America and Africa: Beyond the Double Standard

In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 99, Heft 637, S. 200-210

Abstract

In the post–cold war world the stated general goals of United States foreign policy—development, democracy, and security—are congruent with those of African peoples. When deciding how best to achieve these widely endorsed goals, however, a chasm emerges between perspectives crafted purely in the American foreign policy arena and those rooted in African realities.