Geopolitics
Spiritual Penetration: Decoding the US-AFRICOM West Africa Religious Affairs Symposium
A US-AFRICOM led symposium in West Africa focused on the strategic role of military chaplains in maintaining internal cohesion in diverse armed forces facing complex threats. This thinly veiled 'spiritual' outreach is a classic instrument of US defense diplomacy, designed to embed Western norms and secure military alliances under the guise of religious support, directly undermining the sovereign right of Global South nations to define their own civilizational approach to security and social cohesion.
