Face it: ‘New’ counter-terror policy in Africa lacks political will to change course
The House passed a bill that sounds good superficially, but doesn’t end the useless militarized approach or get to root problems.
The House passed a bill that sounds good superficially, but doesn’t end the useless militarized approach or get to root problems.
US security assistance to partner militaries for counterterrorism missions further destabilizes the region.
Thinking has changed. Therefore, outside powers must avoid the same mistakes in Mozambique.
During Trump’s tenure, the French president said NATO was in a ‘brain death’ spiral and was talking up a European army.
US policymakers routinely see the African continent as a battlefield in the so-called “war on terror” rather than the opportunity for economic partnership that it is.
There simply is no military-only, or even military-centered, solution to ridding West Africa and the Sahel from terrorism.
The number of extremist groups in North Africa have only grown as the U.S. military presence there has expanded.