Great Powers and US Foreign Policy towards Africa

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This book addresses one main question: whether the United States has a cohesive foreign policy for Africa. In assessing the history of the United States and its interactions with the continent, particularly with the Horn of Africa, the author casts doubt on whether successive US administrations had a cohesive foreign policy for Africa. The volume examines the historical interactions between the US and the continent, evaluates the US involvement in Africa through foreign policy lenses, and compares foreign policy preferences and strategies of other European, EU and BRIC countries towards Africa. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 1-12 Order (and Disorder) in World Order (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 13-32 Great Powers, International Order and Stability: Transformation? (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 33-54 A Brief History of US–Africa Relations: To 1990 (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 55-85 Post-Colonialism, Europe and Africa: Changing Policyscapes (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 87-112 Detour: The BRICs and New Directions in Africa Foreign Policy (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 113-142 Tunnel’s End: A Light, or an Oncoming Train? US-Africa Foreign Policy Since 2000 (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 143-170 Great Powers and US Foreign Policy Towards Africa (Stephen M. Magu)....Pages 171-185 Back Matter ....Pages 187-196