Date of Award:

5-2014

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Political Science

Committee Chair(s)

Veronica Ward

Committee

Veronica Ward

Committee

Colin Flint

Committee

Christopher A. Conte

Abstract

Why does the U.S. give foreign aid? There are compelling humanitarian and economic reasons, yet the U.S. also gives large amounts of military aid. What, then, are the overall goals of aid giving in the post 9/11 era? In looking at the history of U.S. foreign aid, three general objectives emerge: political stability, increased economic liberalization and expanding soft power influence in the aid receiving country. While we can identify the motives and aims of U.S. foreign aid, little work has been done to evaluate the success of aid in these objectives. It is the goal of this study to assess the success of combined U.S. economic and military aid in accomplishing these three general foreign policy objectives across the case countries of Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia and Zambia, which represent a range of aid beneficiaries. Using statistical analysis based on three indices, this thesis will evaluate whether there is a correlation between U.S. foreign aid and the attainment of these three broad U.S. foreign policy aims.

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