African military politics in the Sahel : regional organizations and international politics / Katharina P. W. Döring, Södertörns University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Döring, Katharina P. W., author.

Series:

African studies series ; 166.

African studies series ; 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sahel--Military policy.

Sahel.

Sahel--Military relations.

Geopolitics--Sahel.

Geopolitics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Challenging western and francocentric accounts of military interventions in the Sahel, Katharina P. W. Döring foregrounds the response of African regional organizations to armed violence since 2012. Based on extensive empirical research, she reconstructs the experiences of African intervenors in planning and deploying missions in the region. The book outlines the complex constellation of actors who shape African military politics, including presidents, diplomats, and bureaucrats. Drawing upon insights from critical geography, Döring considers the oft-neglected role that space - at once relational and changing - plays in the power dynamics of the region. In so doing, she offers a fresh perspective on military deployments and their politics. Amidst the current resurgence of nationalist geopolitics, this study and its findings have far-reaching implications for the analysis of military politics in Africa and beyond.

Contents:

Making room for war

Spatial semantics in African military politics

Combating 'Sahelistan' : the struggle over military deployment for Mali

Challenging the 'regions' of the African standby force

Security and intelligence cooperation in the 'Sahelo-Saharan Region'

African military coalitions and the 'core countries' in the Sahel

Towards a critical geopolitics of African military politics.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Nov 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009362269 (ebook)

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