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Understanding African agency in peace and security: Tanzania's implementation of "non-indifference" in Somalia

Afrikanische Agency in Frieden und Sicherheit verstehen: Tansanias Agency in der Implementierung von "Non-Indifference" in Somalia
[journal article]

Jaensch, Stephanie

Abstract

Against the backdrop of the plurality of agents and contexts, Africa's peace and security norms have remained contested and open to interpretation in political practice. This article argues that African agents manifest their agencies precisely through their distinct interpretation and implementation... view more

Against the backdrop of the plurality of agents and contexts, Africa's peace and security norms have remained contested and open to interpretation in political practice. This article argues that African agents manifest their agencies precisely through their distinct interpretation and implementation of security norms. Based on Tanzania's rejection to join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in 2007, this article zooms into the underlying domestic complexities by focusing in particular on the crucial influence of national identities for the ongoing construction of normative meaning in Africa's peace and security landscape.... view less


Aufgrund der immensen Pluralität von Erfahrungen und Interessen Afrikanischer Akteure bleiben Afrikas sicherheitspolitische Normen in ihrer Interpretation und Implementierung stets ambivalent und vielseitig deutbar. Dieser Artikel argumentiert, dass sich Afrikanische Agency genau in der Interpretati... view more

Aufgrund der immensen Pluralität von Erfahrungen und Interessen Afrikanischer Akteure bleiben Afrikas sicherheitspolitische Normen in ihrer Interpretation und Implementierung stets ambivalent und vielseitig deutbar. Dieser Artikel argumentiert, dass sich Afrikanische Agency genau in der Interpretation normativer Bedeutungen manifestiert. Anhand Tansanias Entscheidung sich nicht militärisch im Rahmen der Mission der Afrikanischen Union in Somalia (AMISOM) zu beteiligen, analysiert dieser Artikel die zugrunde liegende innenpolitischen und normativen Komplexitäten, welche die Konstruktion Afrikanischer Agency im Bereich Sicherheit und Frieden bestimmen.... view less

Keywords
Tanzania; security policy; military; cooperation; peacekeeping troops; African Union; Somalia

Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Free Keywords
African Union Mission in Somalia; Entscheidungsprozess bei internationalem Akteur; Innenpolitische Lage/Entwicklung; Innere Sicherheit; Internationale Politik; Militärpolitik; Verhalten in den internationalen Beziehungen; Verteidigungs- und sicherheitsbezogene Beziehungen; Verteidigungspolitische Zusammenarbeit

Document language
English

Publication Year
2021

Page/Pages
p. 274-292

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 56 (2021) 3

Issue topic
Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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