Nigeria, the United States, and Foreign Policy in Africa Security, Governance, and Resources

by Abegunrin, Olayiwola

• ISBN13: 9781137547996
• ISBN10: 1137547995
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-09-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In the twenty-first century, Africa has become an important source of US energy imports and the world's natural resources. It has also become a central battleground in the fight against terrorism. As the most populous country in Africa, and the home of the continent's largest economy and considerable natural and human resources, Nigeria is the most important strategic partner for the US in Africa. Set against this backdrop, this book explores US foreign policy in Africa, the challenges facing Nigeria, problems of development, good governance, and security, and the possibilities and challenges of US-Nigerian collaboration on issues of global security. In so doing, it points to the growing role that emerging African powers can play in global security and also asks how a country like Nigeria can take steps that will prepare it to respond to US self-interest in the continent, particularly in the face of increased US military presence and increased US interest in African natural resources.

Author Biography

Olayiwola Abegunrin is Professor of International Relations, African Studies, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA. He was former Chair, Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He has authored, co-authored, and edited 11 books, contributed chapters to many more books and published several articles in scholarly referred journals, and is a member of the Academic Advisory Board for Global Studies, AFRICA.

Table of Contents

Books by Olayiwola Abegunrin
About the Author
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgment
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Nigeria-United States Relations: From Ambivalence to Partnership
3. Challenges of Democracy, and Good Governance in the Age of Terrorism: Boko Haram Terrorist in Nigeria and United States Reactions
4. The New Nigerian Immigrants and Their Economic Activities in the United States
5. United States and Unequal International Economic Relations: Africa as A Victim
6. The Clinton Administration and African Growth and Opportunity Act
7. The Bush Administration and United States Africa Command (AFRICOM)
8. The Obama Administration, and U.S. Policy Towards Africa: A New Direction?
9. United States - Africa Fast and Facts, 1957-2014
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX