Hussein Solomon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3940617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hussein Solomon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hussein |
| FAMILY NAME | Solomon |
| SIGNATURE | SOLOMON H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5980-9280 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Africa’s External Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities
Complex Solutions to Local Problems: Constructed Narratives and External Intervention in Somalia’s Crisis, by Jude Cocodia
African Security in the Anthropocene
Lessons from the Protestant Reformation for Today’s Islamic World
The Islamic world today faces multiple challenges, including political stagnation, religious authoritarianism, and societal inertia. Drawing on a historical-comparative approach, this article explores the Protestant Reformation as a case study to examine how religious renewal can emerge from within a faith tradition. The study employs a historical-analytical method, drawing parallels between key developments in the Reformation and current conditi…
Mobility, Mobilization and Counter-Insurgency: The Routes of Terror in and Africa Context , by Daniel E. Agbiboa
African Security in the Anthropocene
Hendricks, M.N. (2020) Manufacturing Terrorism in Africa: The Securitisation of South African Muslims. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. — 247 p
Arab Mena Countries: Vulnerabilities and Constraints Against Democracy on the Eve of the Global Covid-19 Crisis
Islamism, Crisis and Democratization: Implications of the World Values Survey for the Muslim World
The Institutionalisation of endemic corruption: State capture in South Africa
Systemic corruption has become the norm in South Africa. This is evident in the recent Transparency International’s Corruption Index. During the Zuma Administration, the scale and magnitude of corruption intensified and the term “state capture” was used to describe this phenomenon. Given the dramatic developments of February 2018 which witnessed the stepping down of President Jacob Zuma and his replacement by President Cyril Ramaphosa, there was …
African security in the twenty-first century: Challenges and opportunities
This book explores the evolving African security paradigm in light of the multitude of diverse threats facing the continent and the international community today and in the decades ahead. It challenges current thinking and traditional security constructs as woefully inadequate to meet the real security concerns and needs of African governments in a globalized world. The continent has becoming increasingly integrated into an international security…
African Security in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Consolidation of Democracy in Africa: A View from the South
Understanding Boko Haram: Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa
International audience
Islamic State: Understanding the Nature of the Beast and Its Funding
The Islamic State (IS) took the global stage in June 2014 and since has become one of the greatest threats to international peace and security. While initially closely affiliated with Al-Qaeda, the IS has proved itself to be a distinct phenomenon of horror—more dangerous than Al-Qaeda. The group essentially established itself in the volatile Middle East, but has infiltrated many parts of the world with the aim of expanding Islam’s Holy War. What …
African Security and the United States: Letters from Africa to President Donald J. Trump
Eight years ago we printed three letters to President Obama at the cusp of the new administration (Volume 2, Issue 1, 2009). Two prominent themes infused those letters: First, the traditional appro
Beyond the state: Reconceptualising African security in the 21st century
Confronted with myriad security challenges, African states and the much-vaunted peace and security architecture of the African Union (AU) has proven not to be up to the challenge. Indeed, this is implicitly acknowledged by the AU itself if one considers the creation of such security structures as the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which exists outside its peace and security architecture. This paper argues for a radical rethink of security s…
Consolidation of Democracy in Africa: A View from the South
Irregular war: Isis and the new threat from the margins
Over the past two years, several books have appeared focusing on Islamic State (IS). These have largely focused on its history, its ideological appeal or its propensity to make use of social media
The particular role of religion in Islamic State
Religion, specifically Islam, is central to the identity of Islamic State (IS). It was on the basis of religious doctrine that IS separated from Al Qaeda. It is on the basis of his belonging to the same tribe as the Prophet Muhammed that Al-Baghdadi has legitimised his claims of leadership of the Muslim ummah. Moreover each action undertaken by IS is justified on the basis of Islamic religious texts. Far from representing some sort of lunatic fri…
Ansar Dine in Mali: Between Tuareg Nationalism and Islamism
When Captain Amadou Sanogo staged his coup against Malian President Toure on 22 March 2012, one of the reasons he gave for his actions was that Toure did not supply the Malian armed forces with sufficient heavy and new weapons to take on the Tuareg rebellion in the north. Little did Captain Sanogo realise that his coup and the resultant power vacuum in the capital, Bamako, would result in the Tuareg Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) seiz…
The origins, ideology and development of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
This paper examines the phenomenon of terrorism in the Sahel/Saharan regions of Africa by focusing on the principal terrorist organisation in that turbulent region – Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb or AQIM. The paper examines the origins of this murky organisation in Algeria in the 1990s, focusing on its development and its relationships with other militant organisations like that of Ansar Dine in Mali. The paper examines the development of AQIM …
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Africa: Fighting Insurgency from Al Shabaab, Ansar Dine and Boko Haram
Traditional counter-terrorism approaches, with their emphasis on the military, are failing. This is seen in the fact that there is an average of three terrorist attacks per day in Africa. This study c
Political Islam: An African Perspective
Political Islam continues to gain adherents across the African continent. In an attempt to understand why this is the case, this article explores the historical evolution of political Islam or Islamism. Three case studies are then provided to examine the implementation of this ideology—the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Sudan’s National Islamic Front and Al Shabab in Somalia. In conclusion, we examine the future of political Islam from the perspect…
Critical Terrorism Studies and Its Implications for Africa
In Somalia, the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces are engaged in a fierce counter-insurgency campaign against Al Shabab terrorists. Regional and international players such as Ethiopia and the USA support AMISOM. In northern Mali, French forces together with those of the Economic Community of West African States are involved in vicious battles with Islamists in the form of Ansar Dine, the Movement for Unity and Jihad and Al Qaeda in the I…
Somalia's Al Shabaab: Clans vs Islamist nationalism
This article examines how Somalis have attempted to overcome deep clan divisions through appealing to an Islamic-nationalist identity. This religious nationalism has served to bring Somalia historically and currently into conflict with neighbouring states. These conflict dynamics have been given added impetus as a result of irredentist claims by Somali state and non-state actors on the territory of neighbouring states. In recent years Al Shabaab …
Mali: West Africa's Afghanistan
For over a decade Mali has been viewed as a poster child of good governance, secularism and tolerance and as a bulwark against radical Islam. Yet three inter-related sources of insecurity – Tuareg nationalism, the rise of Islamism and the nature of Mali's postindependence state – coalesced to bring about a takeover of northern Mali by Islamist forces. The rise of the Islamists, in turn, prompted Western – predominantly French – and regional inter…
Critical Terrorism Studies and Its Implications for Africa
In Somalia, the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces are engaged in a fierce counter-insurgency campaign against Al Shabab terrorists. Regional and international players such as Ethiopia and the USA support AMISOM. In northern Mali, French forces together with those of the Economic Community of West African States are involved in vicious battles with Islamists in the form of Ansar Dine, the Movement for Unity and Jihad and Al Qaeda in the I…
Libya's foreign policy in flux
This article provides a brief assessment of Libya's often unpredictable foreign policy with regard to Africa. The first section presents a brief historical background to Libya's involvement on the African continent and Colonel Gaddafi's military interventionism in Africa. The next section assesses the 1990s and Muammar Gaddafi's popularity during this period as well as his often extravagant economic involvement in Africa. The third section consid…
The African state and the failure of US counter-terrorism initiatives in Africa: The cases of Nigeria and Mali
Counter-terrorism initiatives are failing across the African continent. A major reason for this failure lies in the state-centric and military-focused nature of many counter-terrorism initiatives. In Africa, the state is often the source of insecurity for ordinary citizens. Any military strengthening of an illegitimate African state by the international community not only serves to bolster a predatory state but also undermines the human security …
Afghanistan's arrested development: Combating Taliban resurgence with an eye for lasting peace
Nearly eight years have passed since the Taliban were decisively removed from power, yet so far the international community together with the Afghan government lack a common and successful strategy necessary for the stabilization of the country. In this time, the Taliban have taken advantage of an environment of confusion and disjointed efforts to regroup and are currently making significant ground towards regaining control of Afghanistan. Succes…
Islamic State: Understanding the Nature of the Beast and Its Funding
The Islamic State (IS) took the global stage in June 2014 and since has become one of the greatest threats to international peace and security. While initially closely affiliated with Al-Qaeda, the IS has proved itself to be a distinct phenomenon of horror—more dangerous than Al-Qaeda. The group essentially established itself in the volatile Middle East, but has infiltrated many parts of the world with the aim of expanding Islam’s Holy War. What …
Beyond the state: Reconceptualising African security in the 21st century
Confronted with myriad security challenges, African states and the much-vaunted peace and security architecture of the African Union (AU) has proven not to be up to the challenge. Indeed, this is implicitly acknowledged by the AU itself if one considers the creation of such security structures as the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which exists outside its peace and security architecture. This paper argues for a radical rethink of security s…
The particular role of religion in Islamic State
Religion, specifically Islam, is central to the identity of Islamic State (IS). It was on the basis of religious doctrine that IS separated from Al Qaeda. It is on the basis of his belonging to the same tribe as the Prophet Muhammed that Al-Baghdadi has legitimised his claims of leadership of the Muslim ummah. Moreover each action undertaken by IS is justified on the basis of Islamic religious texts. Far from representing some sort of lunatic fri…
Critical reflections of Indian foreign policy: Between Kautilya and Ashoka
India is seen as an exceptional power among some policymakers and academics — a bastion of certain normative values standing for the marginalised in the global South. Examples of India's supposed moral foreign policy abound. However, a closer examination of India's foreign policy since its independence in 1947 suggests that India's foreign policy calculations tend to be infused with classical realism. Case studies of India's position on non-align…
South Africa in Africa: A Case of High Expectations for Peace
This article examines South Africa's engagement with the rest of the African continent in the realm of peace and security since 1994. It notes that despite expectations from the international community as well as its own policy documents that South Africa would promote human rights on the continent, this has not occurred in a substantial manner. Pretoria has been naïve in its mediation attempts, or worse. Pretoria's ambiguous position in relation…
Public Attitudes Regarding Undocumented Migration and Policing/Crime
Strategic Perspectives on Illegal Immigration Into South Africa
(1996). STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTO SOUTH AFRICA. African Security Review: Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 3-15
In Defence of Realism: Confessions of a Fallen Idealist
(1996). IN DEFENCE OF REALISM: CONFESSIONS OF A FALLEN IDEALIST. African Security Review: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 3-22
Strategic Perspectives on Illegal Immigration Into South Africa
(1996). STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTO SOUTH AFRICA. African Security Review: Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 3-15
Public Attitudes Regarding Undocumented Migration and Policing/Crime
Southern Africa and the Quest for Collective Security
Nigeria in the Era of Obasanjo
South African foreign policy, preventive diplomacy and the false promise of conflict resolution
(2002). South African foreign policy, preventive diplomacy and the false promise of conflict resolution. South African Journal of International Affairs: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 147-157
From Al-Aqsa to Aqaba: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the road map to peace
The much‐heralded road map for peace has hardly made a dent in the conflict which shows no signs of abating
Libya's foreign policy in flux
This article provides a brief assessment of Libya's often unpredictable foreign policy with regard to Africa. The first section presents a brief historical background to Libya's involvement on the African continent and Colonel Gaddafi's military interventionism in Africa. The next section assesses the 1990s and Muammar Gaddafi's popularity during this period as well as his often extravagant economic involvement in Africa. The third section consid…
Understanding Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
The disentangling of liberalism from democracy is one of the great paradoxes of our time, and the group that embodies this dichotomy more than any other is Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is the one of the oldest and most influential Islamist movements in the world and seeks to impose a fundamentalist vision on Egyptian society. The Brotherhood's most important theoretician, Sayyid Qutb, developed a coherent ideology o…
Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb
Xenophobia in South Africa: Origins, Trajectory and Recommendations
(2009). Xenophobia in South Africa: Origins, Trajectory and Recommendations. Africa Review: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 111-131
Afghanistan's arrested development: Combating Taliban resurgence with an eye for lasting peace
Nearly eight years have passed since the Taliban were decisively removed from power, yet so far the international community together with the Afghan government lack a common and successful strategy necessary for the stabilization of the country. In this time, the Taliban have taken advantage of an environment of confusion and disjointed efforts to regroup and are currently making significant ground towards regaining control of Afghanistan. Succes…
Analysis of the Impact of HIV/Aids on Civil Society and a Growing Economy in Mozambique: Assessing Aspects of Democratic Consolidation
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in South Africa
In recent years, growing evidence has shown that South Africa is increasingly playing a key supportive role for the operations of terrorist networks. Safe houses for terrorists have been identified, the nation's economic system has been used by terrorists to transfer funds, South African identity documents have been fraudulently obtained and provided to terrorists, and reports of paramilitary camps in the country have surfaced. Examining how this…
India's Israel Policy
South Africa in Africa: A Case of High Expectations for Peace
This article examines South Africa's engagement with the rest of the African continent in the realm of peace and security since 1994. It notes that despite expectations from the international community as well as its own policy documents that South Africa would promote human rights on the continent, this has not occurred in a substantial manner. Pretoria has been naïve in its mediation attempts, or worse. Pretoria's ambiguous position in relation…
The Demise of South Africa’s Intelligence Community and the Erosion of the Liberal Democratic State
We must accept the fundamental principle of legality. We do not stand above the law. We are not exempted from the law. We are unequivocally and emphatically bound by the law and the Bill of Rights. All our operations must be conducted within the parameters of the Constitution and relevant legislation. The founders of our democracy took this issue so seriously that they enshrined in our Constitution the requirement that members of the security ser…
Jean-Pierre Filiu. 2011 The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising, London: Hurst & Co, 256 pages
Jean-Pierre Filiu. 2011 The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising, London: Hurst & Co, 256 pages. In this timely book, esteemed French scholar Jean-Pierre Filiu explores the ori
Responding to the Zimbabwe Crisis: Examining the Role of Preventive Diplomacy in Multi-Track Approaches toward Zimbabwe, 2000–2009
Considering the prolonged delays in the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and the uncertainty surrounding the date of its next elections, Zimbabwe continues to be an important topic of conversation and debate in the southern African region. Contemporary analysis has primarily focused on official state and regional intergovernmental responses to Zimbabwe over the past decade. In contrast, this article highlights the important …
Eight steps to improve counter-terrorism measures in South Africa
In recent years, South Africa has come to be used by international terrorists as a safe house, for paramilitary training purposes, as a base from which to plan attacks on other countries and as a conduit for financial transactions. South Africa's own counter-terrorism initiatives have been labelled ‘reactive’ by analysts. Indeed, the existing counter-terrorism regime suffers from a lack of political will to issues of corruption and ineptitude bed…
Critical reflections of Indian foreign policy: Between Kautilya and Ashoka
India is seen as an exceptional power among some policymakers and academics — a bastion of certain normative values standing for the marginalised in the global South. Examples of India's supposed moral foreign policy abound. However, a closer examination of India's foreign policy since its independence in 1947 suggests that India's foreign policy calculations tend to be infused with classical realism. Case studies of India's position on non-align…
Internal and External Political Dynamics Influencing Lesotho’s Foreign Policy
Due to the globalised nature of the world, the political foreign policies of landlocked states (LLS) have been affected, resulting in landlocked countries lagging behind their maritime neighbours in the overall development. Within the notion of landlocked states, it is important to note that there is a difference between states surrounded by the territory of only one other state, which can be defined as ‘enclaves’, and those that have several oth…
Jihad: A South African Perspective
What are the factors which have made South Africa so appealing to terrorist and radical Islamic organisations? What role has South Africa played within global Jihad? This book examines how South Africa has come to play a major role in global terror networks stemming from growing criminality and corruption within state structures. It also examines the interaction between local and foreign extremist elements which undermine South Africa’s security.…
Combating Islamist radicalisation in South Africa
Is radical Islamism spreading in South Africa? The answer has to be an emphatic ‘yes’. When discussing issues of radicalisation in Africa, commentators often examine the case of Somalia's al-Shabaab or al-Qaeda's North African franchise, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Very little attention is paid to radicalisation amongst South Africa's Muslim population. Yet, there is growing evidence that South Africa has come to play an important rol…
Mali: West Africa's Afghanistan
For over a decade Mali has been viewed as a poster child of good governance, secularism and tolerance and as a bulwark against radical Islam. Yet three inter-related sources of insecurity – Tuareg nationalism, the rise of Islamism and the nature of Mali's postindependence state – coalesced to bring about a takeover of northern Mali by Islamist forces. The rise of the Islamists, in turn, prompted Western – predominantly French – and regional inter…
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