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|HeadquartersAddress=300 5th Ave, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC 20319-5066, USA | |HeadquartersAddress=300 5th Ave, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC 20319-5066, USA | ||
|Website=https://africacenter.org | |Website=https://africacenter.org | ||
}}The '''Africa Center for Strategic Studies''' ('''ACSS''') is self-described as "a U.S. Department of Defense institution established and funded by Congress for the study of security issues relating to Africa and serving as a forum for bilateral and multilateral research, communication, and exchange of ideas involving military and civilian participants."<ref name="Howe2001">{{cite book|last=Howe|first=Herbert M.|title=Ambiguous Order: Military Forces in African States|url=https://archive.org/details/ambiguousordermi0000howe|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-58826-315-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/ambiguousordermi0000howe/page/263 263]}}</ref> | }} | ||
The '''Africa Center for Strategic Studies''' ('''ACSS''') is self-described as "a U.S. Department of Defense institution established and funded by Congress for the study of security issues relating to Africa and serving as a forum for bilateral and multilateral research, communication, and exchange of ideas involving military and civilian participants."<ref name="Howe2001">{{cite book|last=Howe|first=Herbert M.|title=Ambiguous Order: Military Forces in African States|url=https://archive.org/details/ambiguousordermi0000howe|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-58826-315-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/ambiguousordermi0000howe/page/263 263]}}</ref> | |||
It is a Regional Center of the [[National Defense University]], which describes it as "[supporting] United States foreign and security policies by strengthening the strategic capacity of African states to identify and resolve security challenges in ways that promote civil-military cooperation, respect for democratic values, and safeguard human rights."<ref name="NDU">{{cite web|title=Regional Centers|url=http://www.ndu.edu/Outreach/Regional-Centers/|website=ndu.edu|publisher=National Defense University|accessdate=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821190208/http://www.ndu.edu/Outreach/Regional-Centers/|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | It is a Regional Center of the [[National Defense University]], which describes it as "[supporting] United States foreign and security policies by strengthening the strategic capacity of African states to identify and resolve security challenges in ways that promote civil-military cooperation, respect for democratic values, and safeguard human rights."<ref name="NDU">{{cite web|title=Regional Centers|url=http://www.ndu.edu/Outreach/Regional-Centers/|website=ndu.edu|publisher=National Defense University|accessdate=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821190208/http://www.ndu.edu/Outreach/Regional-Centers/|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||