Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- manu.lekunze@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272768
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
Dr Manu Lekunze is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. Manu studies the security of states in the continually changing domestic, regional, and international environments. His research has examined questions in maritime strategy, insurgency, intelligence, defence policy, political economy and complexity science. He has published two books, several peer-reviewed articles, and book chapters.
Dr Manu Lekunze convenes ‘Conversations on African Security’, an ongoing seminar series which brings together leading African security experts and practitioners to discuss topical issues in African security. In addition to seminars in the UK, Conversations on African Security held seminars in Abuja, Nigeria, Accra, Ghana, and Bamako, Mali.
Manu often acts as an International Security Analyst, and has extensive experience providing security analysis to local, national, and international print and broadcast media, including the BBC, Al-Jazeera English, TRT World and CGTN.
Latest Publications
Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad
The Handbook of African Defence and Armed Forces. Oxford University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Nigerian Security: The Tragedy of Latent Great Powers
Bristol University PressBooks and Reports: BooksCameroon’s rebels may not achieve their goal of creating the Ambazonian state – but they’re still a threat to stability
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsInsurgency and national security: a perspective from Cameroon’s separatist conflict
Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1155-1173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSecurity in Cameroon: a growing risk of persistent insurgency
Canadian Journal of African Studies, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 219-236Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00083968.2022.2120507
- Research
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Research Overview
Research Interests:
- International Security
- Small War Theory
- Africa and the Great Powers (US, China, Russia)
- UK-Africa Relations
- Insecurity in the Sahel
Dr Manu Lekunze is interested in supervising PhD projects with questions related to IR theory, international security, intelligence, irregular warfare, maritime strategy, and insecurity in the Sahel.
Research Areas
Current Research
Nelson Mandela once said, ‘education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ Manu’s current research combines his experience as an educator and his interest in security to seek ways to use education to contribute to peace, security, and prosperity. The project will produce teaching materials to contribute to Citizenship Education that fosters peaceful co-existence and political order in security-challenged societies in the Global South.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Maritime Security
African Security
Introduction to International Relations