African Security and the African Command : : Viewpoints on the US Role in Africa / / ed. by Terry Buss, Donald Goldstein, Joseph Adjaye.

• MitwirkendeR: Adjaye, Joseph K.,; Barbieri, Alison,; Brooks, Doug,; Buss, Nathaniel J.,; Buss, Terry F.,; Feleke, Elisabeth,; Gilpin, Raymond,; Goldstein, Don,; Harbeson, John W.,; Houngnikpo, Mathurin,; Korb, Lawrence J.,; Lanier, Jerry,; Malaquias, Assis,; McDonald, Steve,; Pham, J. Peter,; Picard, Louis A.,; Seybolt, Taylor B.,; Williams, Phil,
• HerausgeberIn: Adjaye, Joseph,; Buss, Terry,; Goldstein, Donald ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2011]; Kumarian Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 p.)

In 2007, the Bush administration created a new military presence in Africa—AFRICOM (US Africa Command)—which has been vigorously debated ever since. Some see AFRICOM as the answer to an African security system crippled by a lack of resources, widespread politicization, and institutional weakness. Others claim that the program is nothing more than another attempt by the US to secure its own interests in the region. In African Security and the African Command, contributors with a range of views on the issues examine the objectives and activities of AFRICOM, offering a well-rounded picture of ongoing security challenges in Africa and what might be done to address them.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 The African Command: An Overview -- 1 African Security Challenges and AFRICOM: An Overview -- 2 Assessing the AFRICOM Debates: The Three Ds as a Policy Framework -- Part 2 The Command Debate -- 3 AFRICOM’s Strategic Assumptions -- 4 AFRICOM: A View from Below: What Security? Whose Security? -- 5 AFRICOM: African Concerns and Criticism -- Part 3 Trade, Energy, and Commerce -- 6 Energy Security and Global Competition in Africa -- 7 China in Africa: An AFRICOM Issue? -- 8 AFRICOM and the Private Sector -- Part 4 African Security and Counterterrorism -- 9 AFRICOM and the Horn of Africa: Toward Terms of Partnership -- 10 Small Arms and Big Trouble -- 11 Al-Qaeda in Africa: The Threat and Response -- Part 5 Future Prospects and Problems -- 12 Changes in US Policy on Africa in the Obama Administration: What Will It Mean for AFRICOM? -- 13 What AFRICOM Says about US Foreign Policy -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Selected Bibliography -- Index