Front pages of the new publications.
New ANCIP Publications by Hilda Milka Koyier, Jasmin Schmitz and Jonas Schaaf
We are happy to announce three new publications emerging from the ANCIP Policy Brief and ANCIP Working Paper series.
Strengthening Peace in West Africa: How Regional Infrastructures for Peace Function in Practice
Over the past 50 years, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has established mechanisms to integrate the region and lay the foundation for regional infrastructures for peace (RI4P). Yet, linkages among ECOWAS member states have remained weak, leaving the responsibility to prevent conflict to individual actors owing to changing conflict patterns. With the nature of these conflict changes, demands for stronger cooperation between ECOWAS, the member states, and local communities to harness and to connect the capabilities of all stakeholders becomes more essential – this policy brief explores how.
Understanding the Establishment and Practices of African Union Liaison Offices and ECOWAS Representations in Member States
In studying the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), scholars have mainly focused on the “top” structures of the African Union (AU) and African Regional Economic Communities (RECs), analyzing the headquarters’ perspectives on APSA. Much less attention has so far been paid to the role of “bottom” structures such as liaison and representation offices, their institutionalization within APSA, as well as their contributions to implementing African-led interventions. Aiming to address these knowledge gaps, this working paper starts by primarily focusing on reconstructing the practices of the AU and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in establishing liaison/representation offices for purposes of conflict intervention, with the aim of understanding their institutionalization.
Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-Military Interventions
This Working Paper examines civil society actors’ inclusion in non-military interventions by the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Both organizations recognize inclusivity as a normative principle in their governance and peacebuilding frameworks, stressing that sustainable peace requires engaging societies, not only states. Nevertheless, the practice of civil society inclusion in interventions is marked by inconsistency and selectivity, and academic engagement with this issue remains limited.
by Jonas Schaaf
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