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Short of the Goal: US Policy and Poorly Performing States examines the relationship between poorly performing states and international security. In doing so, it aims to refocus debate away from the most notorious objective of post 9/11 US policymakers-combating terrorism through pre-emptive attacks on such states-by arguing that improving their level of development is also an essential tool for ensuring western security. In part one, the book's main challenge is directed towards US administrations' longstanding policy of focusing development aid towards a limited number of 'pivotal' or 'anchor' states, whose fate is said to determine the stability of their region and the wider international community. This, it is argued, distributes the aid too narrowly to countries that have already established the policies and institutions conducive to development, while excluding those most in need of assistance. While morally problematic, the text adds extra spice to the argument for redistributing US aid by suggesting that it is those states most in need that also present the greatest security threats to the West. Through a series of country-based case studies in part two, contributors present

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Author

Dr Simon Tate

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Publons (ISSN 0954-1748)

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences