Dan Henk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4187392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Henk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Henk |
| SIGNATURE | HENK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Air War College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Africom's Role in an African Future
In the recent past America’s leaders created a major new military entity – the US Africa Command (AFRICOM). In a well researched article, authors James Forest and Rebecca Crispin describe AFRICOM and the motivations for its creation, offering an interesting glimpse into the ways America’s political leaders see the world and their role in it, and calling attention to the way the United States reacts to the complex security dilemmas of the early 21…
Operationalizing' Human Security in South Africa
Since the UN promulgation of the concept of human security in the early 1990s, one of the countries most enthusiastic about the new paradigm has been South Africa. That country has endeavored to reflect human security values in virtually all state activities. This article examines how South Africa has applied the concept to its armed forces. It argues that the military 'operationalization' is evident in two key respects: first, in the country's s…
The Environment, the US Military, and Southern Africa
Since the 1960s, the environment has become a consistent theme in international political discourse, no longer solely the concern of small groups of activists but a mainstream issue. As environmental concerns have gone increasingly global, countries like Norway and Finland have garnered international acclaim for their strong commitment to environmental causes. The government of the United States, in contrast, has been widely and vehemently critic…
Biodiversity and the Military in Botswana
This is a narrative of accomplishment that speaks well for a government and an army on a continent where both are widely held in contempt. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on 'security,' citing a case in which some of that new thinking involves environmental issues. In line with the new thinking, one African country, Botswana, has for almost two decades successfully deployed its capable, profession…
Human Security
S ince the end of the Cold War, the phrase "human security" increasingly has surfaced in scholarly literature, in the conversations of policy professionals and policy advocates, and occasionally in the popular media. The phrase itself suggests a departure from the esoteric jargon of the Cold War, preoccupied with state-centric issues of thermonuclear holocaust, strategic alliances, compellance and deterrence. But despite its increasing usage, the…
The Botswana Defence Force and the War against Poachers in Southern Africa
‘Semper aliquid novi Africa affert’ (out of Africa this is always something new) wrote the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, and that has been all too true of catastrophe and misery in modern times. Yet despite Africa's problems, the continent also offers many examples of humankind's most commendable achievements. This is one such story. It is the account of the successful struggle by a small but well disciplined and well led African army to protect…
Guns and Butter
Having developed an arms industry of extraordinary depth and breath of capacity, the advent of the De Klerk presidency in 1989 dramatically affected the South African military establishment and its defence industry as budgets were slashed, procurement came to a standstill and the industry was reorganized. Subsequent majority rule did not auger well for the defence industry, yet, a decade later, by 2004, the armaments industry was not only thrivin…
The Botswana Defence Force
When Botswana arrived at independence in 1966, it had no army, depending instead on a police force with deep roots in the colonial era. The country waited another eleven years before creating a military and within a quarter of a century had seen it develop into a capable, well-educated and self-disciplined force that was attracting some of the nation's most talented young people. It had also become the government's institution of choice for addre…
US National Interests in Sub-Saharan Africa
The novelty of the post-Cold War strategic environment is reflected in the changing jargon of American military professionals."Humanitarian assistance" and "peace operations" were hardly key concerns of the national military establishment in the mid-1980s, though they have become prominent a decade later.Since the early 1990s, US professional military literature has been increasingly preoccupied, some would say obsessed, with discussions of what …
Biodiversity and the Military in Botswana
This is a narrative of accomplishment that speaks well for a government and an army on a continent where both are widely held in contempt. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on 'security,' citing a case in which some of that new thinking involves environmental issues. In line with the new thinking, one African country, Botswana, has for almost two decades successfully deployed its capable, profession…
The Botswana Defence Force
When Botswana arrived at independence in 1966, it had no army, depending instead on a police force with deep roots in the colonial era. The country waited another eleven years before creating a military and within a quarter of a century had seen it develop into a capable, well-educated and self-disciplined force that was attracting some of the nation's most talented young people. It had also become the government's institution of choice for addre…
The Botswana Defence Force and the War against Poachers in Southern Africa
‘Semper aliquid novi Africa affert’ (out of Africa this is always something new) wrote the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, and that has been all too true of catastrophe and misery in modern times. Yet despite Africa's problems, the continent also offers many examples of humankind's most commendable achievements. This is one such story. It is the account of the successful struggle by a small but well disciplined and well led African army to protect…
Operationalizing' Human Security in South Africa
Since the UN promulgation of the concept of human security in the early 1990s, one of the countries most enthusiastic about the new paradigm has been South Africa. That country has endeavored to reflect human security values in virtually all state activities. This article examines how South Africa has applied the concept to its armed forces. It argues that the military 'operationalization' is evident in two key respects: first, in the country's s…
US National Interests in Sub-Saharan Africa
The novelty of the post-Cold War strategic environment is reflected in the changing jargon of American military professionals."Humanitarian assistance" and "peace operations" were hardly key concerns of the national military establishment in the mid-1980s, though they have become prominent a decade later.Since the early 1990s, US professional military literature has been increasingly preoccupied, some would say obsessed, with discussions of what …
Guns and Butter
Having developed an arms industry of extraordinary depth and breath of capacity, the advent of the De Klerk presidency in 1989 dramatically affected the South African military establishment and its defence industry as budgets were slashed, procurement came to a standstill and the industry was reorganized. Subsequent majority rule did not auger well for the defence industry, yet, a decade later, by 2004, the armaments industry was not only thrivin…
The Botswana Defence Force
When Botswana arrived at independence in 1966, it had no army, depending instead on a police force with deep roots in the colonial era. The country waited another eleven years before creating a military and within a quarter of a century had seen it develop into a capable, well-educated and self-disciplined force that was attracting some of the nation's most talented young people. It had also become the government's institution of choice for addre…
Human Security
S ince the end of the Cold War, the phrase "human security" increasingly has surfaced in scholarly literature, in the conversations of policy professionals and policy advocates, and occasionally in the popular media. The phrase itself suggests a departure from the esoteric jargon of the Cold War, preoccupied with state-centric issues of thermonuclear holocaust, strategic alliances, compellance and deterrence. But despite its increasing usage, the…
The Botswana Defence Force and the War against Poachers in Southern Africa
‘Semper aliquid novi Africa affert’ (out of Africa this is always something new) wrote the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, and that has been all too true of catastrophe and misery in modern times. Yet despite Africa's problems, the continent also offers many examples of humankind's most commendable achievements. This is one such story. It is the account of the successful struggle by a small but well disciplined and well led African army to protect…
The Environment, the US Military, and Southern Africa
Since the 1960s, the environment has become a consistent theme in international political discourse, no longer solely the concern of small groups of activists but a mainstream issue. As environmental concerns have gone increasingly global, countries like Norway and Finland have garnered international acclaim for their strong commitment to environmental causes. The government of the United States, in contrast, has been widely and vehemently critic…
Biodiversity and the Military in Botswana
This is a narrative of accomplishment that speaks well for a government and an army on a continent where both are widely held in contempt. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on 'security,' citing a case in which some of that new thinking involves environmental issues. In line with the new thinking, one African country, Botswana, has for almost two decades successfully deployed its capable, profession…
Africom's Role in an African Future
In the recent past America’s leaders created a major new military entity – the US Africa Command (AFRICOM). In a well researched article, authors James Forest and Rebecca Crispin describe AFRICOM and the motivations for its creation, offering an interesting glimpse into the ways America’s political leaders see the world and their role in it, and calling attention to the way the United States reacts to the complex security dilemmas of the early 21…
Operationalizing' Human Security in South Africa
Since the UN promulgation of the concept of human security in the early 1990s, one of the countries most enthusiastic about the new paradigm has been South Africa. That country has endeavored to reflect human security values in virtually all state activities. This article examines how South Africa has applied the concept to its armed forces. It argues that the military 'operationalization' is evident in two key respects: first, in the country's s…
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