New Patterns of Strategic Encounter: US-Africa Relations in the Era of Globalization
Globalization Research Center-Africa two-day international conference, April 30 - May 1, focusing on US-Africa Relations.
Saturday, May 01, 20049:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room 6275, Bunche Hall
6th floor
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
A consistent axiom of US foreign policy has been that the US lacks permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests. At a very fundamental level African countries and the US share a need to enhance the national security of their respective countries. Recognizing that the task of promoting state, regional, and human security in Africa is larger than any one country can cope with unilaterally, this conference asks a central question: How can the United States work cooperatively with the African states at this juncture to respond effectively to the continent's basic challenges?
Assuming that there are areas of national and human security that are common to both the US and Africa, this forum has been convened to explore the major security, societal, and economic challenges facing the US and Africa at this time. Scholars noted for their research on issues of US-Africa relations, globalization and human security, will discuss their research in the following panels:
Scheduled Panels:
Friday, April 30
9 - 9:15 am - Welcome and opening remarks
9:15 - 10:15 am - The Africa-US Dialogue, Edmond Keller, UCLA
10:15 - 10:30 am - Break
10:30 am - 1 pm- Panel 1: Security Challenges in Africa-US Relations
The Horn of Africa, The US and Security Challenges
Ruth Iyob, Africa Program Director, International Peace Academy, and Edmond J. Keller, Political Science, UCLA
African Peacekeeping and US-Africa Relations
Severine Rugumamu, Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam
US Intervention in Africa's Ethnic Conflicts: The Scope for Action
Donald Rothchild, Political Science, University of California-Davis, and Nikolas Emmanuel, Political Science, University of California-Davis
1 - 2:30 pm - Break
2:30 - 5 pm - Panel 2: Africa's Societal Challenges, and Africa-US Relations I
HIV/AIDS in Africa and US National Security
Sandra Joireman, Politics and International Relations, Wheaton College
Human Security and Africa-US Relations
Caroline Thomas, Global Politics, Southampton University
5 - 5:30 pm Closing Remarks and adjourn first day's proceedings
Saturday, May 1
9 - 11 am Panel 3: Africa's Societal Challenges, and Africa-US Relations II
Global Democracy In A Post Cold War Era: A Multi-Country Comparative Assessment of Africa's Performance
Rita Kiki Edozie, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware
The US, Globalization, and Natural Resource Wars in Africa: An Illustration from the Sudan
Lako Tongun, Pitzer College
11 - 11:15 am - Break
11:15 am - 1:15 pm Panel 4: Economic Challenges and US-Africa Relations
Globalization's Paradoxical Impact on State-Society Relations in Africa
Kidane Mengisteab, African and African American Studies, Political Science, Pennsylvania State University
Debt, External Actors, and Stalled Development in Africa
Thomas Callaghy, University of Pennsylvania
US and African Perspectives on Aid and Trade Policies
Fantu Cheru, American University
1:15 - 2:15 pm - Break
2:15 - 3:15 pm - Implications for US and Africa Policy
Donald Rothchild, University of California, Davis
Cost : Free and open to the public; parking is available for $7.
For more information please contact:
Globalization Research Center-AfricaTel: 310-267-4054
grca@ucla.edu
www.globalization-africa.org
Sponsor(s): Globalization Research Center - Africa
