SADC and Terrorism: Where is the Regional Strategy?

The document argues that while terrorism poses threats to southern Africa, the SADC region lacks a strong, coordinated regional strategy. It suggests that southern African states should enhance their security measures by integrating international models of coordination, cooperation, and harmonization with existing regional capacity to mitigate collective vulnerabilities.

• Since September 11, global regional organisations have realigned to face terrorism, but southern Africa has not yet taken strong regional action, and commitments to the issue remain varied.
• The author suggests that southern African states can address terrorism threats by combining international models with their own regional capacity, specifically by focusing on harmonization, cooperation, and coordination among member states.

APA

Rifer, M. (2005). SADC and Terrorism: Where is the Regional Strategy? Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/01-mar-2005-sadc-and-terrorism.-where-is-the-regional-strategy-michael-rifer

Chicago

Rifer, Michael. SADC and Terrorism: Where is the Regional Strategy? Institute for Security Studies, 2005. https://issafrica.org/01-mar-2005-sadc-and-terrorism.-where-is-the-regional-strategy-michael-rifer.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rifer2005sadc, author = {Rifer, Michael}, title = {{SADC and Terrorism: Where is the Regional Strategy?}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2005}, month = mar, url = {https://issafrica.org/01-mar-2005-sadc-and-terrorism.-where-is-the-regional-strategy-michael-rifer}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }