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US Development Policy in the Ongoing War on Terror

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This chapter examines the merging of the security and development policy of the US through an analysis of policy documents, aid figures and interviews. It argues that the US has sought greater coordination between its military, foreign policy and development wings of government. This has heightened in the post-9/11 period and has resulted in a closer relationship between USAID, the DoD and the DoS in national security policy. Within this, development aid is expected to contribute to US national security by addressing the root causes of security risks, and development policy is supposed to inform security policy. This chapter shows that, in practice, dominant voices within the DoD and other security agencies within the US government set the agenda for security and development, which USAID has to follow.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Based on reported USAID disbursement figures for 2015 with DoD spending US$8.9 billion of a total US$41 billion https://explorer.usaid.gov/#2015

  2. 2.

    For more information, see the Fund for Peace http://ffp.statesindex.org/

  3. 3.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 6, 30/10/2013.

  4. 4.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 3, 30/4/2013.

  5. 5.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 1, 19/4/2013: 5.

  6. 6.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 1, 19/4/2013; Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 5, 30/10/2013.

  7. 7.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 3, 30/4/2013.

  8. 8.

    Telephone Interview with Anonymous USAID official 2, 22/4/2013; Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 1, 19/4/2013.

  9. 9.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 7, 20/11/2013.

  10. 10.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 7, 20/11/2013.

  11. 11.

    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 7, 20/11/2013.

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    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 7, 20/11/2013.

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    Telephone interview with Anonymous USAID official 7, 20/11/2013.

  14. 14.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 3, 13/6/2013.

  15. 15.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

  16. 16.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

  17. 17.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

  18. 18.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 3, 13/6/2013.

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    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

  20. 20.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

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    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

  22. 22.

    Telephone interview with USAID official 1, 19/4/2013:6.

  23. 23.

    Telephone interview with USAID official 5, 30/10/2013.

  24. 24.

    Personal interview with USAID Kenya Official 1, 18/6/2013.

  25. 25.

    Personal interview with USAID Kenya Official 1, 18/6/2013.

  26. 26.

    Telephone interview with USAID official 5, 30/10/2013.

  27. 27.

    Personal interview with DoS Kenya official, 18/6/2013.

  28. 28.

    Telephone interview with USAID official 5, 30/10/2013.

  29. 29.

    Personal interview with DoS Kenya official, 18/6/2013.

  30. 30.

    Personal interview with USAID Ethiopia official 2, 13/6/2013.

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McConnon, E. (2019). US Development Policy in the Ongoing War on Terror. In: Risk and the Security-Development Nexus. Rethinking International Development series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98246-5_4

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