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- Title
The African Union's twin APSA and AGA agenda - Moving beyond donor dependence and member states' resistance?
- Authors
Engel, Ulf
- Abstract
The African Union (AU) has embarked on a substantial twin policy project in the fields of peace/security and democracy. However, at least until very recent implementation of both the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and the complementary African Governance Architecture (AGA) has been fairly slow. In this article two factors are discussed that might help to shed some light on what could be named a difficult "implementation environment" for APSA and AGA: First, the inability or unwillingness of AU member states to provide stable and substantial finance and, second, resistance to the reform agenda by some member states. After a discussion of the high levels of donor dependence as well as failure of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) to implement AGA compliance mechanisms, more recent developments -- the African Union looking for alternative sources of finance and reforming its governance -- are assessed to gauge the Union's chances to overcome financial dependence and member states' resistance. In the end it is argued, that there is reason for some cautious optimism that the African Union Commission, but also a sufficient number of member states are getting serious about establishing control over the continental reform process and the twin APSA/AGA agenda.
- Subjects
AFRICAN Union; AFRICAN Union. Peace &; Security Council; INTERNATIONAL cooperation on international cooperation; INTERNATIONAL cooperation on democracy; INTERNATIONAL law reform; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Stichproben (19928610), 2018, Issue 35, p51
- ISSN
1992-8610
- Publication type
Article