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NS3321 U.S. Foreign Policy towards Africa

This course examines U.S. foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1960, with emphasis on the post-Cold War period. PREREQUISITE: None.

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to 

  • Understand the evolution of U.S. policies towards sub-Saharan Africa, the drivers of policy and U.S. national interest in the region.  

  • Critically assess the components of U.S.-Africa policy. 

  • Analyze overall U.S. engagement strategy with sub-Saharan African states and assess the ability of the approach to effect the desired outcomes. 

  • Assess the “goodness of fit” between U.S. programs and African realities, and from there, to assess whether programs will bring about desired outcomes. 

  • Evaluate the balance between the instruments of national power, particularly Department of State, Department of Defense, and United States Agency for International Development, in Africa policy. 

  • Understand the impact that global power competition is having on US engagements with African countries and the attainment of US strategic goals on the continent.