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This article introduces the essays published in this journal issue that were presented at a roundtable during the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Assoc in Washington, DC. The essayists highlight the contributions of area studies to comparative politics & the political science discipline. However, they also criticize the discipline for its underestimation of political science insights coming from outside the US & Western Europe. Area studies can be central for the revitalization of comparative politics, especially now in the post-Cold War & global era. M. Pflum

In 2007, the Bush administration created a new military presence in Africa—AFRICOM (US Africa Command)—which has been vigorously debated ever since. Some see AFRICOM as the answer to an African security system crippled by a lack of resources, widespread politicization, and institutional weakness. Others claim that the program is nothing more than another attempt by the US to secure its own interests in the region. In African Security and the African Command, contributors with a range of views on the issues examine the objectives and activities of AFRICOM, offering a well-rounded picture of ongoing security challenges in Africa and what might be done to address them