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The SADC Standby Force and Its Regional Peacekeeping Training Centre: Uncertain Operational Readiness and Future of an Externally Fuelled Brigade

Johannes Muntschick

subject

EngineeringOperational readinessFinancial incentivesSoftware deploymentEconomic policybusiness.industryOperations managementbusinessTraining (civil)Peacekeeping

description

This chapter offers a comprehensive explanation of why and how SADC countries engaged in military integration and put efforts in establishing a regional standby brigade with an associated peacekeeping training centre. This chapter pays special attention to the impact of extra-regional actors and donors’ funding in this regard since the development of the SADC Standby Force occurs at a time when the region lacks an actual external threat. Instead, the African Union, together with the EU, provides financial incentives and thus promotes the build-up of a SADC brigade. The EU’s external influence, however, has been ambivalent insofar as a freezing of donations paralysed the operational capacity of the troops’ training centre. Today, the Standby Force is officially ready for deployment with South Africa as lead nation.

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2017-10-06
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45330-9_7