Oil and Terrorism in the New Gulf: Framing U.S. Energy and Security Policies for the Gulf of Guinea
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739119958 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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They have done a terrific job highlighting U.S. Informative upbeat and prescriptive. national security interests in the Gulf of Guineaa little understood region of tremendous oil wealth. (Ariel Cohen, The Heritage Foundation) . (Foreign Affairs)Forest and Sousa focus on nexus of energy wealth and good governance, which is the key to future economic development, stability and prevention of terrorism
foreign policies toward Africa and is a valuable resource for policymakers and the academic community that should be approached in a coherent, integrated fashion to ensure the success of the United State's energy and national security agendas.. Oil and Terrorism in the New Gulf promises to inform a lively debate over the future of U.S. Oil and Terrorism in the New Gulf examines the national security implications of U.S. Drawing comparisons between these two regions allows Forest and Sousa to formulate policy recommendations for how to handle foreign policy toward Africa in the future based on lessons learned from past interaction with the Middle East. Similar political, social, and economic challengespoverty, corruption, lack of infrastructure, and weak governmentsare seen in the oil-producing states of both the Middle East and Africa. energy security policies in the Middle East, and the emerging U.S. involvement in oil exploration and extraction in West Africa
Michael McDonnell said Engrossing. Terrific work by Forest & Sousa. They do a great job of framing the issues facing Africa, as well as the implications of those issues on other nations. The book is a quick read, and tells a good story. I'm anxiously awaiting the sequel.
Army, specializing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Forest is director of terrorism studies and assistant professor at the United States Military Academy. Sousa is currently serving as a Foreign Area Officer in the U.S. Mattew V. James J.F.