Author profile: Barbara Salera

Dr. Barbara Salera holds a PhD in political science from Washington State University and is currently Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the United States Department of Defense’s Defense Security Cooperation University, School of Security Cooperation Studies. She is a former National Security Education Program Boren Fellow and has conducted extensive field work in Tanzania and Malawi. She has written and published in the areas of the pedagogy of teaching political science, democratization and state-building in the developing world, military assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa, evaluations of non-governmental organization capacity-building programs, the integration of Women, Peace and Security objectives into security cooperation, cyber security and humanitarian assistance.

Adding Fuel to the Fire? American Security Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barbara Salera • May 19 2022 • Articles

There is inherent danger in building partner capacity without first ensuring that there is a strong foundation of military professionalism.

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