AU-UN Synergy: Envisioning Credible Ownership of African Peace and Security Architecture?

• At the heart of African peace and security architecture (APSA) is the aspiration for enhanced African autonomy, often referred to as the ‘African solutions to African problems’ agenda. To this day, there are tensions dogging this ambition. I draw on the Libyan crisis in 2011 to illustrate some of these tensions and hope thereby to inspire lively debate among my peers. One caveat is called for: I focus here only on perceived tensions with the AU’s peace and security role. Much more could be written on the perceptions of incoherence or self-interest in the policies advocated by the AU’s many donors and partner organizations.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)

Keyword

AU-UN partnership

ownership

Libya crisis

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)