The African Union and coercive diplomacy
The case of Burundi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nina Wilén (0000-0002-4142-0920, Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Paul D Williams (0000-0002-9716-1294, George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 673-696 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x18000459 |
| OpenAlex | W2902814536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 24 |
In December 2015, the African Union (AU) took the unprecedented step of threatening to use military force against the government of Burundi's wishes in order to protect civilians caught up in the country's intensifying domestic crisis. This article traces the background to this decision and analyses the effectiveness and credibility of the AU's use of coercive diplomacy as a tool of conflict management. After its usual range of conflict management tools failed to stem the Burundian crisis, the AU Commission and Peace and Security Council tried a new type of military compellence by invoking Article 4(h) of the Union's Constitutive Act. We argue that the threatened intervention never materialised because of (1) the Burundian government's astute diplomacy and (2) several African autocrats' resistance to setting a precedent for future interventions where concerns about civilian protection might override state sovereignty
Commission · Credibility · Diplomacy · Government (linguistics) · Intervention (counseling) · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Sovereign state · Sovereignty · State (computer science) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
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Revisiting the Civil-Military Conundrum in Africa
Local perceptions, regional action
Whitewashing and extortion
The ‘speculated’ intervention of the East African Standby Force (Easf) in the Sudan
Adoption, adaptation or chance? Inter-organisational diffusion of the protection of civilians norm from the UN to the African Union
Public attitudes toward external democracy promotion in Africa
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Forceful persuasion
The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Establishing the Full Operational Capability of the East African Standby Force
Time to React
Reflections on the Evolving African Peace and Security Architecture
From States to Secretariats
Defending Constitutional Rule as a Peacemaking Enterprise
The African Standby Force
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union
Africa's New Peace and Security Architecture
The United States and Coercive Diplomacy
From non-intervention to non-indifference
Partnership peacekeeping
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union
A decade of African Peace and Security Architecture
Legal Loopholes and the Politics of Executive Term Limits
The Burundian army's trajectory to professionalization and depoliticization, and back again
Sending peacekeepers abroad, sharing power at home
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |