The UN-OIF peace and security cooperation : nature, scope and challenges

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This article explores the key aspects, challenges and problems of the UN and the OIF cooperation in the field of peace and security from 1998 to 2024. Based on the theory of regional security complexes, the article analyzes the model of interaction between the United Nations Organization (UN) and the International Organization of Francophonie (OIF) in the context of ensuring peace and stability on the African continent, as well as the national interests of the participating countries. This article also assesses the challenges and problems of cooperation in countering extremism and terrorism, as well as peacekeeping on the African continent and considers future prospects. The study uses institutional, historical, statistical, analytical methods to examine the practical aspects of interaction between the organizations. The theory of regional security complexes explains the strategic behavior of the UN and the OIF member states in the face of new challenges and threats to security in Africa and the changing global balance of power. It provides a new theoretical perspective for understanding not only the strategic choices of the formats of countries' participation in the global peace and security system, but contributes to the research of securitization and international security processes. The author has identified the most pressing problems of cooperation between the UN and the OIF in peace and security, which include strategic, financial, political, linguistic and logistical obstacles.

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Dhouha Belfekih

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