African Regional Security in the Age of Globalisation

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African Regional Security in the Age of Globalisation is a result of conference proceedings, held in Nairobi in March 2004, which addressed aspects of the processes of globalisation, especially as they interact with regional security issues in the East Africa and Horn of Africa region.

The contributions, by both practicioners and academics from the region, identify main security challenges in the region and analyse diverse aspects of security, in the areas of politics, economics, and gender. Others comment critically on the various sub-regional organizations engaged in security issues, such as the Inter-Governmental Auhority on Development (IGAD) and the East African Community (EAC).

In addition, the book analyses the peace processes in Sudan and Somalia. Ultimately, it suggests a security architecture in the IGAD region and identifies the challenges facing its design and implementation.

The book is the result of a cooperation between the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (IDIS) of the University of Nairobi, the National Defence College of Kenya (NDC) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Nairobi office.

The editor, Dr. Makumi Mwagiru, Former Director of IDIS, Nairobi.

Product details

Date of Publication

2004

Publisher

Heinrich Böll Foundation

Number of Pages

174

Licence

CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0

ISBN / DOI

9966-9772-5-2

Table of contents

Abbreviations vii
Foreword ix
Preface xv

1 Introduction, Makumi Mwagiru

Emerging Consensus 2
Multiplicity of Themes 3
Tying it Together 4

2 Security Concerns in the Horn of Africa, Hiteng Ofuho

Introduction 7
Conceptual Analysis of Security Framework 7
Past–Security Concerns 9
Present Security Concerns 12
Responses to Security Issues in the Horn 14
Conclusion 17

3 Globalisation Intellectuals and Security in Africa, Eric Aseka

The New Global Order 20
The Information Revolution 21
Intellectual Globalisation and Geopolitics of Security 22
Neo–Liberalism and the Vagaries of the Market 25
Threats to National Security 27
Conclusion 29

4 Emerging Dimensions of Security in the IGAD Region, Ludeki Chweya

Re–Defining of Security 31
The Practice of Regional Security 35
New Forms of Insecurity 37
From Border Disputes to Shared Resources 38
From Inter-state to International Security Threats 40
From Cold–War Conflicts to Mercenarism and Terrorism 42
Shift from State to Neo–Liberalism 45
Conclusion 48

5 Regional Institutional Responses to Security in the Era of Globalisation, Godfrey Okoth

Approaches of Sub–regional Institutions 51
Impact of Globalisation 52
Institutions and Organs of the EAC 53
Need for a Security Organ 55
Global Security Issues 56
EAC Security Issues 57
IGAD security Issues 62
The EAC and the IGAD Under NEPAD 64
Conclusion 65

6 NEPAD and Security in the IGAD Region, Peter Wanyande

Governance and Security 67
NEPAD and Development 70
Security Concerns in the IGAD Region 73
Challenges to NEPAD 76
Conclusion 81

7 Gender, Conflict and Regional Security, Patricia Mbote

Gender, Security and Public Good 83
Regional Security 84
Security and Public Good 85
Interface of Gender and Regional Security 86
Equality and Equity 87
Inequality, Stability and Conflict 89
Causes of Insecurity 90
Impact of Insecurity 92
Conclusion 93

8 The Sudan Peace Process, From Machakos to Naivasha, Samson Kwaje

Search for Peace 96
Phase Five: The Machakos Process 98
Right of Self–Determination 99
Separation of State and Religion 99
GOS Withdrawal from Machakos II 100
Naivasha Process 102
Towards a Comprehensive Peace Agreement 104
Conclusion 105

9 The Somali Peace Process, Ochieng Kamudhayi

Structure of Decision–Making 107
Over–View of the Peace Process 108
Arta Conference 109
Fourteenth Somalia Peace Conference 109
Phase One of the Conference 110
Phase Two of the Conference 111
Actors, Interests and Issues 116
Role of Djibouti 117
Role of Ethiopia 117
Role of Kenya 118
Ugandan Interests 119
Eriterean Interests 119
Egypt, Libya and Arab League 120
International Partners Forum 120
Road Map for Somalia 121
Conclusion 122

10 Emerging Challenges of Security in IGAD, John Koech

Geo–Strategic Survey 125
IGAD Sub–Region 126
The End of Globalisation 127
Internationalization of Conflicts 128
Rationale for Regionalism 129
AU and Conflict Management 129
IGAD and Regional Security 131
The Emerging Reality 132
Conclusion 132

11 Towards A Security Architecture in the IGAD Region, Makumi Mwagiru

Definitions of Regional Security 134
Towards a Conceptual Consensus 135
Conceptualising Borders and Borderlessness 137
Fixity of Borders to the Regulatory Landscape 138
Re–Inventing Security in IGAD 140
Enlarging the Insecurity Dilemma 143
Conclusion 145
Contributors 147
Bibliography 149
Index 151