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Security Threats In Perspective: Understanding The Failures Of American Foreign Policy In Africa, Carolyn S. Lenderts
Security Threats In Perspective: Understanding The Failures Of American Foreign Policy In Africa, Carolyn S. Lenderts
CMC Senior Theses
This paper aims to examine the nature and major causes of American foreign policy in Africa since the end of the Cold War. Among these is a tendency to view African states, threats, and crises in terms of American strategic interests, not as events with independent relevance to American priorities. The post-9/11 fervor muddled many important distinctions about the relationship between African states, state power, and international terrorist groups. The United States acted too quickly, helping African states militarize without understanding the nature of the threat and the way in which a heavily militarized response would entrench rebel groups. Seeing …
Africa Rising: Corruption & Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, Kunaal A. Chande
Africa Rising: Corruption & Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, Kunaal A. Chande
CMC Senior Theses
Using a panel data set spanning from 2005 to 2012 and drawn from 35 Sub-Saharan
African countries, this paper examines the relative impact of corruption on the
inflow of foreign direct investment. This study is motivated by the recent influx of
political and media attention on the African continent that is poised to receive
billions of dollars in investment over the coming years. It is argued in this paper that
there is no significant link between the two variables. There did appear to be a
negative skew meaning higher levels of perceived corruption resulted in less FDI
inflows, while few …