The Africa Center is the pre-eminent Department of Defense institution for strategic security studies, research, and outreach in Africa. The Africa Center engages African partner states and institutions through rigorous academic and outreach programs that build strategic capacity and foster long-term, collaborative relationships.
Additional Materials from Africa Center for Strategic Studies: Policy Briefs
General Working Papers
Title: Combating Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
Authors: Adeniyi Adejimi Osinowo
Date: April 2015Title: Advancing Military Professionalism in Africa
Authors: Emile Ouédraogo
Date: July 2014Title: Africa's Information Revolution: Implications for Crime, Policing, and Citizen Security
Authors: Steven Livingston
Date: November 2013Title: Fragility and State-Society Relations in South Sudan
Authors: Kate Almquist Knopf
Date: September 2013Title: Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations
Date: November 2011Title: Stress-Testing South Africa: The Tenuous Foundations of One of Africa's Stable States
Authors: Assis Malaquias
Date: July 2011Title: Africa's Evolving Infosystems: A Pathway to Security and Stability
Authors: Steven Livingston
Date: March 2011Title: Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations: Insights from Africa
Authors: Paul D. Williams
Date: September 2010Special Reports
Title: Advancing Stability and Reconciliation in Guinea-Bissau: Lessons from Africa's First Narco-State
Authors: Davin O'Regan, Peter Thompson
Date: June 2013Title: Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations
Date: November 2011