ABSTRACT This article examines whether the proliferation of overlapping sub-regional security organisations in Eastern Africa is an opportunity or a challenge to the security of the region. To this end, I used secondary sources of data. The data analysed show that the duplication of security institutions has detrimental effects namely, financial problems, inefficiency and ineffectiveness, conflictual competition, forum shopping and regime shifting. As far as the positive aspect of it is concerned, there have been negligible cooperative attempts, while all other possible positive effects discussed in the conceptual framework part are missing. Thus, it is evident from the findings that the proliferation of sub-regional organisations in Eastern Africa is more of a challenge than an opportunity to maintain peace and security in the region.

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东非重叠的次区域组织的扩散：对该地区安全的机遇还是挑战？

摘要 本文考察了东非重叠的次区域安全组织的扩散对该地区的安全来说是机遇还是挑战。为此，我使用了二手数据来源。分析的数据表明，安全机构的重复会产生不利影响，即财务问题、效率低下和无效、竞争冲突、论坛购物和政权更替。就其积极方面而言，合作尝试可以忽略不计，而概念框架部分讨论的所有其他可能的积极影响都没有。因此，从调查结果中可以明显看出，东非次区域组织的扩散与其说是维护该地区和平与安全的机会，不如说是一种挑战。