Table of Contents :

Editorial: The Arab Spring: Africa’s Coming Winter of Discontent: Some Initial Reflections
Gerrie Swart5

Whose Values Are Promoted in the African Union’s ‘Shared Values’ Project?
Mohamed A. Eno, Omar A. Eno, Jamal M. Hagi, and Azzeddine Bencherab12


The North African Uprisings and their implications to AU’s Emerging Peace and Security Regime
Solomon A. Dersso26


Northern Africa, Arabian Springs, Oil and Arrogance: New uses for R2P in Africa
Ian Liebenberg39


Peacekeeping as an effective foreign policy instrument: the Nigerian experience
Joseph H. P. Golwa60


The nexus between regional conflict systems and war economies using Sierra Leone and West Africa in the 1990s as a case study
Ruan van der Walt and Hussein Solomon88

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