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Title: | Historical island in a political volcano: origins and implications of the United States-Kenya strategic relationship |
Author: | Chau, Donovan C. |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128) |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 4-14 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Kenya United States |
Subjects: | strategic policy international relations regional security 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2011.629450 |
Abstract: | Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the continent of Africa, particularly Greater East Africa, has played an increasingly significant role in United States national security strategy. Transnational security threats and political authoritarianism continue to plague the region, creating calls for greater US and international involvement. Before reacting to the situation, however, it is prudent to pause, reflect, and understand that the United States developed strategic relations with nation-States in the region well before contemporary concerns for international terrorism and ungoverned spaces entered the strategic lexicon. Toward a more comprehensive understanding of Greater East Africa's strategic history, this paper examines the core strategic relationship in the region, US-Kenya relations, its origins and implications, and offers policy recommendations that will affect future international security. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |