Blinken’s Trip to Africa
February 7, 2024 | The secretary of state's latest trip to four African countries reveals America’s impotence in the post-hegemonic world.
Articles by Daniel Volman
The Military-University-Industry Complex Targets Africa
January 18, 2024 | The Minerva Research Initiative directs funds from the Pentagon to scholars, but there's no evidence that the results are useful to the military.
Biden Responds to the Collapse of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Niger
January 8, 2024 | The Pentagon is desperate to keep a toehold in this critical region.
Biden Faces Nigeria Crisis
October 30, 2023 | U.S. security assistance and America’s complicity in the Nigerian government’s human rights violations fuel insurgencies and boost public support for them.
Collapse of US Counterterrorism Strategy in the Sahel
October 19, 2023 | The Biden administration has called a coup a coup in Niger. Now it may have to relocate U.S. troops to another location.
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin’s Trip to Africa
October 17, 2023 | The United States is not in retreat in Africa.
U.S. Cold War with China: First Stop, Equatorial Guinea
December 15, 2021 | Officials are hyping the threat of a potential Chinese naval base facing the Atlantic to get yet more funding for military operations.
Obama and U.S. Military Engagement in Africa
May 5, 2010 | Upon replacing George W. Bush as US president, hopes were high that Barack Obama would oversee sweeping change in relation to US military policy. But far from seeing a reversal, such policy has in fact intensified, entirely at the expense of more progressive diplomatic and economically-based approaches.