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SADC and ECOWAS' peace and security architecture preparedness and the COVID-19 pandemic
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Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic remains a global security threat, as the result of the emerging and exacerbated security challenges that have impacted on the national security policies of various regional economic communities (RECs). This study analyses SADC and ECOWAS' responses to... mehr
The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic remains a global security threat, as the result of the emerging and exacerbated security challenges that have impacted on the national security policies of various regional economic communities (RECs). This study analyses SADC and ECOWAS' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic under their respective existing peace and security structures and explores if both RECs, SADC and ECOWAS have been efficient. This article discusses the Southern African and West African security setting, how its security architecture emerged and whether it has been successful in overcoming the security ramification in the region under the Covid-19 pandemic. Coincidentally, both SADC and ECOWAS have been confronted with existing and emerging human security threats, such as increased poverty, inequality, and the spread of diseases, such as Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic, a non-traditional security threat, has exposed how RECs, such as SADC and ECOWAS, respond to non-traditional and emerging security threats, suggesting for the transcendence of their security architecture that caters equally for non-military and emerging human security threats, alike military threats. This article explores the regional security experiences, challenges, and responses of both the SADC and ECOWAS under the Covid-19 pandemic.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
SADC; internationale Beziehungen; regionale Integration; Sicherheitspolitik; Regionalismus; südliches Afrika; Westafrika; menschliche Sicherheit; Gesundheitspolitik; Kooperation
Klassifikation
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Southern African Development Community; Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regionalism; security community; Covid-19
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 16-30
Zeitschriftentitel
EUREKA: Social and Humanities (2022) 1
ISSN
2504-5571
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)