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U.S. Other Interventions and Non-Interventions in Africa
Published on 2011-05-29 05:30:00
U.S. Other Interventions and Non-Interventions in AfricaIn terms of economic intervention, Sierra Leone and Chad may offer positive examples of what the world community can do to affect policy in Africa. In 2000, the UN imposed a ban on the purchase of diamonds from Sierra Leone, sales of which had been used in large part to fund that nation’s civil war. Two years later, the 11-year war ended in a ceasefire.Also in 2000, construction began on a pipeline through Chad, an extremely poor country
U.S. Security Policy and Interventions in Liberia and South Africa
Published on 2011-05-29 05:29:00
U.S. Security Policy and Interventions in Liberia and South AfricaIn deciding to intervene, whether by military, economic, or diplomatic means, prudent leaders tend to favor a conservation of resources. An example was America’s response to chaos in Liberia in 1990. The West African nation, founded by freed American slaves in 1847, has proven no more stable or successful than any of its neighbors that had been colonies. Nor has the American influence yet fostered a greater d
U.S. Security Policy and Interventions in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Angola
Published on 2011-05-29 05:26:00
U.S. Security Policy and Interventions in Somalia, Ethiopia, and AngolaThe United States was criticized, both at home and abroad, for not intervening in Rwanda, an extremely poor and landlocked nation with almost no strategic importance to Washington. It is possible that had America intervened, it would have been condemned for interfering in other nations’ internal affairs. Such was the case in Somalia just a few months earlier, when U.S. attempts to provide humanitarian assistance so inflamed
