African Security Challenges: Now and Over the Horizon - Summary of Project Findings

Abstract

The project team commissioned analyses and convened discussions with academic and/or NGO experts on an array of African security challenges including mass destruction (WMD) threats, small arms and light weapon (SA/LW) threats, disease as a security issue, displacement and militancy, food security and conflict, and security sector reform and non/less-than-lethal force issues. Although each of these analyses and discussions had different emphases, several common themes emerged across all of the papers and discussions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA557027

Entities

People

  • Jennifer Borchard
  • Jennifer Perry

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Continents
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Small Arms
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

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  • Strategic Security Studies
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