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From Liberia to Luanda, from Khartoum to Kinshasa, conflicts are claiming a terrible toll in African lives and is anathema to the vision of an African Renaissance. In trying to overcome this scourge, there is a desperate need to stregthen collaborative security arrangements on the African continent. The article traces the historical development of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution within the context of collective security and the changing global security architecture. Whilst discussing the Mechanism's strenghts and weaknesses the article concludes with several recommendations in order to enhance the Mechanism. These recommendations are at the following levels: policy development; preventive diplomacy; peace missions; civilian missions; peacekeeping; and strengthening the relationships between the OAU, the UN, other regional bodies and sub-regional organisations in Africa. (Politeia/DÜI)

The grouping consisting of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) was initially meant to be nothing more than clever investment jargon referring to the largest and most attractive emerging economies. However, these countries identified with the BRIC concept, and started to meet annually as a group in 2008. At their fourth summit in 2011, they added South Africa to become the BRICS. By then the BRICS had fully morphed from investment jargon to a name for a new economic and political grouping that had the potential to challenge the unipolar hegemony of the United States and its Western allies. Th.

Introduction. - Brusset, Emery (et al.). - Pages 1-15. - Implications of Complexity for Peacebuilding Policies and Practices. - Coning, Cedric. - Pages 19-48. - Thawing Ceteris Paribus: The Move to a Complex Systems Lens. - Hughes, Bryn. - Pages 49-75. - Avoiding Perplexity: Complexity-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation for UN Peace Operations. - Hunt, Charles T. - Pages 79-109. - Challenges: EU Civilian Crisis Management and the Objective of Impact Assessment-Kosovo as an Example of Complexity. - Tamminen, Tanja. - Pages 111-139. - Organising Artisans for Peace: CMI on a Learning Curve. - Eronen, Oskari. - Pages 141-175. - Monitoring and Evaluation in Peacebuilding: Reclaiming the Lost Opportunities for Improving Peacebuilding in Practice. - Makan-Lakha, Pravina. - Pages 177-204. - Analysing Complex Conflicts: Requirements for Complexity-Aware Conflict Analysis. - Frelin, Jan. - Pages 207-237. - Seeking Simplicity: A Practical Application of Complexity to Evaluation. - Brusset, Emery. - Pages 239-272. - Conclusion. - Brusset, Emery (et al.). - Pages 273-284

The civil-military effort in Afghanistan: a strategic perspective / Mike Capstick Civil-military coordination practices and approaches within United Nations peace operations / Cedric de Coning No room for humanitarianism in 3D policies: have forcible humanitarian interventions and integrated approaches lost their way? / Stephen Cornish A means to what end? Why PRTs are peripheral to the bigger political challenges in Afghanistan / Barbara J. Stapleton Interagency and civil-military coordination: lessons from a survey of Afghanistan and Liberia / Lara Olson and Hrach Gregorian