Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Date of Award
January 2023
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Daniel S. Geller
Abstract
Foreign aid studies overwhelmingly focus on development and economic aid, despite the significant portion of overall aid that security aid comprises. This dissertation seeks to rectify that gap in the literature through a robust analysis of the United States Government’s Security Assistance program, comprised of multiple forms of military aid. It will operationalize and test the effectiveness of Security Assistance in achieving the goals defined in the program’s guiding legislation, through the construction of a framework of empirical analysis. Three hypotheses were developed to evaluate and attempt to determine a causal relationship between the presence over time of a Security Assistance relationship with the United States and economic growth and the reduction of conflict, both civil and international, leading to an analysis not just of Security Assistance as a whole, but the efficacy at achieving the stated goals of each of the individual Security Assistance programs and, by extension, other foreign aid programs and military aid in general.
Recommended Citation
Sclafani, Anthony, "The Price Of Peace: Military Aid As A Foreign Policy Tool" (2023). Wayne State University Dissertations. 3962.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/3962