TY - JOUR
T1 - The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM): Building Partnership or Neo-colonialism of U.S.-Africa Relations?
AU - de Arimatéia da Cruz, José
AU - Stephens, Laura K.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The African Command (AFRICOM) is structured differently from the other commands, such as EUCOM and CENTCOM, which were established to fight wars. In a White House press release that announced the establishment of the African Command, President Bush described its purpose to be to enhance the efforts to bring peace and security to the people of Africa and promote our common goals of development, health, education, democracy, and economic growth in Africa. The US has had military ties to Africa since the beginnings of its national sovereignty. Under Thomas Jefferson, the Navy was employed to fight piracy in North Africa and in and after the 1830s to combat the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The US also has diplomatic and humanitarian relations with African nations. Under the Bush administration, development assistance more than tripled after 2001.
AB - The African Command (AFRICOM) is structured differently from the other commands, such as EUCOM and CENTCOM, which were established to fight wars. In a White House press release that announced the establishment of the African Command, President Bush described its purpose to be to enhance the efforts to bring peace and security to the people of Africa and promote our common goals of development, health, education, democracy, and economic growth in Africa. The US has had military ties to Africa since the beginnings of its national sovereignty. Under Thomas Jefferson, the Navy was employed to fight piracy in North Africa and in and after the 1830s to combat the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The US also has diplomatic and humanitarian relations with African nations. Under the Bush administration, development assistance more than tripled after 2001.
KW - AFRICOM
KW - Neo-colonialism
KW - Partnership
KW - U.S. Africa Command
KW - U.S.-Africa relations
UR - https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/poli-sci-facpubs/282
UR - https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+U.S.+Africa+Command+%28AFRICOM%29%3A+building+partnership+or...-a0280557948
M3 - Article
SN - 8755-3449
VL - XXVII
JO - Journal of Third World Studies
JF - Journal of Third World Studies
ER -