ESTABLISHING AFRICOM: PRESSING QUESTIONS, POLITICAL CONCERNS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

dc.creator	Theo Neethling
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:14Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/36-1-43
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/5ced4907e70348afa53a72e2dfc5c5e4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8828
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/5ced4907e70348afa53a72e2dfc5c5e4
dc.description	In the post-Cold War period, Africa did not constitute a top strategic priority<br />for the U.S. A 1995 report by the Department of Defence (DoD) listed Africa at the<br />bottom of the world’s regions in strategic terms. In 1998, the National Security<br />Strategy of the U.S. confirmed that America’s security interests with regard to<br />Africa were limited. Hence the tendency in the past was to relegate Africa to the<br />periphery of American strategy.1<br />However, as Metz rightly argued some years ago, such an approach would not<br />be wise: the U.S. does indeed have strategic interests in Africa. After all, from a<br />U.S. point of view, serious transnational threats emanate from the region, including:<br />state-sponsored terrorism, narcotics trafficking, weapons proliferation, international<br />crime, environmental damage, and pandemic disease. Furthermore, Africa has been<br />the scene of recurrent humanitarian crises, often as a result of intra-state armed<br />conflict.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/43
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 36, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	ESTABLISHING AFRICOM: PRESSING QUESTIONS, POLITICAL CONCERNS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
dc.type	Article