African Security explores fresh approaches to understanding Africa’s conflicts and security concerns. Its investigation of competing analytical approaches to security complements discussions of current security issues in Africa. The journal strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not only from the more traditional approaches to security studies but also from more novel and innovative perspectives.
In order to truly understand conflict in Africa, existing paradigms in national and international security must be challenged. African security cannot be understood by applying only traditional theories and approaches to the study of international security, and to this end African Security seeks to push the envelope of traditional security studies while remaining firmly grounded in the extant security issues facing Africa.
While African Security is based in the disciplines of political science, international relations, and international security, it welcomes theoretical challenges to how we understand conflict and security drawn from the perspectives of other disciplines, such as anthropology, development studies, environmental studies, and economics.
The journal publishes four issues per annum.
Peer Review
Each submission goes through a multi-stage rigorous peer review procedure, including screening by editors. Only papers that have a chance to succeed in the external double anonymized peer review process are forwarded to the next stage. At least two experts in the relevant field review each paper. Articles for a special issue must be approved by the guest editor(s) before submission on the journal’s website. The editors of the journal and one external reviewer will assess each article for a special issue. Book reviews are assessed solely by the editors.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
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