ABSTRACT Security sector reform (SSR) is regularly cited by states and regional organisations as crucial for stability in the Sahel. However, these declarations and interventions are not based on deep analysis, and much of the literature focuses overwhelmingly on the role of external actors or technical aspects of SSR. Against this backdrop, three preliminary factors need to be addressed in order to reform the security sectors in Burkina Faso and Mali: abuses and violations by regular armies; state support to non-state armed groups; and the securitisation of the region by external actors. In this context, SSR remains hamstrung and illusory: it is not inclusive, which threatens to undermine its outcome.

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巨大的错觉：萨赫勒地区的安全部门改革

摘要安全部门改革 (SSR) 经常被国家和区域组织引用为对萨赫勒地区的稳定至关重要。然而，这些声明和干预并非基于深入分析，而且大部分文献都压倒性地关注外部参与者的作用或 SSR 的技术方面。在此背景下，为了改革布基纳法索和马里的安全部门，需要解决三个初步因素：正规军的滥用和侵犯；国家对非国家武装团体的支持；以及外部参与者对该地区的证券化。在这种情况下，SSR 仍然是软弱无力和虚幻的：它不具有包容性，这有可能破坏其结果。