Research ArticleRegional Governance & Law
External Naval Presence and Regional Ownership: Balancing Partnership and Sovereignty in Gulf of Guinea Security
Dr. Comfort Adjei-Mensah, Lt. Cdr. Effiong Bassey
This article examines the tension between welcoming external naval partnership and preserving regional ownership of maritime security outcomes in the Gulf of Guinea, drawing on interviews with regional naval officers and policy documents from partner-country deployments.