Jeffrey A Lefebvre
Biographic Data
| ID | 381126 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey A Lefebvre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey A |
| FAMILY NAME | Lefebvre |
| SIGNATURE | LEFEBVRE J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Iran’s Scramble for Sub-Saharan Africa
Fueled by the Iranian oil revenues, Tehran, under both the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979) and since 1979 the Islamic Republic of Iran, has intervened in the affairs of sub-Saharan Africa. The Shah's policy was motivated by a 'defensive' anti-communist/anti-radicalism containment posture. Conversely, the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted an 'offensive' or disruptive policy to alter a political status quo deemed hostile to the surviv…
I ran in the H orn of A frica
Choosing Sides in the Horn of Africa
The United States has faced at times the policy dilemma of seeing conflict erupt between two countries with which it maintains friendly diplomatic relations. The bureaucratic biases of relevant agencies can play an important role in determining whether to choose sides or remain neutral in these conflicts. In the early 1960s the Africa Bureau adopted a pro-Ethiopia bias that shaped American policy in the Horn of Africa. With the insights provided …
O man's F oreign P olicy in the T wenty ‐F irst C entury
U.S. Military Hegemony in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
Throughout the autumn and into the winter of 2002–2003 the world watched as the United States prepared to wage war against Iraq. After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Pentagon had added two battalions of troops to the single battalion of 2,500 troops already on station in Kuwait, establishing a mechanized brigade of more than 6,000-strong.1 By the end of August 2002 the United States had added two brigade-sets of matériel, each consi…
Kennedy's Algerian dilemma
When John F. Kennedy triumphed over Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 presidential election expectations ran high in Africa that a fundamental change would occur in US policy toward colonialism. Kennedy had established a reputation as a champion of self-determination for Africa when, on 2 July 1957, he publicly denounced French colonialism in Algeria on the floor of the US Senate.' In what was described as 'the most comprehensive and outspoken arraign…
The United States, Ethiopia and the 1963 Somali-Soviet arms deal
The early years of the East–West Cold War in sub-Saharan Africa are remembered for the violence surrounding the 1960–1 Congo crisis. While the crisis in the Congo threatened to spin out of control, on 6 January 1961 Nikita Khrushchev delivered his secret ‘sacred wars of national liberation’ speech, which suggested that Moscow intended to undermine Western influence in the region by fanning war and subversion. Despite the nasty turn of events in t…
Post‐Cold War Clouds On The Horn Of Africa
Historical Analogies and the Israeli‐palestinian Peace Process
The U.S. Military Intervention in Somalia
Arms for the Horn
The United States and Egypt
Foreign policy analyses typically focus upon crises to learn about international behavior. In so doing, subtle and important changes in a bilateral relationship may go unnoticed. For instance, during the second half of the 1950s the western military interventions and political dramas in Suez (July-November 1956), Jordan (April 1957), Syria (August-September 1957), Lebanon (May-October 1958) and Iraq (July 1958) served as the focal points for US-E…
The Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa
Globalism and Regionalism
Over the past four decades U.S. arms transfers to Sudan have been premised on a mix of globalist and regionalist rationales. American policymakers have attempted to find a balance between containment of Soviet influence and radical regional forces in northeast Africa with a desire not to unnecessarily antagonize Egypt, the most influential Arab state which has a vital stake in Sudan. Since the mid-1970s these two objectives have been largely cong…
Donor Dependency and American Arms Transfers to the Horn of Africa
Political analysts often tend to focus upon periods of high-level diplomatic tension or 'crises' when examining and attempting to draw conclusions about foreign policy. Since these critical and highly visible episodes generally bring to the foreground the underlying combinations of geo-political, strategic, economic, ideological, and bureaucratic elements, as well as individual styles of leadership which affect interstate relations, this attracti…
I ran in the H orn of A frica
Choosing Sides in the Horn of Africa
The United States has faced at times the policy dilemma of seeing conflict erupt between two countries with which it maintains friendly diplomatic relations. The bureaucratic biases of relevant agencies can play an important role in determining whether to choose sides or remain neutral in these conflicts. In the early 1960s the Africa Bureau adopted a pro-Ethiopia bias that shaped American policy in the Horn of Africa. With the insights provided …
Kennedy's Algerian dilemma
When John F. Kennedy triumphed over Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 presidential election expectations ran high in Africa that a fundamental change would occur in US policy toward colonialism. Kennedy had established a reputation as a champion of self-determination for Africa when, on 2 July 1957, he publicly denounced French colonialism in Algeria on the floor of the US Senate.' In what was described as 'the most comprehensive and outspoken arraign…
The United States and Egypt
Foreign policy analyses typically focus upon crises to learn about international behavior. In so doing, subtle and important changes in a bilateral relationship may go unnoticed. For instance, during the second half of the 1950s the western military interventions and political dramas in Suez (July-November 1956), Jordan (April 1957), Syria (August-September 1957), Lebanon (May-October 1958) and Iraq (July 1958) served as the focal points for US-E…
O man's F oreign P olicy in the T wenty ‐F irst C entury
U.S. Military Hegemony in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
Throughout the autumn and into the winter of 2002–2003 the world watched as the United States prepared to wage war against Iraq. After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Pentagon had added two battalions of troops to the single battalion of 2,500 troops already on station in Kuwait, establishing a mechanized brigade of more than 6,000-strong.1 By the end of August 2002 the United States had added two brigade-sets of matériel, each consi…
Post‐Cold War Clouds On The Horn Of Africa
Historical Analogies and the Israeli‐palestinian Peace Process
The Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa
Globalism and Regionalism
Over the past four decades U.S. arms transfers to Sudan have been premised on a mix of globalist and regionalist rationales. American policymakers have attempted to find a balance between containment of Soviet influence and radical regional forces in northeast Africa with a desire not to unnecessarily antagonize Egypt, the most influential Arab state which has a vital stake in Sudan. Since the mid-1970s these two objectives have been largely cong…
Donor Dependency and American Arms Transfers to the Horn of Africa
Political analysts often tend to focus upon periods of high-level diplomatic tension or 'crises' when examining and attempting to draw conclusions about foreign policy. Since these critical and highly visible episodes generally bring to the foreground the underlying combinations of geo-political, strategic, economic, ideological, and bureaucratic elements, as well as individual styles of leadership which affect interstate relations, this attracti…
Globalism and Regionalism
Over the past four decades U.S. arms transfers to Sudan have been premised on a mix of globalist and regionalist rationales. American policymakers have attempted to find a balance between containment of Soviet influence and radical regional forces in northeast Africa with a desire not to unnecessarily antagonize Egypt, the most influential Arab state which has a vital stake in Sudan. Since the mid-1970s these two objectives have been largely cong…
The Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa
The U.S. Military Intervention in Somalia
Arms for the Horn
The United States and Egypt
Foreign policy analyses typically focus upon crises to learn about international behavior. In so doing, subtle and important changes in a bilateral relationship may go unnoticed. For instance, during the second half of the 1950s the western military interventions and political dramas in Suez (July-November 1956), Jordan (April 1957), Syria (August-September 1957), Lebanon (May-October 1958) and Iraq (July 1958) served as the focal points for US-E…
Historical Analogies and the Israeli‐palestinian Peace Process
Post‐Cold War Clouds On The Horn Of Africa
The United States, Ethiopia and the 1963 Somali-Soviet arms deal
The early years of the East–West Cold War in sub-Saharan Africa are remembered for the violence surrounding the 1960–1 Congo crisis. While the crisis in the Congo threatened to spin out of control, on 6 January 1961 Nikita Khrushchev delivered his secret ‘sacred wars of national liberation’ speech, which suggested that Moscow intended to undermine Western influence in the region by fanning war and subversion. Despite the nasty turn of events in t…
Kennedy's Algerian dilemma
When John F. Kennedy triumphed over Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 presidential election expectations ran high in Africa that a fundamental change would occur in US policy toward colonialism. Kennedy had established a reputation as a champion of self-determination for Africa when, on 2 July 1957, he publicly denounced French colonialism in Algeria on the floor of the US Senate.' In what was described as 'the most comprehensive and outspoken arraign…
U.S. Military Hegemony in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
Throughout the autumn and into the winter of 2002–2003 the world watched as the United States prepared to wage war against Iraq. After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Pentagon had added two battalions of troops to the single battalion of 2,500 troops already on station in Kuwait, establishing a mechanized brigade of more than 6,000-strong.1 By the end of August 2002 the United States had added two brigade-sets of matériel, each consi…
O man's F oreign P olicy in the T wenty ‐F irst C entury
I ran in the H orn of A frica
Choosing Sides in the Horn of Africa
The United States has faced at times the policy dilemma of seeing conflict erupt between two countries with which it maintains friendly diplomatic relations. The bureaucratic biases of relevant agencies can play an important role in determining whether to choose sides or remain neutral in these conflicts. In the early 1960s the Africa Bureau adopted a pro-Ethiopia bias that shaped American policy in the Horn of Africa. With the insights provided …
Iran’s Scramble for Sub-Saharan Africa
Fueled by the Iranian oil revenues, Tehran, under both the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979) and since 1979 the Islamic Republic of Iran, has intervened in the affairs of sub-Saharan Africa. The Shah's policy was motivated by a 'defensive' anti-communist/anti-radicalism containment posture. Conversely, the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted an 'offensive' or disruptive policy to alter a political status quo deemed hostile to the surviv…
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