New national security priorities of African countries in the context of disruption of global value chains
The most important task facing nation-states in Africa is to ensure the security of the individual, society and the state. The article analyzes the changing security landscape in Africa in the framework of the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods. The data of the Organized Crime Index and Resilience to Organized Crime Index for Africa in the regional context are analyzed. The evolution of the reference object in the concept of African security from a state-oriented and regime-oriented approach to a personality-oriented approach is traced. The assessment of security strategies in Africa is given. A new approach to the development of national security strategies in Africa is proposed. It is recommended to develop a unified national security strategy of the African Continental Free Trade Area, which could become a reference point for the creation and adoption of national security strategies in individual African countries. The article may be of interest to specialists in the field of world economy, Africanists, as well as to anyone interested in modern international economic relations.