Expanding US Military Command in Africa: Elites, Networks and Grand Strategy
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| 505 | 8 | |a The military base in Djibouti and further limited expansion in Africa -- Concluding remarks on the current status of AFRICOM -- Notes -- Chapter 5: AFRICOM's military base in Djibouti: A history of its advancement -- Introduction -- Djibouti: A strategic hub -- Evolution of US military presence in Djibouti -- The trial stage of US military deployment in Djibouti, 1990-2001 -- US deployment of soft military presence in Djibouti, 2001-2003 -- US establishment of a permanent military base in Djibouti, 2003-2008 -- The transformation of Camp Lemonnier -- Djibouti as a military hub for the Africa Command (2008-present) -- AFRICOM under Obama's presidency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the expansion of AFRICOM: Africa in America's "Panopticon" -- Introduction -- Information, intelligence and imperialism -- The role of elites in ISR -- ISR as "The Gaze": Drones and UAVs -- Special Forces and ISR: A tale of Siamese twins -- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in AFRICOM expansion -- The role of semantics in expansion -- Expanding through fungibility -- Implications of "the Panopticon" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Security, circulation and biopolitics: US Africa Command's response to Ebola -- Introduction -- Disease as a problem of security -- The uneven geography of Ebola: Circulation and biopolitics -- Military humanitarianism: AFRICOM and the militarization of aid and development -- The security-development nexus: Policy or pretence? -- Imagining Ebola: Africanism, standard epidemiology, and the foreclosure of possibility -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The economic and business side of US AFRICOM on the continent: Agreements, land lease, aid, corporations and base expansion in Djibouti -- Introduction | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Historical perspective on military basing in Africa: Background and approach -- Strategic dynamics of the Horn of Africa: Djibouti, the US and other powers -- Petroleum resources and US military expansion into Africa -- Djibouti's economic performance: Pull factors for military basing -- Djibouti's strategic location attracts foreign direct investment? -- Expansion of the US military base in Djibouti: land leases 2004-2016 -- The link between bases, operations and business or economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 9: The US Africa Command and (under)development in Africa: An appraisal of US securitization of development in Africa -- Introduction -- Background -- AFRICOM within the United States' GBM -- AFRICOM as a tool to advance US interests in Africa -- The securitization of African development and AFRICOM's development promises -- The pursuit of hegemony by the US through securitization of development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Agenda-setting or reinforcement?: The African media's reporting and its impact on AFRICOM's soft power -- Introduction -- AFRICOM'S soft power dimension -- African perceptions of AFRICOM -- The role of the media in undermining AFRICOM's soft power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Imprinting infrastructural and affective labour in Africa -- A postscript on the Trump administration -- Index | |
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| contents | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviation -- List of Figures, maps, and tables -- Chapter 1: Introducing US AFRICOM expansion in Africa -- Introduction -- Theorizing AFRICOM expansion in Africa -- The outlook of US military presence in Africa -- Inserting African agency into US expansionism -- Overview and structure of the book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Expanding the US Africa Command: Reintegrating Africa within the US's system of accumulation -- Introduction -- Analysis through the GBM framework: What is the GBM complex? -- A dedicated Africa Command structure -- The global commands within the long war of securitization: The moving map of neoliberalism and US military adventurism -- Accumulation dynamics over space and time: Descriptive GBM analysis of AFRICOM in Africa -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Multilateral diplomacy in the formation of the US Africa Command: Reflections on US Africa policy and engagement from Bush through Obama, 2000-2016 -- Introduction -- US Africa policy from Bush to Obama -- Formation of the United States Mission to the African Union -- US policy engagement with the AU and UNECA -- Harnessing political support to African security: Networks, elites and security -- The United States' comprehensive security approach -- Concluding remarks on the future of AFRICOM and African security -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The genesis and origins of US AFRICOM -- Introduction -- US foreign policy leading up to the creation of Africa Command -- Early resistance and criticism of an Africa Command -- The notion of a Combatant Command and intensified opposition -- Empirical reasons for creating AFRICOM -- The "African" final imperative to create AFRICOM. The military base in Djibouti and further limited expansion in Africa -- Concluding remarks on the current status of AFRICOM -- Notes -- Chapter 5: AFRICOM's military base in Djibouti: A history of its advancement -- Introduction -- Djibouti: A strategic hub -- Evolution of US military presence in Djibouti -- The trial stage of US military deployment in Djibouti, 1990-2001 -- US deployment of soft military presence in Djibouti, 2001-2003 -- US establishment of a permanent military base in Djibouti, 2003-2008 -- The transformation of Camp Lemonnier -- Djibouti as a military hub for the Africa Command (2008-present) -- AFRICOM under Obama's presidency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the expansion of AFRICOM: Africa in America's "Panopticon" -- Introduction -- Information, intelligence and imperialism -- The role of elites in ISR -- ISR as "The Gaze": Drones and UAVs -- Special Forces and ISR: A tale of Siamese twins -- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in AFRICOM expansion -- The role of semantics in expansion -- Expanding through fungibility -- Implications of "the Panopticon" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Security, circulation and biopolitics: US Africa Command's response to Ebola -- Introduction -- Disease as a problem of security -- The uneven geography of Ebola: Circulation and biopolitics -- Military humanitarianism: AFRICOM and the militarization of aid and development -- The security-development nexus: Policy or pretence? -- Imagining Ebola: Africanism, standard epidemiology, and the foreclosure of possibility -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The economic and business side of US AFRICOM on the continent: Agreements, land lease, aid, corporations and base expansion in Djibouti -- Introduction Historical perspective on military basing in Africa: Background and approach -- Strategic dynamics of the Horn of Africa: Djibouti, the US and other powers -- Petroleum resources and US military expansion into Africa -- Djibouti's economic performance: Pull factors for military basing -- Djibouti's strategic location attracts foreign direct investment? -- Expansion of the US military base in Djibouti: land leases 2004-2016 -- The link between bases, operations and business or economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 9: The US Africa Command and (under)development in Africa: An appraisal of US securitization of development in Africa -- Introduction -- Background -- AFRICOM within the United States' GBM -- AFRICOM as a tool to advance US interests in Africa -- The securitization of African development and AFRICOM's development promises -- The pursuit of hegemony by the US through securitization of development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Agenda-setting or reinforcement?: The African media's reporting and its impact on AFRICOM's soft power -- Introduction -- AFRICOM'S soft power dimension -- African perceptions of AFRICOM -- The role of the media in undermining AFRICOM's soft power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Imprinting infrastructural and affective labour in Africa -- A postscript on the Trump administration -- Index |
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Security, International-Africa.. United States-Foreign relations-Africa van der Merwe, Justin Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gwatiwa, Tshepo Expanding US Military Command in Africa Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2020 9781138326354 |
| spellingShingle | Gwatiwa, Tshepo Expanding US Military Command in Africa Elites, Networks and Grand Strategy Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviation -- List of Figures, maps, and tables -- Chapter 1: Introducing US AFRICOM expansion in Africa -- Introduction -- Theorizing AFRICOM expansion in Africa -- The outlook of US military presence in Africa -- Inserting African agency into US expansionism -- Overview and structure of the book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Expanding the US Africa Command: Reintegrating Africa within the US's system of accumulation -- Introduction -- Analysis through the GBM framework: What is the GBM complex? -- A dedicated Africa Command structure -- The global commands within the long war of securitization: The moving map of neoliberalism and US military adventurism -- Accumulation dynamics over space and time: Descriptive GBM analysis of AFRICOM in Africa -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Multilateral diplomacy in the formation of the US Africa Command: Reflections on US Africa policy and engagement from Bush through Obama, 2000-2016 -- Introduction -- US Africa policy from Bush to Obama -- Formation of the United States Mission to the African Union -- US policy engagement with the AU and UNECA -- Harnessing political support to African security: Networks, elites and security -- The United States' comprehensive security approach -- Concluding remarks on the future of AFRICOM and African security -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The genesis and origins of US AFRICOM -- Introduction -- US foreign policy leading up to the creation of Africa Command -- Early resistance and criticism of an Africa Command -- The notion of a Combatant Command and intensified opposition -- Empirical reasons for creating AFRICOM -- The "African" final imperative to create AFRICOM. The military base in Djibouti and further limited expansion in Africa -- Concluding remarks on the current status of AFRICOM -- Notes -- Chapter 5: AFRICOM's military base in Djibouti: A history of its advancement -- Introduction -- Djibouti: A strategic hub -- Evolution of US military presence in Djibouti -- The trial stage of US military deployment in Djibouti, 1990-2001 -- US deployment of soft military presence in Djibouti, 2001-2003 -- US establishment of a permanent military base in Djibouti, 2003-2008 -- The transformation of Camp Lemonnier -- Djibouti as a military hub for the Africa Command (2008-present) -- AFRICOM under Obama's presidency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the expansion of AFRICOM: Africa in America's "Panopticon" -- Introduction -- Information, intelligence and imperialism -- The role of elites in ISR -- ISR as "The Gaze": Drones and UAVs -- Special Forces and ISR: A tale of Siamese twins -- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in AFRICOM expansion -- The role of semantics in expansion -- Expanding through fungibility -- Implications of "the Panopticon" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Security, circulation and biopolitics: US Africa Command's response to Ebola -- Introduction -- Disease as a problem of security -- The uneven geography of Ebola: Circulation and biopolitics -- Military humanitarianism: AFRICOM and the militarization of aid and development -- The security-development nexus: Policy or pretence? -- Imagining Ebola: Africanism, standard epidemiology, and the foreclosure of possibility -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The economic and business side of US AFRICOM on the continent: Agreements, land lease, aid, corporations and base expansion in Djibouti -- Introduction Historical perspective on military basing in Africa: Background and approach -- Strategic dynamics of the Horn of Africa: Djibouti, the US and other powers -- Petroleum resources and US military expansion into Africa -- Djibouti's economic performance: Pull factors for military basing -- Djibouti's strategic location attracts foreign direct investment? -- Expansion of the US military base in Djibouti: land leases 2004-2016 -- The link between bases, operations and business or economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 9: The US Africa Command and (under)development in Africa: An appraisal of US securitization of development in Africa -- Introduction -- Background -- AFRICOM within the United States' GBM -- AFRICOM as a tool to advance US interests in Africa -- The securitization of African development and AFRICOM's development promises -- The pursuit of hegemony by the US through securitization of development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Agenda-setting or reinforcement?: The African media's reporting and its impact on AFRICOM's soft power -- Introduction -- AFRICOM'S soft power dimension -- African perceptions of AFRICOM -- The role of the media in undermining AFRICOM's soft power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Imprinting infrastructural and affective labour in Africa -- A postscript on the Trump administration -- Index United States.-Africa Command.. Security, International-Africa.. United States-Foreign relations-Africa |
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