Abstract
West Africa, one of the poorest regions of the world, has been affected in the last 20 years by multiple internal conflicts with a strong transnational dimension. However, West Africa has also relatively well-developed regional institutions, particularly the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS) and the Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA). Since the beginning of the new millennium, the European Union (EU) has scaled up its support for regional peace and security initiatives. However, inconsistencies in the EU’s approach, partly due to the heritage of colonial ties, as well as ECOWAS and UEMOA’s institutional weaknesses, have limited the capacity of the EU to promote regional integration as a tool for conflict transformation.
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