China-AFRICOM Response

February 2014. 50-59.

2. Drew Petry, “Using AFRICOM to Counter China’s Aggressive African

Policies.”

Airman Scholar

. US Air Force Academy, Fall 2011. 25-30.

Next, respond to these articles in a thoughtful (and well-organized!) way.

Assume you are being asked to make policy—or at least to select

representatives who will review and make policy.

A number of different questions may be productive to answer, though the

format of your response is open-ended and I imagine there are other

questions you could also consider.

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What is the problem-in-need-of-a-solution that frames each paper?

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What is each paper’s primary argument—that is, what position or

policies does it support to solve whatever problem it means to

address?

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Do the papers share any common ground? Where do they diverge?

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How is China rendered in each article?

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How does each paper envision the role of AFRICOM in US foreign

policy?

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What kinds of evidence do these papers present?

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What kinds of questions arise from each? In other words, what else

would you need to know to evaluate each paper’s validity?

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How might either one of these papers be more of less relevant in the

context of a new presidential administration in the United States? See

https://www.forbesafrica.com/politics/2017/10/04/trumps-africa-

policy-still-incoherent-key-signals-emerging/ and

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/10/20/chinese-dreams-and-

american-deaths-in-africa/

I expect that most responses will fall between 900 and 1200 words. No

outside research is necessary, but you will probably find yourself drawing

on material from class, including discussions, readings, and videos.

FORMAT

Double-spaced, with no extra space between paragraphs. Should be in .doc,

.docx, or .pdf format.

12-point, Times New Roman font

References to material from class should be clear. Use page #’s in

parentheses from readings. No works cited is necessary.