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Vol. 42 No. 3 (2017): Africa Development: Special Issue on Security Regimes in Africa – Prospects and Challenges

2 - The United States and Security in Africa: The Impact of the Military Management of the International System

https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v42i3.755
Horace G. Campbell

Corresponding Author(s) : Horace G. Campbell

hgcampbe@syr.edu

Africa Development, Vol. 42 No. 3 (2017): Africa Development: Special Issue on Security Regimes in Africa – Prospects and Challenges

Abstract

The focus of this article is to examine the dynamics influencing the militarization of US-Africa relations and their impact on security and transformation in Africa. The article attempts to illuminate the ideological, economic and social forces that influence the conception and practice of the militarization of US policy towards Africa. It examines contemporary global context – global capitalist crisis, forward planning for perpetual war and confrontation with China – which influence the thinking of a section of the US foreign policy establishment that advocates the militarization of US-Africa relations through AFRICOM. The conclusion calls on Africans to hold the line against the militarization of foreign policy and forward planning for war; Africans must define security in their own humanist terms and must build their capacity to hold their own and protect Africans’ security interests.

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Security International System AFRICOM United States Africa Military Management
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Campbell, H.G. 2017. 2 - The United States and Security in Africa: The Impact of the Military Management of the International System. Africa Development. 42, 3 (Jan. 2017). DOI:https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v42i3.755.
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Horace G. Campbell

Kwame Nkrumah Chair, University of Ghana, Legon. Email: hgcampbe@syr.edu

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