African Security

<p>The world's fastest growing continent demographically Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict terrorism irregular migration organized crime great power competition public discontent and economic turbulence. <p/>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. <br>This book provides issue-by-issue primers on the causes and consequences of Africa's security challenges that include: <p/> -how to anticipate security problems across current political and economic events<br>-how to analyse African security institutions and military capabilities<br> -how to understand historical trends across the African continent and appreciate unique variations among countries. <br>-how to identify key drivers of future trends<br>-how to connect security analysis to policy planning <p/>Learning is supported through the following features: <p/>- Thematic chapters which are optimized to help the reader quickly connect to the key concepts<br>and analytic frameworks within the field.<br>- The most relevant historical case studies enabling students to engage in sophisticated analysis<br>and discussion.<br>- Connections and contrasts between the situations in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa which are traditionally studied separately. <br>- Special sections on understanding race and ethnicity and advice on traveling in Africa.<br>- Chapter-end checklists of key questions to enable practical engagement with the topics covered.</p>