Identifying the spoilers in the security sector reform -- disarmament demobilisation and reintegration process in the Congo

Nina Wilén

Defense & Security Analysis, 2013, vol. 29, issue 2, 117-127

Abstract: The Congolese security sector reform -- disarmament demobilisation and reintegration (SSR-DDR) process has suffered from setbacks in its military sector during the last 10 years, such as insufficient funding, lack of coordination and domestic reluctance to major changes, with as a result, a very fragile and disjointed Army. These problems have deepened as officers have defected from the Army and caused new instability in the East of the Congo. This article aims to analyse the recent mutinies and the reaction by the Congolese government by applying a capabilities-based approach in combination with a typology of spoilers. The objective is to identify and classify the spoilers and answer the questions of why they emerge now and how they are dealt with on a national level. From the analysis, the author suggests that there are several spoilers involved in the current situation -- the most powerful being the Congolese and the Rwandan governments, prompting the question of whether an international involvement is necessary to solve the problem.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2013.787792

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