US strategy in Africa: AFRICOM, terrorism and security challenges

by Francis, David J.

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Full title :US strategy in Africa : AFRICOM, terrorism and security challenges / edited by David J. Francis

Summary

This book outlines the construction, interpretations and understanding of US strategy towards Africa in the early 21st century. No single issue or event in the recent decades in Africa has provoked so much controversy and unified hostility and opposition as the announcement by former President George W. Bush of the establishment of the United Stated Africa Command - AFRICOM. The intensity and sheer scale of the unprecedented unity of opposition to AFRICOM across Africa surprised many experts and lead them to ask why such a hostile reaction occurred. This book explores the conception of AFRICOM and the subsequent reaction in two ways. Firstly, the contributors critically engage with the creation and global imperatives for the establishment of AFRICOM and present an analytical outline of African security in relation to and within the context of the history of US foreign and security policy approaches to Africa. Secondly, the book has original chapter contributions by some of the key actors involved in the development and implementation of the AFRICOM project including Theresa Whelan, the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. This is not only an attempt to contribute to the academic and policy-relevant debates based on the views of those who are intimately involved in the design and implementation of the AFRICOM project but also to show, in their own words, that 'America has no clandestine agenda for Africa'.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 203 s. : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415485104, 041548510X
oclc:ocn763138766
LC Classification:UA855
Dewey Decimal:355 .0310973096

Part 1: AFRICOM and US Security Policy in Africa. -- 1. Introduction: AFRICOM: US Strategic Interests and African Security / David J. Francis -- 2. Africa: A new Strategic Perspective / Theresa Whelan -- 3. AFRICOM: What is it and what will it do? / Daniel Volman -- 4. AFRICOM: Terrorism and Security Challenges in Africa / J. Peter Pham -- 5. An African perspective on security / Mohamed Salih -- 6. Solutions Not Yet Sought: A Human Security Paradigm for the 21st Century Africa / Shannon Beebe. -- Part 2: African Responses: Threats and Opportunities. -- 7. AFRICOM: Its Reality, rhetoric and Future / Jeremy Keenan -- 8. The African Union and AFRICOM / Tom Teiku -- 9. Into Africa -- Always Something New: AFRICOM and the History of Telling Africans what their Problems Are / David Chuter -- 10. Geo-politics beyond Washington: Africa's alternative security and development partnerships / Josephine Osikena. -- Conclusion: AFRICOM and the future of United States-Africa Relations / David J. Francis

Subjects

Africa Africa -- Foreign relations -- United S… Africa -- Relations -- United States Africa -- Strategic aspects Afrique -- Relations -- États-Unis Afrique -- Relations extérieures -- Éta… Diplomatic relations États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … Insurgency -- Prevention. -- Africa international relations Military policy Strategic aspects of individual places Terrorism -- Prevention Terrorism -- Prevention. -- Africa Terrorisme -- Prévention. -- Afrique United States United States -- Foreign Relations -- A… United States -- Military policy United States -- Relations -- Africa United States // Africa Command