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List of contents
PART I: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXTS OF US-AFRICA RELATIONS Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing United States-Africa Security Relations, Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr Chapter 2. From Benign Neglect to Strategic Engagement: The Challenges of Transforming America’s African Policy in the Age of Obama, Clement Adibe Chapter 3. US-Africa Security Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Trends and Implications, Kelechi A. Kalu PART II: National and Regional Security Issues in US-Africa Relations Chapter 4. U.S. Security Interests in Africa, Diane Chinonso Orefo Chapter 5. The Global "War on Terror" in Africa, Abdoulaye Saine PART III: POLICY LINKAGES: ECONOMIC & MILITARY STRATEGIES Chapter 6. The Political Economy of U.S.-Africa Security Relations: The Institutional Approach, John Mukum Mbaku Chapter 7. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM): Issues and Perspectives, Emmanuel Kwesi-Aning Chapter 8. U.S.-Africa Military Cooperation, Jones Arogbofa PART IV: LESSONS AND INSIGHTS Chapter 9. Rethinking U.S.-Africa Security Relations, George Klay Kieh, Jr.
About the author
Kelechi A. Kalu isAssociate Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs and Mershon Center affiliate at The Ohio State University.
George Klay Kieh, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of West Georgia, USA.
Summary
The book examines the broad gamut of the United States' security relations-terrorism, AFRICOM, military cooperation, national interests, and natural resources- with Africa.
