Johnson (appointed in January 2008; counter-terrorism expert and businessman; ex-Pentagon ex-United States Department of State ex-Central Intelligence Agency) Ambassador Joseph Wilson (Africanist; ex-Pentagon ex-US National Security Council of Nigerien uranium fame AC Vol 46 No 22) and Peter Pham (a former African Advisor to the Republican Party Foreign Policy specialist ex-US government)...
In a public debate with Senator John McCain’s Africa advisor Peter Pham Schneidman spelt out the three main poles of Obama’s Africa policy: accelerating Africa’s integration into the world economy; enhancing the peace and security of African states; and strengthening relations with governments and civic activists who are committed to promoting democracy and accountability on the continent...
The prolific Africanist academic Peter Pham is McCain’s Africa advisor and is in accord with the campaign’s more muscular diplomatic approach backing tougher sanctions against Sudan and Zimbabwe as well as securing more resources for the US military’s new Africa Command which according to Pham should run a range of ‘hard and soft power‘ operations on the continent...