African peacekeeping and African integration: Current challenges
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2020
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RUDN University
Abstract
Peacekeeping and economic union are the two most important dimensions of African integration. The
first section of this article aims to analyse some current challenges to African peacekeeping, peacemaking, and African
integration. The continuing Libyan civil war epitomizes the diplomatic stalemates and military stalemates which form the
limits of current African peacekeeping. It exposes the North African Regional Capability and North African Standby
Brigade as paper structures which do not exist operationally, and so limit the capacity of the African Union’s Peace and
Security Council. The military intervention of states outside Africa can polarize conflicts and escalate civil wars. Africa’s
colonial epoch serves as a warning of the potential dangers of foreign military bases in Africa. In parts of West Africa,
states sub-contract peacemaking and anti-terrorist operations to unsupervised local militias, which are lawless at best, and
commit ethnic killings at worst. African integration fares better in the economic dimension.
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African peacekeeping, African integration, African Union, Peace and security council, African Continental Free Trade Area
Citation
Gottschalk, K. (2020). African peacekeeping and African integration: Current challenges. Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 20 (4), 678-686. 10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-4-678-686