1) Security in Africa
Objective: to describe the current state of play in Africa
-          the current flashpoints
- Why conflicts arise
-          role of international organisations (UN, AU…)
-          role of external players (US, Russia, China, EU, France, NGOs,…)
-          role of Private Military Companies

2) Disconnected Strategies
Objective: to discuss the development and failure of strategies
- the criticality of strategy?
- how is a National Security Strategy developed
- linkages between strategies and doctrine
- why do strategies fail?

3) Case study: civil war Angola
Objective: to present the Cold War related internal conflict
- role of ideology
- causes of conflict
- solutions to conflict

4) Case study: civil war Sierra Leone
Objective: to present role of resources on conflict
- origins of conflict
- role of natural resources
- solutions to the conflict

5) Case study: Nigeria and Boko Haram
Objective: to present specifics of fighting the jihadist insurgency
- Causes of conflict
- Specifics of jihadist insurgency
- Solutions to the conflict

6) Case Study: The Lord’s Resistance Army
- Rise of LRA
- The transnationalism of the conflict
- The Campaign and impact on Central African Republic, DRC and Sudan
- The current situation

7) Case Study: Ansar al-Sunna and Mozambique
Objective: to discuss the rise of militant Islam in Northern Mozambique
- The arrival of Islam in East Africa
- The impact of colonial borders
- The impact of resource discoveries in ungoverned spaces
- The attacks
- The current situation

8) Case study: Republic of South Africa
Objective: to evaluate a security situation in post-Apartheid RSA
a. Evolution of the security environment
b. Biggest challenges and opportunities
c. From democracy to anarchy (July uprising)
d. Possible future development