African Security An Introduction

John Siko and Jonah Victor present their lessons from professional practice and pedagogical approach from the classroom in a concise guidebook that leads students and professionals through the most important issues, dynamics, challenges, and considerations for analysing and planning responses to security developments in Africa.
This book provides issue-by-issue primers on the causes and consequences of Africa's security challenges that include:
-how to anticipate security problems across current political and economic events
-how to analyse African security institutions and military capabilities
-how to understand historical trends across the African continent and appreciate unique variations among countries.
-how to identify key drivers of future trends
-how to connect security analysis to policy planning
Learning is supported through the following features:
- Thematic chapters which are optimized to help the reader quickly connect to the key concepts
and analytic frameworks within the field.
- The most relevant historical case studies, enabling students to engage in sophisticated analysis
and discussion.
- Connections and contrasts between the situations in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, which are traditionally studied separately.
- Special sections on understanding race and ethnicity, and advice on traveling in Africa.
- Chapter-end checklists of key questions to enable practical engagement with the topics covered.
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