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ROLES Report No. 47: Agendas for Conflict Resolution in Eastern Africa
ROLES Report No. 47: Agendas for Conflict Resolution in Eastern Africa
Edited by Hideaki Shinoda and Simon Nyambura
Table of Contents and Profiles of the Authors
1. Introduction: Agendas for Conflict Resolution in Eastern Africa Hideaki Shinoda and Simon Nyambura
2. Exploring the Geopolitical Configurations of Eastern Africa: FOIP and External Geopolitical Theories for Better Harmonization Hideaki Shinoda
3. Leadership and conflict: Examining governance as the core challenge in East and Horn of Africa Simon Nyambura
4. The Japanese Peace Cooperation Policy in the Horn of Africa Mika Inoue-Hanzawa
5. Redefining Peacekeeping in Africa: UNSC Resolution 2719/2023 and the Challenge of Implementing African Solutions: Examples from Post-ATIMISS Arrangement in Somalia Markos Tekle Rike
6. Conflict Resolution in Eastern Africa: A Focus on Somalia Abdifatah Aden Abdi
7. Elite Bargains and the Structural Impediments to Comprehensive Peace in South Sudan (2011–2025) Patrick M. Maluki and Regina, S. Gitau
8. Fragmented Peace as Peaceocracy: A Critical Examination of Ethiopia's Disjointed Peacebuilding Architecture Yonas Ashine
9. The Nexus Between Climate Change and Pastoralist–Agro-Pastoralist Border Conflicts in Eastern Ethiopia: The Case of Babili Wereda of Fafan Zone in the Somali Region and Babile Wereda of East Hararghe Zone in Oromia Regional State Ashenafi Mebratu Bahiru
10. Kenya as an Indian Ocean State: Maritime Security, External Partnerships, and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Stephen Mogaka and Brendon J. Cannon
11. From Eastern Africa to the Lake Chad-Sahel Belt: The Current and Imminent Exploitation of Digital Technology by Terrorist Groups Rosalind Nyawira Macharia
12. Youth Engagement in the IGAD Region: Good Practices and Lessons Learned in Countering Radicalization into Violent Extremism through Strategic Communication Martha Njiiri and Simon Nyambura
13. Commissions and Governance in Eastern Africa Nkatha Kabira
14. Rethinking Restorative Justice Systems to Address Border, Ethnic, Resource, and Political Grievances and Conflicts in East Africa: A Case Study of Uganda Katusiime Elizabeth
15. Ethnic Manipulation, Representational Dilemmas, and the Precarious Future of Multi-ethnic Democracy in Kenya Muiru Ngugi
16. Viral Dissent and Security Dilemmas in East Africa: Youth-Led Political Disruption and the Case of Kenya’s 2024 Gen Z Uprising Samuel C. Kamau
17, Mediating Regional Tensions: A Case for Conflict Resolution in East Africa David Muturi
18. Djibouti: A Maritime Crossroads at the Heart of Global Naval Rivalries and Alliances Daoud Aboubaker Alwan
19. Geopolitics of a Fragile State at the Gateway of Sub-Saharan Africa: Multilayered Conflicts and Failed International Interventions in Sudan Hideaki Shinoda and Ijlal Eltahir Ibrahim Ahhmed
Edited by Hideaki Shinoda and Simon Nyambura
Table of Contents and Profiles of the Authors
1. Introduction: Agendas for Conflict Resolution in Eastern Africa Hideaki Shinoda and Simon Nyambura
2. Exploring the Geopolitical Configurations of Eastern Africa: FOIP and External Geopolitical Theories for Better Harmonization Hideaki Shinoda
3. Leadership and conflict: Examining governance as the core challenge in East and Horn of Africa Simon Nyambura
4. The Japanese Peace Cooperation Policy in the Horn of Africa Mika Inoue-Hanzawa
5. Redefining Peacekeeping in Africa: UNSC Resolution 2719/2023 and the Challenge of Implementing African Solutions: Examples from Post-ATIMISS Arrangement in Somalia Markos Tekle Rike
6. Conflict Resolution in Eastern Africa: A Focus on Somalia Abdifatah Aden Abdi
7. Elite Bargains and the Structural Impediments to Comprehensive Peace in South Sudan (2011–2025) Patrick M. Maluki and Regina, S. Gitau
8. Fragmented Peace as Peaceocracy: A Critical Examination of Ethiopia's Disjointed Peacebuilding Architecture Yonas Ashine
9. The Nexus Between Climate Change and Pastoralist–Agro-Pastoralist Border Conflicts in Eastern Ethiopia: The Case of Babili Wereda of Fafan Zone in the Somali Region and Babile Wereda of East Hararghe Zone in Oromia Regional State Ashenafi Mebratu Bahiru
10. Kenya as an Indian Ocean State: Maritime Security, External Partnerships, and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Stephen Mogaka and Brendon J. Cannon
11. From Eastern Africa to the Lake Chad-Sahel Belt: The Current and Imminent Exploitation of Digital Technology by Terrorist Groups Rosalind Nyawira Macharia
12. Youth Engagement in the IGAD Region: Good Practices and Lessons Learned in Countering Radicalization into Violent Extremism through Strategic Communication Martha Njiiri and Simon Nyambura
13. Commissions and Governance in Eastern Africa Nkatha Kabira
14. Rethinking Restorative Justice Systems to Address Border, Ethnic, Resource, and Political Grievances and Conflicts in East Africa: A Case Study of Uganda Katusiime Elizabeth
15. Ethnic Manipulation, Representational Dilemmas, and the Precarious Future of Multi-ethnic Democracy in Kenya Muiru Ngugi
16. Viral Dissent and Security Dilemmas in East Africa: Youth-Led Political Disruption and the Case of Kenya’s 2024 Gen Z Uprising Samuel C. Kamau
17, Mediating Regional Tensions: A Case for Conflict Resolution in East Africa David Muturi
18. Djibouti: A Maritime Crossroads at the Heart of Global Naval Rivalries and Alliances Daoud Aboubaker Alwan
19. Geopolitics of a Fragile State at the Gateway of Sub-Saharan Africa: Multilayered Conflicts and Failed International Interventions in Sudan Hideaki Shinoda and Ijlal Eltahir Ibrahim Ahhmed
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