Energy Policy of the US Toward CENTRAL Africa
Анотація
As in other policy areas, the US Energy Policy Toward Central Africa after 2001 promises a new beginning for energy relations between the two regions. A new beginning designed to increase the United States’ access to Central African energy sources, but also supposedly to ensure that in qualitative terms US approaches to energy security become more conducive to development.
This article examines the three ostensibly core dimensions of the US evolving policy in Central Africa. First, the incorporation of the region into the US external energy security policy. Second, the claimed coherence between development and energy security aims in Central Africa. And third, the governance dimensions of how energy sectors are managed in Central Africa. It highlights the incipient potential for an approach to energy that is sensitive to issues of development and good governance. In this sense, Africa compares favorably to US energy policies in other regions. But the overall record is patchy. The article examines how the US energy security has influenced the US foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa. The article examines the link between energy security, development and governance policies.
Key words: Central Africa; the United States; energy policy.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vir.2015.36-3.3.164
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