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Regional Integration by Military Means: The Case of the East African Standby Force

In: Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa

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  • Thomas Mandrup

    (Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA))

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The wider Horn of Africa is faced with a conundrum: Is it possible for weak and fragility-prone states to form and create effective regional security institutions? The logical answer would be no, since combining two weak units does not create something strong. Nevertheless, that is what the states in East Africa are attempting to do with the establishment of the EASF, which was declared fully operational in December 2014. The Horn of Africa has been plagued by (proxy) wars, until recently the hostility between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the political volatility of Kenya and Ethiopia, and largely uncontrolled cross-border activities. The contribution shows that despite increased cooperation on regional security, the EASF is for political reasons yet to become an effective regional security management tool.

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  • Thomas Mandrup, 2019. "Regional Integration by Military Means: The Case of the East African Standby Force," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt & Leah Kimathi & Michael Omondi Owiso (ed.), Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa, pages 93-111, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-030-03721-5_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03721-5_6
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