Comments And Analyses Of The U.S. Policies Toward Africa(Years 1993-2008)

After the cold war, in order to maintain her position as a superpower, the unite states readjusted her global strategy and changed her policy toward Africa according to the different emphases to the outside world. During the period of the Clinton administration, America began to pay attention to Africa by succeeded visiting, by carrying out a range of policies, and by introducing the democratic system and the Western values. Meanwhile the emphasis of the diplomatic policy toward Africa is shifting from politics to economy featured by stressing the trade and investment as the major ones while aiding as the minors. On the aspect of security, the U.S. highlighted the multilateral cooperation with African countries. The Clinton administration named the relationship between U.S. and Africa at that time as"A New Type America-Africa Partnership". On the aspect of politic, the following Bush administration strengthened its attention to Africa; on the aspect of economy, compare to the former's, the Bush administration enlarging the aiding to Africa while reducing the debt. The two main field of the U.S. policy toward Africa are: anti-terrorism and energy resource. In addition, the Bush administration also pay attention to the transnational crime, health care and education in the Africa. The American policies toward Africa are essentially the following three points: first, scrambling the African resources and market; second, long-term controlling to Africa for their global strategy; third, all-round utilizing pragmatism. During this period, the changing of the U.S. Policies toward Africa has certain influence on the post-cold war relationship between Africa and the United States and the development Africa as well as the relationship between China and Africa.