Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool write by Burcu Savun. This book was released on 2013. Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Aid is theorized to reduce the supply of transnational terrorist attacks by improving economic prospects and defraying the cost of counterterrorism efforts by recipient governments. We argue that the effectiveness of foreign aid in reducing terrorism depends on the capacity of aid delivery channels in recipient countries. Aid given directly to corrupt governments is unlikely to reduce terrorism, as aid capture and distortion are more likely in such environments. Similarly, aid is counterproductive if the recipient government uses repressive counterterrorism measures. On the other hand, aid delivered through NGOs should reduce the supply of transnational terrorism if the size and capacity of the NGO sector is sufficiently large. We estimate negative binomial regressions in two stages using control function methods on a sample of Official Development Assistance (ODA) countries between 2006 and 2009. The evidence is in line with our argument.
Fighting Terrorism at Source
Fighting Terrorism at Source - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fighting Terrorism at Source write by Jean-Paul Azam. This book was released on 2018-02-23. Fighting Terrorism at Source available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a unique and insightful econometric evaluation of the policies used to fight transnational terrorism between 1990 and 2014 using a sample of 124 countries. It proves that foreign aid plays a crucial role by inducing recipient governments to protect the donors’ political and economic interests within their sphere of influence. In contrast, US troops on the ground are counter-productive as they increase the supply of terrorist attacks from the host countries, even though this effect has been significantly reduced by the Obama administration.
Security by Other Means
Security by Other Means - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Security by Other Means write by Lael Brainard. This book was released on 2007-08-29. Security by Other Means available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Brookings Institution Press and Center for Strategic and International Studies publication In a world transformed by globalization and challenged by terrorism, foreign aid has assumed renewed importance as a foreign policy tool. While the results of more than forty years of development assistance show some successes, foreign aid is currently dispersed between many agencies and branches of government in a manner that formulation and implementation of a coherent, effective strategy. The current political climate is receptive to a transition toward greater accountability and effectiveness in development aid. Because this transition is clearly an imperative but has not yet been comprehensively addressed, the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies have conducted a joint study that both assesses the current structures of foreign assistance and makes recommendations for efficient coordination. Drawing on expertise from the full range of agencies whose policies affect foreign aid, Security by Other Means examines foreign assistance across four categories reflecting the interests that aid furthers: security, economic, humanitarian, and political. As disparities in the world become more untenable, foreign aid plays a key role in not only the national interests of the U.S. but also the interconnected interests of the international community. This important new volume takes aim at critical questions in a concerted manner by assigning coherence and effectiveness to U.S. foreign aid. Contributors include Owen Barder (Center for Global Development, formerly UK Department for International Development), Charlie Flickner (former Staff Director of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations), Steve Hensch (George Washington University), Steve Morrison (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Steve Radelet (Center for Global Development)
Aid and International Norms
Aid and International Norms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aid and International Norms write by Jessie G Rumsey. This book was released on 2014. Aid and International Norms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. To test the proposition that international regimes influence state behavior, this study evaluates the impact of two potentially competing regimes on U.S. foreign policy. Specifically, it examines the effects of the international human rights regime and the international counterterrorism regime on U.S. foreign economic assistance from fiscal years 1996-2009, comparing the influence of each of these pre- and post-9/11. Using an innovative mixed methods approach, the study first analyzes the presence of regime-based rhetoric (RBR) in Senate subcommittee hearings, producing an original dataset. Then, merging this unique data with key variables established in the literature, the research draws out the statistical effect of regimes in foreign aid obligations. Results from the first stage demonstrate that the human rights regime continued to exert strong influence during aid appropriations hearings even following the terrorist attacks. Results from the second stage indicate that although the human rights regime continued to exert this influence following 9/11, it operated in a foreign policy space in which the counterterrorism regime altered the aid calculus and emerged as an important statistical determinant. By properly conceiving of regimes, deriving an accurate measure of their influence, and grounding interpretations of statistical results in appropriate evidence, this research sheds new light on the importance of the international human rights and counterterrorism regimes in the U.S. foreign aid appropriations process.
Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review
Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review write by . This book was released on 2010. Foreign Aid Reform, National Strategy, and the Quadrennial Review available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Several development proponents, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and policymakers are pressing the 111th Congress to reform U.S. foreign aid capabilities to better address 21st Century development needs and national security challenges. Over the past nearly 50 years, the legislative foundation for U.S. foreign aid has evolved largely by amending the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-195), the primary statutory basis for U.S. foreign aid programs, or enacting separate freestanding laws to reflect specific U.S. foreign policy interests. Many describe U.S. aid programs as fragmented, cumbersome, and not finely tuned to address the existing needs and U.S. national security interests. Lack of a comprehensive congressional reauthorization of foreign aid for about half of those fifty years further compounds the perceived weakness of U.S. aid programs and statutes. The current structure of U.S. foreign aid entities, as well as implementation and follow-up monitoring of the effectiveness of aid programs, have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. Criticisms include a lack of focus and coherence overall, too many agencies involved in delivering aid with inadequate coordination or leadership, lack of flexibility, responsiveness and transparency of aid programs, and a perceived lack of progress in some countries that have been aid recipients for decades. Over the last decade, a number of observers have expressed a growing concern about the increasing involvement of the Department of Defense in foreign aid activities.
