Cooperating or Competing for Peace: Should the United States Consider Campaigning in African Peacekeeping Operations to Compete with the People's Republic of China

Abstract

The rising involvement of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) in African peacekeeping operations challenges the current role of a sponsor that the United States (US) takes. This might be contributing to a strategic advantage in an area that Americans, in general, do not value. The Trump Administrations great-power rivalry shifted US military efforts toward competing heavily with the PRC in the Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR). However, in order to compete globally with the PRC, the US must consider the potential of PRC dominance in African security matters. Peacekeeping in Africa is an internationally visible mission that the PRC has seized and gained a positive international reputation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 2019
Accession Number
AD1087412

Entities

People

  • Jason Bruce

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Congress
  • Continents
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Students
  • Training
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.