AFRICOM at 5 years : (Record no. 78258)

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020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 1584875828
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 9781584875826
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Language code eng
100 1# - AUTHOR
Personal name Brown, David E
245 10 - TITLE
Title AFRICOM at 5 years :
Subtitle the maturation of a new U.S. combatant command /
Author, etc David E. Brown.
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE
Title Africa Command at five years
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE
Title Maturation of a new US combatant command
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE
Title Maturation of a new United States combatant command
260 ## - PUBLICATION DATA
Place of publication Carlisle, PA :
Publisher Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press,
Year [2013]
264 #1 - PUBLICATION DATA RDA
Place of publication Carlisle, PA :
Publisher Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press,
Year [2013]
300 ## - PAGES ETC
Pages x, 111 p. :
Details ill.
490 0# - SERIES TITLE
Series title Letort papers
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "August 2013."
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General note SIP1309
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
About the authors Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-111).
505 0# - CONTENTS
Contents Introduction -- Part I. AFRICOM : historical context of its creation and current posture. U.S. perceptions of Africa's geostrategic importance before AFRICOM's creation -- Factors leading to and shaping AFRICOM's creation in 2007 -- Intellectual changes in thinking about geopolitics shaped AFRICOM -- AFRICOM's posture today : headquarters and components -- Part II. AFRICOM and the new jointness of interagency cooperation. Interagency team within AFRICOM -- Should other combatant commands upgrade the role of the senior interagency representative? -- Part III. Internal perceptions of AFRICOM : role in foreign policy, development work, interagency coordination, and strategic planning -- Part IV. External perceptions of AFRICOM : Africa, energy, China, and France. African attitudes toward AFRICOM : past, present, and future -- Is AFRICOM about U.S. access to Africa's energy resources? -- Is AFRICOM trying to block China's rise in Africa? -- Does France support or oppose AFRICOM? -- Part V. The future of AFRICOM. AFRICOM'S allocated forces do not equal militarization of U.S. foreign policy -- Alliances with autocratic African leaders may be a costly error later -- AFRICOM strengthening regional approaches -- Where should AFRICOM be headquartered? -- Why the threat of U.S. strategic insolvency means AFRICOM must right-size; and why intelligence expenditures and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets merit cost-benefit scrutiny.
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Summary, etc The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), newest of the six U.S. Department of Defense geographic combatant commands (CCMDs), was created in 2007 amid great controversy in both Africa and the United States over its location and mission. Over the last 5 years, AFRICOM has matured greatly, overcoming much of the initial resistance from African stakeholders through careful public messaging, and by addressing most of the U.S. interagency concerns about the Command's size and proper role within the U.S. national security/foreign policy community. This Letort Paper describes the geostrategic, operational, and intellectual changes that explain why AFRICOM was created, and debunks three myths about AFRICOM: that it was created to "exploit" Africa's oil and gas riches, "blocks" China's rise in Africa, and that France "opposes" AFRICOM. The author concludes by raising five issues that are important to AFRICOM's future: 1) allocated forces to carry out short-term training engagements in Africa; 2) preference to emerging democracies in the selection of the Command's partner-nations; 3) the desirability of regional approaches in Africa, including helping the African Union and its Regional Economic Communities to establish standby brigades; 4) the location of the Command's headquarters, which should remain in Stuttgart, Germany, for operational efficiency; and, 5) the need to carry out a top-down "right-sizing" exercise at AFRICOM during a time of severe budget constraints and a real risk for the United States of "strategic insolvency."
651 #0 - KEYWORD/GEOGRAPHIC
Geographic keyword USA
Subdivision armed forces
Geographic subdivision Africa
651 #0 - KEYWORD/GEOGRAPHIC
Geographic keyword USA
Subdivision military operations
Geographic subdivision Africa
653 ## - UNCONTROLLED KEYWORD
Uncontrolled keyword AFRICOM
710 2# - ADDED INSTITUTION
Institution Army War College (U.S.).
Subordinate unit Strategic Studies Institute,
830 #0 - AUTHORIZED SERIES TITLE
Authorized title Letort papers.
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Classification part 327ser Strategic
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URI http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1164
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