EDITORIAL THE NEPAD AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM Prospects and challenges FEATURES THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM Process and procedures United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) PEER REVIEW AS A TOOL FOR CO-OPERATION AND CHANGE An analysis of an OECD working method Fabricio Pagani BENCHMARKS AND INDICATORS FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A private sector perspective Steve Godfrey AFRICA WATCH AFRICAN REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS PEACE OPERATIONS Developments and challenges Eric G Berman SECURITY BRIEF TRENDS AND MARKERS Recent data, statistics and indicators ESSAYS PEACEFUL CHANGE AND THE RISE OF SUDANS DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT Dave Peterson URBAN FORTRESSES Gated communities as a reaction to crime Karina Landman & Martin Schönteich DEMOCRACY IN THE SADC REGION Comparative overview Willie Breytenbach AU PLAN ON TERRORISM Joining the global war or leading an African battle? Kathryn Sturman COMMENTARY MAKING THE MECHANISM WORK A view from the African Union Jinmi Adisa THE UNIVERSAL ASPIRATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT A short comment on the American position Max du Plessis THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRATEGIC DEFENCE PROCUREMENT PACKAGE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Are they mutually exclusive? M C A M Sehlapelo BOOK REVIEWS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY The struggle for global justice Geoffrey Robertson THE LIE OF THE LAND Challenging received wisdom on the African environment Melissa Leach & Robin Mearns (Eds) GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE NEW WARS The merging of development and security Mark Duffield AIDS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Disease and globalisation Tony Barnett & Alan Whiteside Price| Subscribe