Angola in Africa´s Peace and Security Architecture

Abstract

The participation of the Republic of Angola in the African Peace and Security Architecture represents, in the current context sub-Saharan, the example of a search for strategic affirmation of a rising regional power, through a participatory, influential foreign policy and commitment, bet at strategic balance, duality in which the Angolan Armed Forces are an instrument of military cooperation and conflict resolution in Angolan´s conjectural interest space. This article seeks to demystify this paradigm and reflects about the possible interests of Angola within the framework of the participation in the African Peace and Security Architecture, constituting a framework for development and affirmation of military capabilities and consequently, using the Armed Forces has a regional and continental assertion mechanism for Angola External Policy.