Identifying and Mitigating Risks in Security Sector Assistance for Africa's Fragile States - Softcover

Watts, Stephen

 
9780833087980: Identifying and Mitigating Risks in Security Sector Assistance for Africa's Fragile States

Synopsis

Often those countries most in need of security sector assistance are least able to make good use of it. The author explores the risks of assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate them.

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The author explores the risks inherent in U.S. security sector assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate them. Often the countries most in need of assistance are those least able to make positive use of it, and such assistance can have negative second- and third-order effects. Recommendations are made for improving security sector assistance processes in Africa and elsewhere.

About the Author

Stephen Watts is a published poet and respected editor.

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