Annexes
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List of Tables
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TITLE
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Tabular representation of the study's research design
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Results of doubly decisive test
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90
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
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AMANI
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African Military Exercise
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AMIB
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African Union Mission in Burundi
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AMIS
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African Union Mission in Sudan
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AMISEC
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African Union Electoral Support Mission in Comoros
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AMISOM
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African Union Mission in Somalia
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AMU
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Arab Maghreb Union
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APSA
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African Peace and Security Architecture
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ASF
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African Standby Force
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AU
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African Union
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CADSP
CEN-SAD
CEWS
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Common African Defense and Security Policy
Community of
Sahel-Saharan States
Continental Early Warning System
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CMD
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Conflict Management Division
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COMESA
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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CPX
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Command Post Exercise
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DANIDA
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Danish International Development Agency
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DDR
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Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration
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EAC
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East African Community
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ECCAS
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Economic Community of Central African States
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ECOWAS
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Economic Community of West African States
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EU
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European Union
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FOC
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Full Operation Capability
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FPU
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Formed Police Unit
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FTX
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Field Training Exercise
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OAU
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Organization of African Unity
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PKF
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Peace Keeping Force
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PLANELM
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Planning Element
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PQ
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Primary Question
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PRC
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People's Republic of China
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PSC
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Peace and Security Council
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PSO
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Peace Support Operations
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PSOD
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Peace Support Operations Division
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PW
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Panel of the Wise
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R2P
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Responsibility to Protect
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RDC
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Rapid Deployment Capability
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RECs
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Regional Economic Communities
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RMs
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Regional Mechanisms
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SADC
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Southern African Development Community
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ABSTRACT
The present Master's thesis is an inquiry into the failure of
the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) in the 2016 Congolese
electoral crisis. The thesis investigates the impact geopolitical interests had
on the functioning of the APSA. This topic is important in both practical and
theoretical respects. Regarding theory, this topic is important because it is
an unprecedented systematic verification of the relevance of the regime theory
research agenda in an African context. On the other hand, this thesis is of
practical importance because of the danger electoral crises present for peace
in Africa. The central research question that guided this inquiry is: how did
geopolitical interests limit the support of the APSA member states to the
facilitation in the electoral crisis in the DRC? The first secondary research
question is: how did geopolitical interests jeopardize the neutrality of the
mediation and hence cause distrust between the parties in the conflict in the
DRC? The second secondary research question is: how did geopolitical interests
contribute to the failure of the African peace and security architecture in the
2016 Congolese electoral crisis? The central hypothesis of the research is
Geopolitical interests act as an intervening variable leading primarily to
limited support and creating mistrust ultimately leading to the failure of the
APSA in the electoral crisis in the DRC. The first secondary hypothesis is:
geopolitical interests made APSA member states undermine the action of the APSA
by limiting support to the APSA intervention in the conflict. The second
secondary hypothesis of the research is: geopolitical interests made the APSA
member states support parties to the conflict causing distrust in the
facilitation process. Using the single-case verification method known as
process tracing, and through documentary research and open ended discussions
have proceeded to verify our hypothesis. This research concludes that
geopolitical interests perverted the action of the APSA member states in the
DRC ultimately causing its failure.
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