Colombia to Nigeria: Exploring the Possibilities of a Security Cooperation Strategy for Nigeria Based on the Successes Realized Through Plan Colombia
Abstract
Nigeria and Colombia both represent US priority states that serve as regional hegemonies anchoring security in the Andean and Chad Lake Basin areas. In addition, they represent a number of US national security interests. This study first examines and compares US national security interests represented in Colombia 1999-2000 and current state Nigeria. It then examines the security situation in Colombia leading up to the implementation of a security cooperation agreement between the US and Colombia known as Plan Colombia, Plan Colombia as a strategy, and its effects. It then compares situations within each operational environments in order to determine if Plan Colombia would be an appropriate strategic model for use in stabilizing Nigeria and the risk associated with implementing said strategy. Based on the analysis of the data using the feasible, acceptable, and suitable test this study identifies significant differences between the operational environment in 2000 Colombia and 2014 Nigeria and that the risk associated with these differences make Plan Colombia unviable as a strategy for stabilizing Nigeria at this time. The research makes recommendations for further study into the development of strategies designed to improve environmental situation within Nigeria so that a Plan Colombia model might be implemented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1019911
Entities
People
- Elliot B. Burns
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College