Peace and Security | Frieden und Sicherheit Think Piece No. 13: The security-development nexus - A view from Southern Africa 11.07.2016 André du Pisani Summary This analytical paper draws on an earlier offering and engages with two key policy framings of the 15-member Southern African Development Community (SADC). These are: the Revised (Harmonized) Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation (SIPO II), and the recently reviewed Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP). Together these two policy framings provide the regional body’s most elaborate and systematic articulation on the Security/Development nexus. The paper provides a critique of both frameworks against the background of the linear model of regional integration that privileges market and trade integration over project and development integration.
