Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265992 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9957
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This chapter discusses the role of military interventionism and aid in nation-building. We argue that (1) intervention strategies of foreign actors like the United States often unfavorably interact with local institutional settings, which (2) produces undesired outcomes not only for the target country of foreign intervention but also the intervening power. In line with these main findings, we also provide insights from our own empirical work (Dimant et al., 2022) showing that U.S. military aid has not been successful in enhancing military capacity in the recipient countries of military aid, but has rather contributed to exclusion and corruption. These unfavorable effects are, in turn, likely to produce anti-American resentment.
Subjects: 
U.S. military aid
nation-building
interventionism
anti-American terrorism
JEL: 
D74
F35
P45
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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