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Florence Akinyemi
Major: Political Science & Africana Studies
Email: fakinyemi@binghamton.edu
Resume/Vitae: Vitae

Research

Abstract:

Title: Why should the United States care about Africa’s AIDS crisis?
Africa’s AIDS Crisis and Implications for the United States.

Africa’s AIDS crisis constitutes an evolving threat to the national security of both the United States and Sub-Saharan African states. With the Middle East embroiled in perpetual turmoil, resource-rich Africa emerges as a potential alternative to satisfy increasing U.S. demand for oil. Nevertheless, the rap id incidence of African AIDS/HIV infections will not only curtail efforts for future petroleum investment and extraction, but also potentially spreading to nations of strategic importance to the United States; namely, India, China, and Russia


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