Africa faces a seemingly ever-increasing range of security challenges. This book is a result of research carried out by the Southern African Defense and Security Management Network (SADSEM) on new and emerging security issues, in cooperation with the Danish Institute for International Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. The focus is on security governance - the role of state and a wide range of social actors in the areas of both human and state security. It deals with a range of sectors, themes and national case studies and makes an important contribution to debates on security sector reform. The topics covered include policing transformation, intelligence governance, regulation of private security actors, challenges of nuclear proliferation, regional security, peace diplomacy and peace missions, the relationship between development and security and new challenges in governance of the military.--Publisher's description.
Security: some critical observations about concepts and policies / Dietrich Jung -- The security sector: Leviathan or Hydra? / Bjørn Møller -- Transforming safety and security in southern Africa: some trends and more challenges / Elrena van der Spuy -- Governing intelligence in the South African transition, and possible implications for Africa / Sandra Africa -- Nuclear weapons: implications for Africa / Gavin Cawthra and Bjørn Møller -- Southern African security governance: a cautionary tale / Anthoni van Nieuwkerk -- Dace diplomacy: the South African National Defence Force in Burundi / Thomas Mandrup -- The link between sustainable development and security in Botswana / Mpho G Molomo -- Governance of the military in Zambia / Godfrey Haantobolo -- Governance of defence in Namibia / Vincent Mwange.