Event Title
Engaging Africa in the Era of America First
Description
The current U.S. administration has challenged the paradigm that governed decades of American foreign policy, dismissing the importance of traditional alliances and often questioning the value of U.S. engagement beyond our borders, including assistance to the Third World. To the extent the Trump administration has an Africa policy — unclear a year into his presidency — it can best be characterized by malign neglect, with expletives substituting for engagement with a continent of 1.2 billion people. This discussion will examine the traditional pillars of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa, and suggest that promoting human rights, good governance, construction of democratic institutions, regional security and economic development are more effective in advancing American interests and putting “America First.”
About the Lecturer:
Terence McCulley is a retired American diplomat, with more than three decades of experience in Africa. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Mali, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, and in senior roles at U.S. Embassies in Togo, Senegal, Tunisia and Denmark. Ambassador McCulley worked on Central African affairs during the Rwanda genocide. In 2016 and 2017, he was the Senior Advisor for Africa at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Ambassador McCulley was born in Oregon, and he is a graduate of the University of Oregon in Eugene. As a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellow, he studied political science at the Université de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, and attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is fluent in French.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
23-5-2018 12:00 PM
End Date
23-5-2018 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
United States--Foreign relations--Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa, Sub-Saharan--Foreign relations--United States
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
McCulley, Terence P. (Terence Patrick), 1957-; Trump, Donald, 1946-
Geographic Coverage
United States; Africa, Sub-Saharan
Type
Moving image
Keywords
American foreign policy, Trump administration, African policy
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Engaging Africa in the Era of America First
Fairhaven College Auditorium
The current U.S. administration has challenged the paradigm that governed decades of American foreign policy, dismissing the importance of traditional alliances and often questioning the value of U.S. engagement beyond our borders, including assistance to the Third World. To the extent the Trump administration has an Africa policy — unclear a year into his presidency — it can best be characterized by malign neglect, with expletives substituting for engagement with a continent of 1.2 billion people. This discussion will examine the traditional pillars of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa, and suggest that promoting human rights, good governance, construction of democratic institutions, regional security and economic development are more effective in advancing American interests and putting “America First.”
About the Lecturer:
Terence McCulley is a retired American diplomat, with more than three decades of experience in Africa. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Mali, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, and in senior roles at U.S. Embassies in Togo, Senegal, Tunisia and Denmark. Ambassador McCulley worked on Central African affairs during the Rwanda genocide. In 2016 and 2017, he was the Senior Advisor for Africa at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Ambassador McCulley was born in Oregon, and he is a graduate of the University of Oregon in Eugene. As a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellow, he studied political science at the Université de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, and attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is fluent in French.
