International studies, Vol. XI No. 3, 2011.
Review article
The Impact of African Institutional Weakness on International Security
Vlasta Zekulić
; Ministry of Defense, Republic of Croatia
Abstract
Today, Africa is a continent of great differences. On the one hand, it is marked with constant conflicts, crises, wars, unimaginable human sufferings, but also with intense investments, development and significant political changes, stimulated by global actors fighting for African resources. Nevertheless, Africa as a whole is fragile, unstable, unsafe and underdeveloped. The globalization processes enabled flow of conflicts, crises and weapons to and from Africa, and their states due to their institutional weaknesses are the first and the weakest link in attempts to stop and suppress them.
Keywords
Africa; post-conflict states; state institutions; security sector; porous borders
Hrčak ID:
291624
URI
Publication date:
26.10.2011.
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