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This open access book on the state of peacebuilding in Africa brings together the work of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and decision makers to reflect on key experiences and lessons learned in peacebuilding in Africa over the past half century. The core themes addressed by the contributors include conflict prevention, mediation, and management; post-conflict reconstruction, justice and Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration; the role of women, religion, humanitarianism, grassroots organizations, and early warning systems; and the impact of global, regional, and continental bodies. The book's thematic chapters are complemented by six country/region case studies: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan/South Sudan, Mozambique and the Sahel/Mali. Each chapter concludes with a set of key lessons learned that could be used to inform the building of a more sustainable peace in Africa. The State of Peacebuilding in Africa was born out of the activities of the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP), a Carnegie-funded, continent-wide network of African organizations that works with the Wilson Center to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa. The research for this book was made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

African Politics --- Development Policy --- Peace Studies --- Development Studies --- International Relations --- Peace in Africa --- Sierra Leone --- Transitional Justice --- Human rights --- Development --- Open Access --- Politics & government --- Africa --- Peace studies & conflict resolution

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This open access book questions the stereotype depicting all Gulf (GCC) economies as not sustainable, and starts a critical discussion of what these economies and polities should do to guarantee themselves a relatively stable future. Volatile international oil markets and the acceleration of the energy transition has challenged the notion that oil revenues are sufficient to sustain oil economies in the near to medium term. But what is the meaning of economic sustainability? The book discusses the multiple dimensions of the concept: economic diversification, continuing value of resources, taxation and fiscal development, labor market sustainability, sustainable income distribution, environmental sustainability, political order (democracy or authoritarianism) and sustainability, regional integration. The overarching message in this book is that we should move on from the simplistic branding of the Gulf economies as unsustainable and tackle the details of which adaptations they might need to undertake.

International Political Economy --- Sustainable Development --- Natural Resource and Energy Economics --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management --- Middle Eastern Politics --- Middle Eastern and North African Economics --- International Relations --- Environmental Social Sciences --- Environmental Economics --- Economy-wide Country Studies --- Open Access --- Sustainability of GCC Development --- New Global Oil Order --- Economic sustainability in resource-rich states --- Gulf Economic Diversification and Sustainable Development --- Political Economy of Diversification --- Economic Transformation vs. Diversification --- Oil and Economic Diversification --- Fiscal dimensions of Economic Sustainability --- Labour Market dimensions of Economic Sustainability --- Hydrocarbon Endowment in the Gulf Region --- Normalizing the Saudi Economy --- Inclusive Growth in the Gulf Region --- Saudi Private Sector’s Contribution to Fiscal Sustainability --- Economic Sustainability and the Energy Transition --- Economic Diversification in the MENA --- Peak Oil and the Energy Transition in the MENA --- Economic Diversification Through Energy Sector Reform --- Energy Pricing Reform in the Gulf Region --- Climate Strategy for Producer Countries --- Political economy --- Sustainability --- Environmental economics --- Energy technology & engineering --- Energy industries & utilities --- Politics & government --- Middle East --- Economics