Losing an Empire and Finding a Role - Why Should West Africa Matter to the United Kingdom?

Abstract

Many of Africa's emerging security threats are transnational, including issues such as migration, disease, conflict, and environmental degradation. Most of these problems are often well outside of the scope of any one individual developing nation to resolve. In light of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (EU) and the significant security concerns evolving within West Africa, this thesis will argue why a strategic shift in the UK's approach is required. This thesis will also argue that a shift towards West Africa (particularly Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone) will help the UK to; build reliable partners, strengthen the UK's own internal security, prevent the proliferation of failing states, and support UK National Security Objectives. This in turn will achieve the UK's overall intent of being a truly 'Global Britain'.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2019
Accession Number
AD1112920

Entities

People

  • Harry J. Willies

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Counterterrorism
  • Employment
  • European Union
  • Failed States
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Systems Analysis and Design