Regional Engagement in Africa: Closing the Gap Between Strategic Ends and Ways

Abstract

The East African Standby Force (EASF) is East Africa's contribution to the African Unions African Standby Force, which is an international and continental military force with both a civilian and police component to be deployed in Africa during times of crisis. Although the EASF is still under development and in need of capacity-building assistance, the United States does not have the authorities to provide direct assistance to this regional force. Instead, Washington must rely on bilateral assistance mechanisms that are cumbersome and less efficient than dealing directly with the EASF.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1042837

Entities

People

  • Christopher H. Varhola
  • Laura R. Varhola

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • East Africa
  • European Union
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Education
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Regional Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.