ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how the US military becomes engrained in the fabric of 'fragile' contexts in Africa through policing practices. It describes the analytical perspective of policing and its value for an analysis of the contemporary reconfiguration of US military practices in the global South. The chapter analyses how the new modus operandi for the military in non-war contexts plays out in East Africa. It reviews Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) turn to prevention by deploying civil affairs teams that address the welfare of problematized communities. CJTF-HOA started as a counterterrorism mission in 2002, but has since turned into a so-called indirect approach aimed at addressing root causes of a potential radicalization of Muslim youths in Eastern Africa. The chapter aims to conceptually understand the current reconfiguration of US military doctrine and practice that is currently taking place under the label of stability.
