The changing ASF geography: From the intervention experience in Mali to the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises and the Nouakchott Process

The African Peace and Security Architecture has organized its African Standby Force into five regional forces, creating an African Standby Force geography. By employing a sociospatial lens, this article argues that the intervention experience in Mali has impacted the African Union's policies on...

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Published inAfrican security Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 32 - 58
Main Author Döring, Katharina P. W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pretoria Routledge 02.01.2018
Taylor & Francis, Ltd
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
ACIRC
African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises
African Standby Force
ASF
Crises
critical geography
critical security studies
Geography
Intervention
Mali
Nouakchott Process
Peace
policy development
processes of spatialization
Regional security
Sahel
space
Mali
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Summary:The African Peace and Security Architecture has organized its African Standby Force into five regional forces, creating an African Standby Force geography. By employing a sociospatial lens, this article argues that the intervention experience in Mali has impacted the African Union's policies on peace and security in the region. It analyzes the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises and the Nouakchott Process that were proposed in early 2013 as well as the role of the African Union Commission and member states in their establishment.
ISSN:1939-2206
1939-2214
DOI:10.1080/19392206.2017.1419632