Brown David E. Books
Hidden dragon crouching lion
The explosive growth of China's economic interests in Africa -- bilateral trade rocketed from $1 billion in 1990 to $150 billion in 2011 -- may be the most important trend in the continent's foreig...
Read MoreThe challenge of drug trafficking to democratic governance and human security in West Africa
International criminal networks mainly from Latin America and Africa -- some with links to terrorism -- are turning West Africa into a key global hub for the distribution, wholesaling, and producti...
Read MoreAFRICOM at 5 years
The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), newest of the six U.S. Department of Defense geographic combatant commands (CCMDs), was created in 2007 amid great controversy in both Africa and the United State...
Read MoreAfrica s booming oil and natural gas exploration and production
Two key long-term energy trends are shifting the strategic balance between the United States and China, the world's superpower rivals in the 21st century: first, a domestic boom in U.S. shale oil a...
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