Introduction: AFRICOM-US strategic interests and African security / David J. Francis -- Africa : a new strategic perspective / Theresa Whelan -- AFRICOM : what is it for and what will it do? / Daniel Volman -- AFRICOM : terrorism and security challenges in Africa / J. Peter Pham -- An African perspective on security / M.A. Mohamed Salih -- Solutions not yet sought : a human security paradigm for twenty-first-century Africa / Shannon Beebe -- AFRICOM / its reality, rhetoric and future / Jeremy Keenan -- The African Union and AFRICOM / Thomas Kwasi Tieku -- Into Africa, always something new : AFRICOM and a history of telling Africans what their problems are / David Chuter -- Geo-politics beyond Washington : Africa's alternative security and development partnerships / Josephine Osikena -- Conclusion: AFRICOM and the future of United States-Africa relations / David J. Francis