Responding to Conflict in Africa The United Nations and Regional Organizations

Africa has been the source of some of the international community's most devastating failures and important successes in conflict management. The purpose of this book is to examine the issues and experiences associated with the increased level of activity between the United Nations and regional organizations in their efforts to address conflict in Africa. Using nine case studies and an overview of recent changes at the institutional level this book assesses what these experiences tell us about the United Nations, about African regional organizations, and about conflict management processes.

Jane Boulden holds a Canada Research Chair in International Relations and Security Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. From 2000 until 2004 she was a MacArthur Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford. Her recent books include, Jane Boulden, Ramesh Thakur, Thomas G. Weiss, eds., The United Nations and Nuclear Orders (2009); Jane Boulden and Thomas G. Weiss, eds., Terrorism and the UN: Before and After September 11th (2004); Jane Boulden, ed., Dealing with Conflict in Africa: the United Nations and Regional Organizations (2003); and Jane Boulden, Peace Enforcement (2001).