AMERICAS' STRATEGIC OIL INTEREST IN THE GULF OF GUINEA AND THE AFRICA HIGH COMMAND

📄 Project Abstract

The collapse of the strategic oil relationship between the United States and the Middle East suppliers brought the Gulf of Guinea and the Niger Delta into a high profile of global energy partnership. As the United States and other Western nations continue to move away from reliance on Middle East oil, Africa in particular Nigeria Niger Delta has assumed a new degree of importance in international affairs. However, the instability of Niger Delta has prompted concern amongst Western governments that their energy security may be in jeopardy. An emerging body of literature argues that energy security has become 'militarized', as Western governments arm African regimes to secure oil supplies, driving 'resource wars' in the process. The study seeks to investigate Americas' strategic oil interest in the Gulf of Guinea and the Africa High Command. The thrust of the study however, is to investigate if there is any relationship between the Niger Delta crisis and Americas' positioning of the Afri...