Articles by Drew A. Calcagno

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U.S.-africa Relations
2017, Vol. 11 No. 1
Before Drones: U.S. Covert Action in Africa During the Congo Crisis
By Drew A. Calcagno
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
As with much of the African continent, the Congo endured a harsh colonial past. What trailed, after its 1960 independence from Belgium, also followed a similar trend of its continental neighbors – continued foreign meddling. At the outset,... Read Article »
Sub-Saharan Africa Congo Colonialism Covert Operations U.S. Foreign Policy U.S.-Africa Relations Patrice Lumumba

Drew Calcagno writes on development, counterterrorism, and US security instutitions on the African continent. As a Rotary Scholar at the University of Oxford's African Studies Centre and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, his work surrounds the security-development nexus as it pertains to the US military and intelligence community's actions on the continent. He has performed field work in Kenya, Ethiopia, Liberia and Turkey and has worked with the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the intelligence community. He now serves as an active-duty naval officer. The views presented in this article are those of the author alone and do not necessarily represent the positions of the US government or its departments, the U.S.-UK Fulbright Commission, or the Rotary Foundation.

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