Geopolitical interests and the failure of the african peace and security architecture in political crisis : the case of the electoral crisis in the DRC (2016)

• A-Defensive structural realism.......................................................................30
  
• B-A theory of international regimes.................................................................32
  
• A-Definition of variables...............................................................................40
  
• B-Other concepts.........................................................................................48
  
• A-Establishment of the APSA........................................................................52
  
• B-Operationalisation of the APSA...................................................................55
  
• A-Congo before Kabila: The legacy of a fragmented state.....................................65
  
• B-Congo under Joseph Kabila: Geopolitical interests and power struggle.................67
  
• A-Run up to facilitation....................................................................................73
  
• B-The AU lead facilitation 26th April to 1st November..........................................81
  
• A-The Impact of Geopolitical interest on the AU lead facilitation.....................................87
  
• B-Discussion of results.................................................................................93
  

• Annexes .................................................................................................105
  
• ABSTRACT
  
• RESUME
  
  • 2-Utility of the cognitivist approach in the present research
    
• ANNEXES
  
• II- COMMUNIQUE ANOUNCING THE END OF THE FACILITATION PROCESS