New Book: The Stirred Strategy Bottom: Analysis of US Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Evaluation after the Cold War (1990-2016)
By Bu Yingna |
Updated: 2018-09-13 14:23
In early September, the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum was successfully held with China-Africa cooperation drawing wide attention internationally. In such atmosphere, Song Wei’s new book The Stirred Strategy Bottom: Analysis of U.S. Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Evaluation after the Cold War (1990-2016) was also published.
This book is an academic monograph on the systematic study of US policy to sub-Saharan Africa after the Cold War, based on the US Congressional records. This book applies the rich historical archives to the analytical framework of political science, expounding the African topics that have been placed at the bottom of the US strategies as well as how it has been adjusted again and again under the stirring factors outside Africa.
In order to avoid too much abstract analysis, Somalia, Gabon and Sudan were selected as key cases to analyze the policy formulation and adjustment of the US after the Cold War from the aspects of security, economy and development. On this basis, the limitations of this passive competitive strategy are also evaluated.
Professor Yu Keping, Dean of the School of Government, Peking University and Director of the PKU Research Center of Chinese Politics, complimented the book.
He believed this book is an important research achievement in the field of the US aid to Africa. The whole book comprehensively examines the changing process of the US aid policy to sub-Saharan Africa after the Cold War in core areas like military, economy and development, providing in-depth analysis of the realistic basis, main objectives, key content and basic characteristics of Africa strategies of the US and its aid policy.
Meanwhile, by employing the historical comparative analysis method, this book objectively analyzed the gains, the loss and the adjustment of the Africa policy of the US in the post-Cold War era and the related reasons.
In the last part, it also presents unique comments on the major challenges and future of the Africa policy of the US.
This professional study of the Africa strategies of the US is not only of academic value for promoting domestic research on the US issues, but also has great practical implications for improving China's foreign aid level.
Under the guidance of the outcomes gained from the Beijing summit, the future development of China-Africa relations will be more in line with the development strategies of the two sides. Fully considering their development needs, both sides will further integrate China's development experience with the development potential of African countries, thereby Africa’s ability of developing independently can be cultivated more deeply and the modernization process in Africa will be further promoted.
How will the US adjust its policy to Africa at that time? This is truly an exciting academic topic.
Reading this book, some important clues may be found. Perhaps Somalia will no longer be eager to spend money hiring lobby groups for US foreign aid, African countries will regain their confidence in negotiations with the US, and the US Congress will condemn the government for neglecting Africa again. All these, may be the political logic of the US policy toward sub-Saharan Africa.
In early September, the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum was successfully held with China-Africa cooperation drawing wide attention internationally. In such atmosphere, Song Wei’s new book The Stirred Strategy Bottom: Analysis of U.S. Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Evaluation after the Cold War (1990-2016) was also published.
This book is an academic monograph on the systematic study of US policy to sub-Saharan Africa after the Cold War, based on the US Congressional records. This book applies the rich historical archives to the analytical framework of political science, expounding the African topics that have been placed at the bottom of the US strategies as well as how it has been adjusted again and again under the stirring factors outside Africa.
In order to avoid too much abstract analysis, Somalia, Gabon and Sudan were selected as key cases to analyze the policy formulation and adjustment of the US after the Cold War from the aspects of security, economy and development. On this basis, the limitations of this passive competitive strategy are also evaluated.
Professor Yu Keping, Dean of the School of Government, Peking University and Director of the PKU Research Center of Chinese Politics, complimented the book.
He believed this book is an important research achievement in the field of the US aid to Africa. The whole book comprehensively examines the changing process of the US aid policy to sub-Saharan Africa after the Cold War in core areas like military, economy and development, providing in-depth analysis of the realistic basis, main objectives, key content and basic characteristics of Africa strategies of the US and its aid policy.
Meanwhile, by employing the historical comparative analysis method, this book objectively analyzed the gains, the loss and the adjustment of the Africa policy of the US in the post-Cold War era and the related reasons.
In the last part, it also presents unique comments on the major challenges and future of the Africa policy of the US.
This professional study of the Africa strategies of the US is not only of academic value for promoting domestic research on the US issues, but also has great practical implications for improving China's foreign aid level.
Under the guidance of the outcomes gained from the Beijing summit, the future development of China-Africa relations will be more in line with the development strategies of the two sides. Fully considering their development needs, both sides will further integrate China's development experience with the development potential of African countries, thereby Africa’s ability of developing independently can be cultivated more deeply and the modernization process in Africa will be further promoted.
How will the US adjust its policy to Africa at that time? This is truly an exciting academic topic.
Reading this book, some important clues may be found. Perhaps Somalia will no longer be eager to spend money hiring lobby groups for US foreign aid, African countries will regain their confidence in negotiations with the US, and the US Congress will condemn the government for neglecting Africa again. All these, may be the political logic of the US policy toward sub-Saharan Africa.
