Issues Area

ISSUE AREAS

Contemporary African societies are faced with increasing security challenges ranging from religious extremism, frustration with unequal wealth distribution due to globalization, corruption, misuse of state resources, and abuse of state power. This has been the norm instead of an exception thereby making security elusive. Security must be at the top of the agenda if wealth creation, development, and human dignity is the goal. The security-development nexus has become more relevant now not just within the respective states but also a critical piece of the puzzle of contemporary global development discourse. Weak institutions and relaxed security priorities threaten not only domestic security and development but also have severe consequences for international peace, security and development. Attempts to rein in domestic instabilities come with associated human and financial costs. There is no doubt that domestic instabilities within states, especially in the developing world, have impacted the security and economic health of those states, the region these states belong, and the global arena. With globalization and the myriad interconnectedness of states, both developed and developing, the security-development nexus will continue to be top priority of states into the foreseeable future.

CESDOSED seeks to address critical domestic institutional challenges that have dogged states in the developing world. Emphasis is also placed on human security, and how African governments are embracing and incorporating human security in their security, economic, and developmental strategies and policies.