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Title:Transforming Globalization and Security: Africa and America Post 9/11
Author:Carmody, PádraigISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:Africa Today
Volume:52
Issue:1
Period:Fall
Pages:97-120
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
United States
Subjects:globalization
foreign policy
regional security
military assistance
Military, Defense and Arms
international relations
Economics and Trade
Politics and Government
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v052/52.1carmody.pdf
Abstract:Africa has traditionally had a marginal and decreasing role in international affairs. Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, however, the continent has taken centre stage in the emerging security discourse, and access to African oil is now a strategic priority for the United States, which now trades more with Africa than Central Europe and the former Soviet Union combined. This fact, and the potential threat from global terrorism, are reflected in emerging security regimes on the continent, bolstered by increased US military assistance. Thus, global forces have penetrated not only African economic policymaking, but also security. However, increased military assistance and the suppression of human rights are further distancing society from the African State, worsening long-term instability and jeopardizing US access to African oil. The creation of genuine security in Africa and the United States will depend on the reconceptualizaton of security as human security, and the addition of a substantive social welfare dimension to globalization. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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