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Abbreviations and Acronyms
1: Towards an African Model of Peace Operations
The Context: The Contemporary African Security Landscape
Towards an African Model of Peace Operations
African Peace Operations: Partnerships and Support
2: Confronting Hybrid Threats in Africa: Improving Multidimensional Responses
Understanding the Evolving Complexities of Hybrid and Asymmetric Threats
The Evolving Nexus among Hybrid Threats
Security/Economic Implications of the Hybrid Threat Nexus in Africa
Multidimensional Responses to Hybrid Threats
3: Stabilization Missions and Mandates in African Peace Operations: Implications for the ASF?
Stabilization Mandates and Operations
Demands of Stabilization Mandates and Missions
The AU’s Experience with Stabilization Mandates and Missions
The Security Environment That Necessitated Stabilization Mandates and Missions in Africa
The African Standby Force through the Prism of Stabilization Missions
Reforming the ASF to Make It Fit for Stabilization?
4: The Relationship between the AU and the RECs/RMs in Relation to Peace and Security in Africa: Subsidiarity and Inevitable Common Destiny
AU–REC Collaboration in Peace and Security
African Union and the RECs in Mediating Security Crises
Subsidiarity and Peace Operations
Political Mediation, Peace Operations and Subsidiarity
5: The Strategic Relationship Between the African Union and Its Partners
The Concept of Strategic Partnerships
The AU and Its Strategic Partnerships
The Capability Needs in AU Peace Operations
Strategic Partnerships for AU Peace Operations – The Way Forward
6: Mission Support for African Peace Operations
Mission Support Models for African Peace Operations
Papering over the Gaps – Four Evolving Mission Support Models
Financing Peace Operations
Conclusion and Way Forward
7: United in Challenges? The African Standby Force and the African Capacity for the Immediate Response to Crises
The ‘New’ Peace and Security Landscape in Africa
The African Standby Force and Its Rapid Deployment Capacity: Operational Status, Challenges and the Way Forward
African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises
Harmony in the Challenges Confronting the ASF RDC and the ACIRC
8: What Roles for the Civilian and Police Dimensions in African Peace Operations?
A Trend towards the Militarization of African Peace Operations?
Towards a Fit-for-Purpose Approach in Addressing Complex Crises
Key Areas for Improvement
Critical Functions and Capacities
Improved Planning, Decision-Making and Accountability
9: Adapting the African Standby Force to a Just-In-Time Readiness Model: Improved Alignment with the Emerging African Model of Peace Operations
The African Standby Force
The African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises
2013 Assessment of the ASF
Challenges Related to the Standby Readiness Model
Implications for the AU-UN Relationship
10: African Peace Operations: Trends and Future Scenarios, Conclusions and Recommendations
Operationalizing the ASF, the RDC and Harmonizing with the ACIRC
The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Relationship between the UN, the AU and the RECs/RMs
Funding African Peace Operations
Civilian and Police Dimensions of African Peace Operations
From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram
The Future of African Peace Operations
：From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram
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