African Crisis Response Initiative and the New African Security (Dis)order

Abstract

This article examines the role of the US in post-cold war West African security issues. It analyses the impact of the ACRI and the reactions from the continent-from the OAU, ECOWAS and influential countries like Nigeria-given the efforts being made by African governments to grapple with their own security concerns. It concludes with a tentative assessment of the possibilities for ACRI's effectiveness and its prospects for achieving credibility among African governments and civil society.


(A. J. of Political Science: 2001 6(1): 43-67)