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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"military aid"”.
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Military Industry and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Military Aid, Technology, and Barriers to Peace
… people that result from this policy, and the military-industrial complex that benefits from the US-Israel relationship. I also note that the military industry profits from the Israel-Palestine conflict and, thus, has an incentive for the conflict to continue. I argue that despite billions of …
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Can the Indian Navy respond to a growing Chinese fleet?
… condition, and (3) the benefits of foreign military aid. The saidy shows that responses to an increase in perceived threat initially drove each expansion period, but a key factor in sustaining any period of development was the benefit of foreign military aid. The economy played a minor role …
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Is the Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions? The Effect of U.S. Foreign Assistance and Economic Policy on Human Rights
… are explored in order to test the effect of U.S. aid, trade, and investment on human rights conditions in recipient states. Two measures of human rights conditions serve as dependent variables: security rights and subsistence rights. The data cover approximately 140 countries from 1976-1996. …
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The U.S. - Colombia free trade agreement - A historical placement of the FTA
… Colombia, and keeps Colombia dependent on U.S. military aid.
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The impact of foreign aid on voting inside the United Nations
… is a connection between United States foreign aid donations and a recipient nation's voting patterns in the United Nations General Assembly. Tests in the past have not employed thorough methodologies to deal with the abundance of variables that influence a nation's voting behavior. The …
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Human Rights and the Strategic Use of US Foreign Food Aid
… for human rights affect the disbursement of food aid by US foreign policymakers? Scholars analyzing foreign aid generally look at only total economic aid, military aid or a combination of both. However, for a more nuanced understanding of human rights as a determinant of foreign aid, the discrete …
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The nexus between soft power and US foreign aid
… the role of soft power in US bilateral foreign aid allocation? Drawing on insights from Joseph Nye's soft power concept, I examine the relationship between US bilateral development and military aid allocations and like-minded states from 1981 to 2011. Accordingly, US soft power attracts …
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US Arms Trade in the Middle East: A Complex and Dynamic Relationship
… Middle Eastern scenery, particularly in terms of military relations and arms trade. A brief history of both sides’ upbringing and the mutual interests that lay in ensuring the continuity of their symbiotic arrangements. This paper will use a semi-systematic literature review to assess previous …
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Military conversion in post-conflict countries: Determinants, impact, and a case study on policy implications for Colombia
… examines the determinants and the impact of military conversion on conflict recurrence in post-conflict countries. The dissertation also aims to identify some of the main elements needed to design a public policy addressing conversion processes. Military conversion is the process of …
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Imperialism and Empire in Iraq: Britain’s Informal Colony.
… state into the Empire as a formal colony. Military aid was another characteristic of imperialism present in the case of Iraq. Oil is critical to this discussion as it provided motivation and was one of the primary reasons for the British presence in Iraq. The second chapter explains the …
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US Politics of Betrayal: The Urdu Press on Pakistan-US Relations since the 1971 War
… US failure in the 1971 War to provide sufficient military support to Pakistan to prevent its disintegration; US opposition to Pakistan's nuclear program and ignoring of the security concerns of its ally in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; and the unilateral US operation conducted on 2 May 2011 …
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Four Essays on Defense and Peace Economics
… to peacekeeping operation, terrorism, and military expenditure. The first essay studies the decisionmaking process within peacekeeping operations regarding the timing of peacekeeper deployment. This study finds that countries that could deploy more troops at their initial time of deployment …