Enough Room for the Eagle and Dragon Chinese Resource Extraction and its Impact on U.S. on U.S Military Operations in West Africa

Abstract

The establishment of USAFRICOM in 2008 signaled the potential for a new subfocus of the U.S. military on the African continent. In West Africa, China was already firmly rooted with deep economic ties, and a plethora of trade deals to extract resources. Simultaneously, trans-national terrorist groups began to gather on the fringes of West Africa, presenting regional security concerns with potentially global impacts. But was China's foothold in the region enough to hinder or prevent U.S. military access to the region? This research study explores the impact of China's state run resource extraction in West Africa, and the impact it had and continues to have on the U.S. DoD being able to effectively engage with the nations of West Africa.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 2017
Accession Number
AD1038816

Entities

People

  • Kevin P. Peel

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Continents
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Aid
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare
  • West Africa

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies