Evaluating U.S. and EU Trans Sahel Policies

Abstract

The importance of Africa has increased significantly over the last decade for a variety of reasons, including increased terrorist activities, regional economic concerns, and international migration. Faced with the growing strategic importance of Africa, this paper will examine the strategic policies of the United States and the European Union (EU) towards Africa, and determine what challenges they will face in the Trans-Sahel region over the next 10 years. To accomplish this task, the paper will review pertinent U.S. and EU national strategic policy documents and specific actions they have taken in the Trans-Sahel, and identify which policies and actions have been successful or unsuccessful. The paper concludes with emerging questions that must be answered as the United States reforms its policy towards the Trans-Sahel, and recommendations for synchronizing the policies of the United States and the European Union toward the region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA588904

Entities

People

  • Abdelkarim Aboulghit

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Continents
  • Department Of State
  • European Union
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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