Sub-regional Security Challenge: ECOWAS and the War on Terrorism in West Africa

The UN, the AU and ECOWAS – A Triangle for Peace and Security in West Africa?

Perspective | Regional Security Policy in West Africa

The ` War Against Terrorism ' : A Public Relations Challenge

This article examines the relationship between warfare and the media, arguing that both terrorists and conventional warfare planners in the Pentagon factor communications and public relations into their planning. In this regard, the article sketches out how the Pentagon developed a new genre of ‘public relations-ized’ warfare – warfare planned, not only as a military exercise, but as a televisu...

Peacekeeping in a bad neighbour- hood: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in peace and security in West Africa

Is there any role for regional organisations in the maintenance of international peace and security and if so, how effective are they? This question has polarised the debate on the role and potential contribution of regional intergovernmental collective security organisations in the maintenance of international peace and security in the post-Cold War period. Some scholars argue that regional or...

The Nutrition Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa