A Roadmap to Improve the Department of Defense's Africa Engagement Strategy

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies is the only DOD Regional Center to preceded the Geographic Combatant Command it supports. The ACSS has largely continued its established practices and a business model that didn't include AFRICOM. Since AFRICOM's stand-up, not much has been done to link the two organizations in their common mission. The ACSS and AFRICOM need to work in unison--not disjointedly--to engage our African partners.