The Collective and Cooperative Security of Preventing Failed States: An Interrogation of Small Arms Control in Liberia

dc.contributor.authorFyanka, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-31T11:33:48Z
dc.date.available2022-01-31T11:33:48Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractIntra-state conflict has been identified as a central or prevalent contributory factor to the failed state phenomenon. One of the major arteries that keep these conflicts alive is the volume and nature of arms proliferation within the country and region. Consequently by implication, arms proliferation becomes is a key stakeholder in state failure. During the Liberian conflict, the United Nations and ECOWAS intervened in the war at the levels of collective and cooperative security respectively using several diplomatic instruments including embargoes, legal legislation, voluntary weapons collection programs and DDR. The intent with regards to small arms control was to starve the conflict of weapons and so compel the belligerents to the negotiating table. This study examines the process and impact of these instruments and the extent to which they have enabled the post-war peacebuilding efforts. The paper holds that Liberia’s DDR and voluntary weapons collection programs have largely contributed to the reconstruction process as a key aspect of security sector reforms.en_US
dc.identifier.issn00331-3646
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/918
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Ikoyi Lagosen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNigerian Journal of International Affairs;Volume 42, Numbers 1 & 2, 2016
dc.titleThe Collective and Cooperative Security of Preventing Failed States: An Interrogation of Small Arms Control in Liberiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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