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The Horn of Africa, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia, is the most conflict-ridden region in Africa. This book explores the origins and impact of these conflicts at both an intra-state and inter-state level and the insecurity they create. The contributors show how regional and international interventions have compounded pre-existing tensions and have been driven by competing national interests linked to the 'War on Terror' and acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. The Horn of Africa outlines proposals for multidimensional mechanisms for conflict resolution in the region. Issues of border demarcation, democratic deficit, crises of nation and state building, and the roles of political actors and traditional authorities take precedent.

Horn of Africa --- Africa, Horn of --- Somaliland --- Somaliland (Region) --- Politics and government. --- Intergroup relations --- National security --- Security, International --- War. --- Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Fighting --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Military art and science --- Collective security --- International security --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Conflict, Intergroup --- Intergroup conflict --- Relations, Intergroup --- Social interaction --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- Military policy --- Government policy

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The Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) is engulfed by three interrelated crises: various inter-state wars, civil wars, and inter-communal conflicts; an economic crisis manifested in widespread debilitating poverty, chronic food insecurity and famines; and environmental degradation that is ravaging the region. While it is apparent that the countries of the region are unlikely to be able to deal with the crises individually, there is consensus that their chances of doing so improve markedly with collective regional action. The contributors to this volume address the need for regional integration in the GHA. They identify those factors that can foster integration, such as the proper management of equitable citizenship rights, as well as examining those that impede it, including the region's largely ineffective integration scheme, IGAD, and explore how the former can be strengthened and the latter transformed; explain how regional integration can mitigate the conflicts; and examine how integration can help to energise the region's economy. Kidane Mengisteab is Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Penn State University; Redie Bereketeab is a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden.

Regionalism --- African cooperation. --- International cooperation --- Pan-Africanism --- Human geography --- Nationalism --- Interregionalism --- Horn of Africa --- Africa, Horn of --- Somaliland --- Somaliland (Region) --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government. --- Greater Horn of Africa. --- Kidane Mengisteab. --- Redie Bereketeab. --- civil wars. --- conflict resolution. --- economic crisis. --- environmental degradation. --- inter-communal conflicts. --- inter-state wars. --- regional integration.