African Journal of Strategy, Defence and Security Studies (AJSDSS) Volume 1, Number 1, June 2025

I am humbled and honoured with a great sense of professional pride for being selected  to serve as the editor-in-chief of the African Journal of Strategy, Defence and Security Studies (AJSDSS) andto present to you the inaugural issue. The establishment of the AJSDSS comes at a time when Africa faces a web of interconnected and transboundary security threats that are exacerbated by rapidly evolving megatrends such as climate change, technology, demography, urbanization, fracturing world, erosion of multilateralism, increased middle and great power competition, and growing global inequality and social exclusion. Besides these security threats, the establishment of the AJSDSS is necessitated by the gap in rigorous African academic agency in advancing continental, regional, national and human security. This inaugural issue of the AJSDSS marks the beginning of creating and sustaining a trusted platform for evidence-based research-policy dialogue and sharing of experiences and knowled...