The following are publication excerpts from Security Forces in African States: Cases and Assessment, edited by Paul Shemella and Nicholas Tomb.
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Excerpt from chapter 1, “The Larger Context”
“Armed forces can be used to help governments improve human security along the difficult road to prosperity, literacy, political stability, and domestic tranquility. But that is not the primary role of armies and navies. As central as security is to social well-being, good governance is largely an exercise in making distinctions between these two broad types of security, and then applying armed forces, law enforcement, and intelligence resources appropriately (in coordination with the rest of the government). Too often, the military leg of this triad—driven by fearful or misguided politicians—actually serves to diminish human security. Perhaps the most essential element of governing well is making security forces part of the solution rather than part of the problem.”
Excerpt from chapter 2 “Tools for Assessment of Security: Level 1 and Level 2”
“The tools offered in this chapter can be used in various ways to evaluate how well a selected African government is governing and developing its security force institutions. Within this set of tools also lie the means to assess how well single security institutions are performing their roles and expected missions.”
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“Although this framework would be useful for Western governments in their efforts to support African government reform, the most significant application would be as a method for African governments to assess themselves.
The case studies that follow will draw on the analytical tools in this chapter to discuss the efforts of those governments to govern and operate their security forces. The cases have been selected to illustrate a diversity of responses to universal security challenges. In addition to examining the unique aspects of particular countries, each case study will address specifically the following set of questions, derived directly from tables 1 through 4:
- What is the “national brand” of the country as a consequence of the way the government uses its armed forces?
- What are the most significant threats that must be dealt with by the security sector?
- What are the roles of the armed forces and law enforcement forces, and how do they complement one another?
- Into which category of political system does the country fit most accurately? To what degree do security institutions influence the government’s political system?
- Does the governance and capacity of the security sector contribute to healthy relationships between security forces and society, as well as good governance overall? If not, why not?
- What are the trends for security sector institutions, and are there measures of effectiveness that can be captured and tracked over time?”
Excerpt from chapter 3, “The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo”
“The Congo is sometimes described as the heart of Africa, and like any vital organ its condition will have a fundamental impact on the broader body. With a population of 80 million people, an enormous amount of territory, and nine neighboring countries, it is the key to stability in the region. If the culture of corruption and impunity can be replaced with accountability, good governance—and democratically elected civilian control of the armed forces—the DRC could become the breadbasket of Southern Africa that it rightfully should be. If things continue as they are, the ruling elite will use the security forces to enrich themselves at the expense of the citizenry, and risk throwing the entire region into chaos.”
This book is part of the Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security (RCCS) Series (General Editor: Geoffrey R.H. Burn).
Key words
Addis Ababa
Africa Parks
African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
Afrobarometer
air force
Al Qaeda
Al Shabaab
al-Bashir, Omar
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Alstom SA
Amhara
amnesty
Amnesty International
Angola
Ansar Dine
armed forces
army
Asab
authoritarian regime
bad governance
Badme War
Bardo National Museum
Belgium
Ben Ali
Benin
Berlin
Bishoftu
Boko Haram
border violation [border violation, borders violation]
Brazil
budgets
Burkina Faso
Camara, Dadis
Cameroon
capability
capacity
capacity measure [capacity measure, capacity measures]
Carter Center
Carvalho, Ana Larcher
cattle rustling
Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR)
Central African Republic (CAR)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Cheick Modibo Diarra
child labor
child soldiers
China Poly Group
civil society
civil war
civil-military relations
climate change
coast guard
coercive force
Cold War
collapsed states
Collier, Paul
colonial history
combat experience
complementarity
Conakry
Condé, Alpha
Congo Free State
Constitution
constitutional democracy
Conté, Lansana
corruption
Côte d’Ivoire
Counter Terrorism Center (CTC)
counterinsurgency
counterterrorism
coup d’état
cronyism
culture
cyber attacks
Czechoslovakia
Darfur
Déby, Idriss
defender
defense committees
Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS)
democracy
democratic consolidation
democratic control
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (DFLR)
democratic transition
democratization
Department of State Dignitary Protection Detail
Derg Regime
Desalegne, Haile Miriam
desertification
desired outcome
diplomacy
Dire Dawa
Doha Centre for Media Freedom
drought
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
drug trafficking
East Africa
Ebola
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG)
economic development
education
effectiveness
efficiency
elections
elephants
England
environmental pollution
Eritrea
Ethiopia/Eritrea War
Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF)
ethnic conflict
European Union (EU)
extrajudicial killings
extremism
Eyadéma, Gnassingbé [Eyadéma]
failed state
famine
Faure, Gnassingbé,
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC)
female
fireman
First Congo War
flooding
food insecurity
Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC)
France
Freedom House
Gadhafi, Muammar
Gafat Armament Engineering Complex
gendarmerie
gender
Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
geography
George W. Bush
Germany
Global Political Agreement
globalization
good governance
governance measure [governance measure, governance measures]
Grand Renaissance Dam
Great Lakes region
Grindle, Merilee
Grunitzky, Nicolas
guardians
Gulf of Guinea
Habré, Hissène
Haile Selassie
Haleb Island
health insecurity
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative
Hibret Machine Tools
High Council of Student Association Movements (HACAME)
Human Development Index (HDI)
human resources management system
human rights
human rights abuses
human rights groups
Human Rights Report
Hutu
ignorance
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA)
information campaign
infrastructure
institutionalized competitive states
institutionalized noncompetitive states
institutions
insurgency
intelligence
intelligence fusion center
interagency
interagency operations
internal security forces
International Crisis Group (ICG)
invasion
Islam
Islamic Courts
Islamic State
ivory
Jasmine Revolution
jihadist
jihadist terrorism
judicial oversight
judicial review
Kabila, Joseph
Kabila, Laurent
Kabye
Kidal
King Leopold II
Kinshasa
Konaré, Alpha Oumar
Lake Chad
Lake Chad Basin
law enforcement
leadership
legal framework
legislative oversight
Liberia
Libya
locust infestations
Lomé
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
Mai Mai militia
major shortfalls
Malinké
maritime security
mass migration
Mbuji-Mayi
Meles Zenawi Asres
Mengistu Haile Mariam
merit-based promotion
Metals & Engineering Corporation (METEC)
military exclusion zones
Military Function High Council
military manufacturing
military operations
Military Section Committees
militias
minimally institutionalized states
Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs
Ministry of Internal Security
Ministry of Security and Civil Protection
Mobutu Sese Seko
Modibo Kéïta
money laundering
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
Movement for the Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO)
Mozambique
Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
Mungiki
munitions factory
N’Diaye, Boubacar
narco trafficking
National Assembly
national brand
National Conference in Lomé
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
national defense
National Defense and Security Policy
national economy
national guard
National Independent Elections Commission
National Intelligence Agency (ANR)
National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS)
National Intelligence Service (NIS)
National Police Service Commission (NPSC)
National Security Council (NSC)
natural disaster
navy
Nazareth Canvas and Garment Factory
nepotism
Niger
Niger Delta
North Korea
Nye, Joseph
Olympio, Sylvanus
opposition leaders
Optimal Protection Services
organized crime
Oromia
Ouagadougou Accord
Oxfam International
peace-building
peacekeeper
peacekeeping
personal rule
Plato
Police Nationale Congolaise (PNC)
policemen
political opposition
political partisanship [partisanship]
political violence
polling
Portugal
poverty
power
Power, Samantha
President Guard Battalion
Prime Minister
private security companies
Private Security Regulatory Authority
Processing and Research Center
public disorder [“manifested in multiple categories”]
public goods
public health
public safety
Radisson Blu
rape
Rapid Response Units
rebels
reciprocity
refugees
Regional Police Commissions
Republican Guard
resource trap
resources
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
risk
rule of law
Rwanda
Sahel
Samora
Sanogo, Amadou Haya
Schumpeter
Second Congo War
Secret Service
sectarian violence
security
Security Advisory Services
security companies
security sector reform (SSR)
Senegal
sex workers
sexual trafficking
sexual-based violence
Shell Oil
Sierra Leone
smuggling
Somalia
Sousse
Soviet Union
special forces
Special Forces Battalion
Spire Corp.
strategic vision
Sudan
tactical air control patrols
terrorism
terrorist attacks
Third Wave
391st Commando Battalion
Timbuktu
torture
Touré, Ahmed Sékou
Touré, Amadou Toumani
tourism
trafficking
training
Transitional National Government of Somalia (TNG)
transparency
Transparency International
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Traoré, Dioncounda
Traoré, Moussa
tribalism
troublemaker
trust
Tuareg
Uganda
UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)
UN Organization for Stabilization in DR Congo (MONUSCO)
UN Security Council (UNSC)
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Union of Islamic Courts (UIC)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations
United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO)
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United States Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
University of Addis Ababa
University of Kara
US
US Department of State
US Special Forces
Usalama Reform Forum
vulnerability
warfighter
Warsaw Pact
Waterproof Shield
West Africa
West Virginia
Westgate Mall
white paper
wildlife poaching
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
World War II
Yar’Adua, Umaru
Zaire
Zimbabwe
Title: Security Forces in African States: Cases and Assessment
Authors: Paul Shemella and Nicholas Tomb, eds.
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 9781604979817
294 pp. | 2017 | Paperback & E-book
Book Webpage: http://www.cambriapress.com/books/9781604979817.cfm