| ID | 140529 |
| Title Proper | Obama and Africa |
| Other Title Information | lots of hope, not much change |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Walle, Nicolas van de |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in 2008, the news was greeted with enormous hope in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as among the small coterie of Americans who follow the region closely. This son of a Kenyan father would not only understand the continent better than his predecessors in the White House, the thinking went, but he would also treat it as a strategic priority and direct more resources its way. At the time, it didn’t seem far-fetched to predict that Obama would usher in a new era of improved U.S.-African relations. Even though President George W. Bush had substantially increased aid to Africa, anti-Americanism there had grown under his watch, the result of opposition to his unilateralist foreign policy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 94, No.5; Sep/Oct 2015: p.54-61 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 94 No 5 |
| Key Words | Africa ; Libya ; Obama ; AQIM ; Sahel Region |