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African sub-regional organizations in peacekeeping and peacemaking: the Economic Community Of West African State (ECOWAS)

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / This thesis will examine the emerging role of a sub-regional organization dealing with peacekeeping and peacemaking missions on the post-Cold-War period in West Africa. This examination will focus mainly on ECOWAS and ECOMOG, its military wing, as the most prominent sub-regional organization in conducting peacemaking and peacekeeping missions in Africa. This thesis will focus on the first generation interventions of ECOWAS/ECOMOG in undertaking peacemaking and peacekeeping missions in Liberia (1990 - 1997), Sierra Leone, (1998 - 2000), and Guinea Bissau (1998 - 1999)), and the second generation of interventions in Liberia in 2003 and in CoÌ te d'Ivoire (2003-2004). This examination aimed at assessing ECOWAS' strengths and limitations and comparing to which the second generation interventions have benefited from the lessons of the first. / Commander, Royal Moroccan Navy

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/2319
Date03 1900
CreatorsBelmakki, Mohamed
ContributorsGuttieri, Karen, Lawson, Letitia, Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Department of National Security Affairs
PublisherMonterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
Source SetsNaval Postgraduate School
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatxii, 77 p., application/pdf
RightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner

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