Tshepo Gwatiwa is a Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the same institution.Justin van der Merwe is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Military Studies (CEMIS) at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

• 1. Introducing AFRICOM Expansion in Africa Tshepo Gwatiwa and Justin van der Merwe 2. Expanding US Africa Command: Reintegrating Africa within the US’s System of Accumulation Justin van der Merwe 3. The Significance of Multilateral Diplomacy in the Formation of US Africa Command: Reflections on US Africa Policy and Engagement from Bush through Obama, 2000-2016 Michael A. Battle 4. The Genesis and Origins of AFRICOM William M. Wyatt 5. AFRICOM’S Military Base in Djibouti: a History of Its Advancement Degang Sun and Yahia H. Zoubir 6. Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in the Expansion of AFRICOM: Africa in America’s "Panopticon" Tshepo Gwatiwa 7. Security, Circulation and Biopolitics: US Africa Command’s Response to Ebola Catriona Gold 8. The Economic and Business Side of US AFRICOM in Africa: Governments, Land Lease, Aid, Corporations and Military Expansion in Djibouti Ditabeng Mokoena and Tshepo Gwatiwa 9. The US Africa Command and [Under]Development in Africa: an Appraisal of the USA’s Securitization of Development in Africa Khayalandile Lwando Mthamo 10. Agenda-Setting or Reinforcement? The African Media’s Reporting and its Impact on AFRICOM’s Soft Power Oluwaseun Tella 11. Conclusion – Imprinting Infrastructural and Affective Labour in Africa Justin van der Merwe

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