More than humanitarianism
Subtitle: a strategic U.S. approach toward Africa : report of an independent task force
By: [task force chairs, Anthony Lake, Christine Todd Whitman ; project directors, Princeton N. Lyman, J. Stephen Morrison]
Contributors: Lake, Anthony; Whitman, Christine Todd; Lyman, Princeton N.; Morrison, J. Stephen; Council on Foreign Relations
Series: Independent task force report -- no. 56; Task force report (Council on Foreign Relations) -- no. 56
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa; Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
Other titles: Strategic U.S. approach toward Africa
Description: This Council-sponsored Independent Task Force finds that Africa is of growing strategic importance to the United States in addition to being an important humanitarian concern. In a world where economic opportunity, security threats, disease, and even support for democracy transcend borders, a policy based on humanitarian concerns alone serves neither U.S. interests, nor Africa's. Furthermore, the Task Force finds that critical humanitarian interests would be better served by a more comprehensive U.S. approach toward Africa; nor is it valid to treat Africa more as an object of charity than a diverse continent with partners the United States can work with to advance shared objectives.
Notes: "Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations."

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: 2005 was the year for Africa, but we missed the point; title: The expanding energy sector; title: The new playing field : China's rising role; title: Security and terrorism concerns; title: The HIV/AIDS pandemic; title: Conflict resolution and peacekeeping; title: Democracy and human rights; title: Investing in growth