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The IGAD Security Sector Programme: Mandate, Implementation, and Effectiveness

Abraham Kuol Nyuon, Associate Professor of Politics, Peace, and Security
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19505559
Published: April 24, 2024

Abstract

This article develops a novel theoretical framework to analyse the mandate, implementation, and effectiveness of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Security Sector Programme (ISSP) in non-member states, with a specific focus on Madagascar. It critiques the limitations of existing regional security complex and security sector reform theories when applied to such hybrid engagements. The proposed framework synthesises concepts of extra-regional actorness, transnational bureaucratic authority, and adaptive hybridisation to explain the programme's operational dynamics and contested outcomes. The analysis concludes by outlining the framework's implications for understanding regional organisations' roles in complex African security landscapes and its practical utility for policymakers.

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Abraham Kuol Nyuon (2024). The IGAD Security Sector Programme: Mandate, Implementation, and Effectiveness. African Bureaucracy Studies (Public Admin/Political, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19505559

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IGAD Security Sector ProgrammeRegional Security GovernanceExtra-Regional ActornessTransnational Bureaucratic AuthoritySecurity Sector ReformHybrid Security OrdersMadagascar

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