The Department of Defense Role in African Policy

Abstract

The author argues that the United States has strategic interests in Africa that are important to the new U.S. regional strategy. Although somewhat obscured because of Somalia, these interests remain important to the principles of forward presence, power projection, reconstitution, and maritime superiority contained in the National Military Strategy. The author contends that, if focused and moderately funded by Congress, existing DOD programs can provide meaningful support to humanitarian interests while sustaining the military-to- military contacts necessary to maintain U.S. strategic interests. He concludes that such an approach is the only hope for long-term U.S. strategic interests in Africa to be properly addressed. Cold war, Humanitarian interests, Horn of Africa, Operation RESTORE HOPE, National Military Strategy, Geostrategic interests, Africa.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 1993
Accession Number
ADA262595

Entities

People

  • Kent H. Butts

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Systems
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Middle East
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • 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.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.