance (Egypt, North Africa)

  13. Regional Threats • The threat of Collapsed States and crime- Diamonds, guns (Guinea Conakry) • Paramilitary Violence (Great Lakes) • Organized Crime, and Piracy (Air, Land and Sea)- Indian Ocean and Gulf of Guinea

  14. Post-Conflict Governance • The Role of Negotiated Pacts • Truth and Reconciliation vs. Justice • International Courts Issues

  15. Post-Conflict Governance • Demilitarizing societies and the Limits of Elections • State Rebuilding and Institutional Development • Democracy and Governance- Long Term Institutional Development

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