{"id":270,"date":"2024-01-02T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T11:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/influences-on-african-security-their-implications-to-the-international-community\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T11:54:15","slug":"influences-on-african-security-their-implications-to-the-international-community","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/influences-on-african-security-their-implications-to-the-international-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Influences on African Security &#038; Their Implications to the International Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify what you perceive to be the top five political, economic, and conflict issues in Africa. As you identify these issues, explain how each one influences security issues in Africa. Provide your assessment of the future implications of these issues for Africa and the international system.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For each of the five issues, include the following analysis:<\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.3333px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe the issue<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain who the major actors are and how\/why they are involved<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze current African policies directed at the issue<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze current U.S. policies directed at the issue<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Recommend additional African and U.S. policies that should be directed at the issue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Sources:&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 2rem 0px 4rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 2rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jaimie Bleck and Nicolas van de Walle,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990: Continuity in Change<\/em>&nbsp;(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019).<\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-13:<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">978-1107162082<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-10:<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1107162084<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Electoral-Politics-Africa-since-1990\/dp\/1316612473<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild, eds.,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order<\/em>&nbsp;(Boulder, CO: Westview, 2017).<\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-13:<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">978-0813350288<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-10:<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">081335028X<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Read Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 as outlined in the weekly lessons. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Africa-World-Politics-Constructing-Political\/dp\/081335028X<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">William A. Taylor,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Contemporary Security Issues in Africa<\/em>&nbsp;(Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2019).<\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-13:<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">978-1440851902<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-10:<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1440851905<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Read Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 as outlined in the weekly lessons.&nbsp;Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Contemporary-Security-Issues-Praeger-International\/dp\/1440851905<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jason K. Stearns,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa<\/em>&nbsp;(New York: PublicAffairs, 2011).<\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-13: 978-1610391078<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-10:<\/span>&nbsp;1610391071<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dancing-Glory-Monsters-Collapse-Africa\/dp\/1610391071<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Irene Yuan Sun,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa<\/em>&nbsp;(Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017).<\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-13: 978-1633692817<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ISBN-10:<\/span>&nbsp;1633692817<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Next-Factory-World-Investment-Reshaping\/dp\/1633692817<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 2rem 0px 4rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto;\">Additional Readings and Articles<\/h3>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 2rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Elliott Green, \u201cThe Politics of Ethnic Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Comparative Political Studies<\/em>&nbsp;54, no. 7 (June 2021): 1197\u20131226. Read All. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/journals-sagepub-com.easydb.angelo.edu\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0010414020970223<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jacob S. Lewis, \u201cCorruption Perceptions and Contentious Politics in Africa: How Different Types of Corruption Have Shaped Africa\u2019s Third Wave of Protest,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Political Studies Review<\/em>&nbsp;19, no. 2 (May 2021): 227\u2013244. Read All. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/easydb.angelo.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=a9h&amp;AN=150334114&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ruth Wolf and Monica Thiel, \u201cEconomic Growth in Africa through an Ethical Lens,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies<\/em>&nbsp;12, no. 1 (September 2018): 145\u2013165. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/easydb.angelo.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=edsglr&amp;AN=edsglr.A559893749&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site<\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Wendy Williams, \u201cShifting Borders: Africa\u2019s Displacement Crisis and Its Security Implications,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa Center for Strategic Studies Research Paper<\/em>, no. 8 (October 2019): 1\u201362. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/africacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ARP08EN-Shifting-Borders-Africas-Displacement-Crisis-and-Its-Implications.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Leif Brottem, \u201cThe Growing Complexity of Farmer-Herder Conflict in West and Central Africa,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa Security Brief: A Publication of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies<\/em>, no. 39 (July 2021): 1\u20138. Read All. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/africacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ASB39EN-The-Growing-Complexity-of-Farmer-Herder-Conflict-in-West-and-Central-Africa-update-7-27-21.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jaimie Bleck and Nicolas van de Walle,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990: Continuity in Change<\/em>&nbsp;(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Electoral-Politics-Africa-since-1990\/dp\/1316612473<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Joseph Siegle and Candace Cook, \u201cTaking Stock of Africa\u2019s 2021 Elections,\u201d July 19, 2021. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/africacenter.org\/spotlight\/2021-elections\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Dominika Koter, \u201cKing Makers: Local Leaders and Ethnic Politics in Africa,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">World Politics<\/em>&nbsp;65, no. 2 (April 2013): 187\u2013232. Read all. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www-cambridge-org.easydb.angelo.edu\/core\/journals\/world-politics\/article\/king-makers-local-leaders-and-ethnic-politics-in-africa\/F2ADB0A8207B13A0EC52041C96E6D616<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jon Abbink, \u201cReligion and Politics in Africa: The Future of \u2018The Secular,\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa Spectrum<\/em>&nbsp;49, no. 3 (October 2014): 83\u2013106. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/easydb.angelo.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=sih&amp;AN=100105098&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site<\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Luke Patey, \u201cOil, Risk, and Regional Politics in East Africa,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Extractive Industries and Society<\/em>&nbsp;7, no. 4 (November 2020): 1182\u20131188. Read all. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www-sciencedirect-com.easydb.angelo.edu\/science\/article\/pii\/S2214790X19302916?via%3Dihub<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tomas F. Husted, Alexis Arieff, Lauren Ploch Blanchard, Nicolas Cook, and Brock R. Williams, \u201cSub-Saharan Africa: Key Issues and U.S. Engagement,\u201d Congressional Research Service, February 17, 2021. Read all, pp. 1\u201337. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R45428<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Ian Taylor, \u201cThe Sad Story of \u2018Africa Rising\u2019 and the Continent\u2019s Romance with the BRICS,\u201d in&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order<\/em>, edited by John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2017), 69\u201388. Read Chapter 5. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Africa-World-Politics-Constructing-Political\/dp\/081335028X<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">World Bank Group, \u201cAfrica\u2019s Pulse: An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa\u2019s Economic Future,\u201d April 2021. Read entire summary, watch short video, and skim report, pp. 1\u2013100. Available at<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/publication\/africa-pulse<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tomas F. Husted, \u201cGulf of Guinea: Recent Trends in Piracy and Armed Robbery,\u201d Congressional Research Service, February 26, 2019. Read all, pp. 1\u20133. Available at<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF11117<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tomas F. Husted and Lauren Ploch Blanchard, \u201cNigeria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy,\u201d Congressional Research Service, September 18, 2020. Read all, pp. 1\u201322. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/RL\/RL33964<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Global Witness, \u201cRegime Cash Machine,\u201d July 21, 2017. Read the full report, pp. 1\u201340. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.globalwitness.org\/en\/campaigns\/democratic-republic-congo\/regime-cash-machine\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Kivu Security Tracker, \u201cThe Landscape of Armed Groups in Easter Congo: Missed Opportunities, Protracted Insecurity and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies,\u201d February 2021. Read the full report, pp. 1\u201344. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/kivusecurity.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/reports\/39\/2021%20KST%20report%20EN.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jason K. Stearns,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa<\/em>&nbsp;(New York: PublicAffairs, 2011). Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dancing-Glory-Monsters-Collapse-Africa\/dp\/1610391071<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Julia Palik, Siri Aas Rustad, and Frederik Methi, \u201cConflict Trends in Africa, 1989\u20132019,\u201d Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Paper, 2020. Read all, pp. 1\u201340. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/Palik%2C%20Rustad%2C%20Methi%20-%20Conflict%20Trends%20in%20Africa%2C%201989%E2%80%932019%2C%20PRIO%20Paper%202020.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Kingsley Ighobor, \u201cWork in Progress for Africa\u2019s Remaining Conflict Hotspots,\u201d Africa Renewal, December 23, 2019. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/africarenewal\/magazine\/december-2019-march-2020\/work-progress-africa%E2%80%99s-remaining-conflict-hotspots<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Simon Allison, \u201cConflict Is Still Africa\u2019s Biggest Challenge in 2020,\u201d ReliefWeb, January 6, 2020. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/world\/conflict-still-africa-s-biggest-challenge-2020<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Douglas Kimemia, \u201cThe Impacts of Political Conflicts in Africa,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies<\/em>&nbsp;4, no. 2 (2021): 1\u201333. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/digitalcommons.usf.edu\/jacaps\/vol4\/iss2\/4\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Daniel Eizenga and Wendy Williams, \u201cThe Puzzle of JNIM and Militant Islamist Groups in the Sahel,\u201d Africa Security Brief, no. 38 (December 2020): 1\u20138. Read all. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/africacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ASB-38-EN.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Aili Mari Tripp, \u201cIn Pursuit of Autonomy: Civil Society and the State in Africa,\u201d in&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order<\/em>, edited by John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2017), 89\u2013110. Read Chapter 6. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Africa-World-Politics-Constructing-Political\/dp\/081335028X<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">John W. Harbeson, \u201cDemocracy and the State in Sub-Saharan Africa,\u201d in&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order<\/em>, edited by John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2017), 111\u2013134. Read Chapter 7. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Africa-World-Politics-Constructing-Political\/dp\/081335028X<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Fund for Peace, \u201cFragile States Index Heat Map,\u201d 2021. Review African States. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/fragilestatesindex.org\/analytics\/fsi-heat-map\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa Center for Strategic Studies, \u201cEnvisioning a Stable South Sudan,\u201d Africa Center Special Report, no. 4 (May 2018): 1\u201380. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/africacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ASR04-EN-Envisioning-a-Stable-South-Sudan-Africa-Center-for-Strategic-Studies.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">John Campbell, \u201cBoko Haram and Nigeria State Weakness,\u201d in&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order<\/em>, edited by John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2017), 202\u2013218. Read Chapter 11. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Africa-World-Politics-Constructing-Political\/dp\/081335028X<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">United Nations, \u201cGlobal Issues: Population.\u201d Read all and watch the accompanying short video \u201c70 Years of Development in 70 Seconds: Global Population.\u201d Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/global-issues\/population<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, \u201cPopulation Facts, No. 2019\/6,\u201d December 2019. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/development\/desa\/population\/publications\/pdf\/popfacts\/PopFacts_2019-6.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Bandar Hajjar, \u201cThe Children\u2019s Continent: Keeping Up with Africa\u2019s Growth,\u201d World Economic Forum, January 13, 2020. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/01\/the-children-s-continent\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Jack A. Goldstone, \u201cAfrica 2050: Demographic Truth and Coonsequences,\u201d Hoover Institution, Winter Series, Issue 119, January 14, 2019. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/africa-2050-demographic-truth-and-consequences<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Peter Biar Ajak, \u201cAfrican Youth Engaging in Peace and Security,\u201d Africa Center for Strategic Studies, April 29, 2021. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/africacenter.org\/spotlight\/african-youth-engaging-in-peace-and-security\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Mercy Corps, \u201c\u201cWe Hope and We Fight\u201d: Youth, Communities, and Violence in Mali,\u201d September 2017. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.mercycorps.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-01\/Mercy%20Corps_Mali_Hope%20and%20Fight_Report_Eng_Sept%202017_0.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Isaac Odoom and Nathan Andrews, \u201cWhat\/Who Is Still Missing in International Relations Scholarship? Situating Africa as an Agent in IR Theorising,\u201d&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Third World Quarterly<\/em>&nbsp;38, no. 1 (January 2017): 42\u201360. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/easydb.angelo.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=bth&amp;AN=120749080&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Brookings Institution, \u201cForesight Africa 2020,\u201d Read Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, pp. 60\u201390. Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ForesightAfrica2020_20200110.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Irene Yuan Sun,&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa<\/em>&nbsp;(Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017). Read all. Available at&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Next-Factory-World-Investment-Reshaping\/dp\/1633692817<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Brock R. Williams, \u201cAfrican Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),\u201d Congressional Research Service, May 3, 2021. Read all. Available at<u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/u><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF10149<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tarek Megerisi, \u201cGeostrategic Dimensions of Libya\u2019s Civil War,\u201d Africa Security Brief: A Publication of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, no. 37, May 2020. Read all, pp. 1\u201310. 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