ABSTRACT
As the editors note in their introduction, the post-Cold War era witnesses two largely separate discourses: 'new regionalism' and 'human security and development'. The contributors to this volume have sought to join those two discourses and advance the field of 'new regionalism' by employing a variety of regional as well as national examples from the African continent. In this chapter, we draw out and elucidate some of the key themes and innovations that this volume offers. Our goal is to further theorize and reflect upon issues of human security, development, the state and the region in Africa, as well as their interconnectedness.
