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Theses/Dissertations

2021

Terrorism

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Effects Of Military And Economic Aid On Terrorism: A Long- And Short-Term Analysis, Haley Parker Aug 2021

Effects Of Military And Economic Aid On Terrorism: A Long- And Short-Term Analysis, Haley Parker

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This paper asks whether U.S. aid reduces terrorism. Foreign assistance may be of two types: socio-economic aid (aims to address the root causes of terrorism by improving health care, education, justice systems, infrastructure, etc. in the recipient country) and military aid (designed to fight terrorism with force and manifests as military operations in a recipient country). Most countries receive both military aid and socio-economic US aid for long spells of time. This is why this research asks: 1) how economic and military types of aid influence terrorism over time, and 2) whether and how economic aid and military types of …