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The Remote Control project is a project of the Network for Social Change hosted by Oxford Research Group. The project examines changes in military engagement, in particular the use of drones, special forces, private military companies and cyber warfare. Oxford Research Group (ORG) is a leading independent think-tank, non-governmental organisation and registered charity, based in London. ORG has been influential for thirty years in promoting the idea of sustainable approaches to global security as an alternative to violent confrontation, through original research, wide-ranging dialogue, and practical policy recommendations. Richard Reeve is Director of the Sustainable Security Programme at Oxford Research Group. He has worked as an analyst of conflict and security issues in Africa since 2000, including for Jane’s Information Group, Chatham House, King’s College London and as Head of Research at International Alert. He has extensive experience of African conflict prevention, warning and management systems, having worked with ECOWAS, the African Union, the Arab League and many local organisations. Zoë Pelter is the Research Officer of the Sustainable Security Programme at Oxford Research Group. Previously, she worked with the International Security Research Department at Chatham House and the Associate Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan in UK Parliament. She holds an honours degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge and has particular experience with human security and development issues. Published by the Remote Control project, August 2014 Remote Control Project Oxford Research Group Development House 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT United Kingdom +44 (0)207 549 0298 media@remotecontrolproject.org http://remotecontrolproject.org Cover image: A U.S. Navy SEAL advisor watches a Malian special operations vehicle unit run through immediate action drills for counter-terrorism missions during training February 26, 2010, near Gao, Mali. Photo by Max R. Blumenfeld, Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans Sahara. This report is made available under a Creative Commons license. All citations must be credited to The Remote Control Project and Oxford Research Group.
From New Frontier to New Normal: Counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel-Sahara Richard Reeve and Zoë Pelter August 2014 “The committee believes that U.S. Africa Command is on the front lines of the next phase of the terrorist threat” US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services Report 113-446 on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2015, 13 May 2014 “We have to get used to operating in Africa, and they have to get used to us,” [Commander of Marine Corps Forces Africa Maj. Gen. Raymond] Fox told a Washington defense conference April 9. “We want Marines to be as familiar with Africa as they are with Iraq and Afghanistan. I don’t want the first time they see that place to be when they’re going in there for real. So we’re going to deliver a path where Africa sees more of us and we see more of Africa.” Marine Corps Times, 18 May 2014 “But why review our military deployment in Africa if it has functioned so well up to the present Because the threat has diffused, it has multiplied. Because we must now respond to challenges which are those of speed, mobility, effectiveness and to do it with new means.” President François Hollande, N’Djamena, 19 July 2014
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