استراتيجية الأمن الطاقوي الأمريكي تجاه منطقة خليج غينيا

Abstract EN

Until recently, Africa and indeed the Gulf of Guinea was not central to the United States foreign policy objectives.

However, events in the Persian Gulf (most of the world’s largest oil reserves and the largest supplies of the US energy needs) corroborated by the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, necessitated a reappraisal of Washington’s policy towards the sub-region.

Given that the Gulf of Guinea already supplies about 17 percent of US energy needs, the need to consolidate her presence in the sub-region became imperative.

This paper traces US Energy Security interests and its presence in the Gulf of Guinea.

It also examines the American security and military initiatives towards the region.