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240 pages
978-0-87609-371-9,
19.95
From Mugabe's Zimbabwe to conflict in the Horn, Africa has moved off the back burner of U.S. foreign policy. In 2006 the Council on Foreign Relations published a Task Force report that, according to the U.S. Department of State, "raised the profile of Africa among policymakers." Now the Council and Foreign Affairs, its signature journal, bring us Beyond Humanitarianism, a citizen's guide to deconstructing the complex issues and conflicts on the African continent and clarifying what's at stake for the United States in Africa's future.
Drawing on articles from Foreign Affairs and the Council's website, CFR.org, as well as the Task Force report itself, Beyond Humanitarianism serves as a primer on the issues that are in the news—as well as those that are not. It also provides an excellent introduction to debates about the future of the continent and the U.S.-Africa relationship.
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Selected Reviews
"Africa is on the agenda for foreign policymakers dealing with trade, terrorism, new democracies, failing states, global health, and, not least, geopolitics. Yet deep knowledge about Africa outside the development and humanitarian communities is sparse. Beyond Humanitarianism is the perfect antidote&—a remarkable and crisply organized collection of essays on the full range of challenges that confront Africa and the world. Highly recommended!"
Ann-Marie Slaughter,
Princeton University
"Beyond Humanitarianism is one of the most important compilations of works on today's Africa—a continent whose great strides towards positively reinventing itself are largely unknown in the West. It is a timely work that captures the continent's ongoing struggles, but also its ever-increasing victories, and it lays out plausible solutions that could make a huge difference in Africa's efforts to join the Family of Nations as a fully functioning member. I hope it gets the widest possible readership, particularly in America, where all too often the continent is seen solely through the prism of the four ds—death, disease, disaster, and despair. A book like this is needed to help Americans understand why a healthy Africa matters and to foster the kind of international cooperation needed to help change negative perceptions, as well as the realities that feed them—for all our sakes."
Charlayne Hunter-Gault,
Johannesburg Bureau Chief for CNN
"As this volume makes apparent, the United States has compelling security, economic, and political interests throughout Africa; the challenge now is pursuing these interests with sustained, strategic support that bolsters African-led initiatives to promote governance, stability, equality, and prosperity across the continent."
Russell D. Feingold,
U.S. Senator