Peacekeeping in Africa: Politics, Security and the Failure of Foreign Military Assistance (International Library of African Studies)

"In recent decades, African states have developed an impressive infrastructure for training their peacekeepers. In addition, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and associated areas of conflict resolution have become significant areas of employment. Marco Jowell has spent a decade working in peacekeeping training in East Africa - initially as one of the foreign 'Technical Advisers' at the Peace Support Operations (PSO) training centre in Kenya, the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) and subsequently as a strategic adviser to the Rwanda Peace Academy. Using first-hand experience, he considers how military forces from a variety of African states - with great differences in history, language and political systems and with militaries with different cultures and capabilities - can conduct complicated multinational peacekeeping operations. He shows how regional peacekeeping training centres provide an environment for African elites, predominately military, to interact with each other through shared training and experiences. This process of interaction, or socialisation, improves skills but also encourages cohesion so that future African-led missions will be managed by well-trained officers who are comfortable and willing to work within a regional or Pan-African framework. Jowell shows that part of the aim of peacekeeping training centres is to foster a Pan-African 'outward' looking ideology or disposition as well as improving technical ability. This book will be essential reading for all involved with African military and security studies and analysts of peacekeeping training and operations"--Bloomsbury Publishing. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Training African Peacekeepers: A Continuation of Foreign Military Assistance Hypotheses, Research Questions and Assumptions Structure of the Book 1. Conceptualising Peacekeeping Training: Functional Integration, Pan-Africanism and the Development of the Military in Africa Introduction Research Methods Regional Integration and Africa The Development of Regional Peacekeeping Training Centres in Support of APSA Military Officers in African Politics Conclusion 2. Peacekeeping in Africa: Tasks and Activities from UN and AU Peace Support Operations Introduction Peacekeeping in Africa (i) MONUC/MONUSCO: The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Congo (ii) UNAMID: The United Nations and African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (iii) AMISOM: The African Union Mission in Somalia (iv) The African Standby Force (ASF) Conclusion 3. The International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC): How it Works Introduction Developing IPSTC Objectives, Organisation and Structure Donor Support Course Content and Delivery Conclusion 4. Deconstructing the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) Introduction Institutionalising Informality: Departments, Staff and Structures Student/Participant Selection and Incentives Donor Approach Training Delivery Training Aids: Africa is a Country Courses and Content: Quality vs. Quantity Exploring Training Delivery Conclusion 5. Other African Peace Support Operation (PSO) Training Centres Introduction Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) Rwanda Peace Academy (RPA) Ethiopian International Peacekeeping Training Centre (EIPKTC) Conclusion 6. The Unintended Consequences of Foreign Military Assistance to Africa: A Satisficing Model Introduction Comparing PSO Training Centres: Trends and Commonalities The Unintended Consequences of PSO Training A Satisficing Model Improving PSO Training Conclusion Conclusion. The PSO/SSR Conundrum Situating PSO Training Centres African Armed Forces: A New Framework for Analysis The Military and Peacekeeping Training in Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Ethiopia The PSO/SSR Conundrum: Implications of the Findings Appendix. Course Participants Notes Bibliography Index "In recent decades, African states have developed an impressive infrastructure for training their peacekeepers. In addition, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and associated areas of conflict resolution have become significant areas of employment. Marco Jowell has spent a decade working in peacekeeping training in East Africa - initially as one of the foreign 'Technical Advisers' at the Peace Support Operations (PSO) training centre in Kenya, the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) and subsequently as a strategic adviser to the Rwanda Peace Academy. Using first-hand experience, he considers how military forces from a variety of African states - with great differences in history, language and political systems and with militaries with different cultures and capabilities - can conduct complicated multinational peacekeeping operations. He shows how regional peacekeeping training centres provide an environment for African elites, predominately military, to interact with each other through shared training and experiences. This process of interaction, or socialisation, improves skills but also encourages cohesion so that future African-led missions will be managed by well-trained officers who are comfortable and willing to work within a regional or Pan-African framework. Jowell shows that part of the aim of peacekeeping training centres is to foster a Pan-African 'outward' looking ideology or disposition as well as improving technical ability. This book will be essential reading for all involved with African military and security studies and analysts of peacekeeping training and operations"-- Publisher List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptualising Peacekeeping Training: Functional Integration, Pan-Africanism and the Development of the Military in Africa -- 2. Peacekeeping in Africa: Tasks and Activities from UN and AU Peace Support Operations -- 3. The International Peace Support Training Centre: How it Works -- 4. Deconstructing the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) -- 5. Other African Peace Support Operation Training Centres -- 6. The Unintended Consequences of Foreign Military Assistance to Africa: A Satisficing Model -- Conclusion The PSO/SSR Conundrum -- Appendix 1 Course Participants -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index