Warlord Democrats in Africa

Anders Themnér is a senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute and an assistant professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. His research focus is on post-civil war democratization; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants (DDR); and informal military networks in post-civil war societies

• Introduction: Warlord Democrats: Wartime Investments, Democratic Returns? - Anders Themnér1. Pompier-pyromanocracy: Mbusa Nyamwisi and the DR Congo’s Inflammable Post-settlement Political Order - Judith Verweijen 2. Apotheosis of a Warlord: Paul Kagame - Lars Waldorf3. Discourses of Peace and Fear: The Electoral Navigations of Sekouh Conneh and Prince Johnson in Post-war Liberia - Carrie Manning and Anders Themnér4. Afonso Dhlakama and RENAMO’s Return to Armed Conflict since 2013: The Politics of Reintegration in Mozambique - Alex Vines5. From Warlord to Drug Lord: The Life of João Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira - Henrik Vigh6. Shape-shifters in the Struggle for Survival: Post-war Politics in Sierra Leone - Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and Ibrahim Bangura7. Riek Machar: Warlord-Doctor in South Sudan - Johan Brosché and Kristine HöglundConclusion: Ambiguous Peacelords: The Diminishing Returns of Post-war Democracy - Anders Themnér

Themnér’s editorial prowess in securing such diverse, thoughtful contributions is evident … essential reading for any individual interested in postconflict stabilization and the reintegration of former state adversaries within state governing structures.'