Abstract

ABSTRACTThe end of the Cold War and accompanying changes in the global geopolitical order created a vastly different context for US foreign aid. Since American aid was mostly given for geopolitical reasons, foreign aid required a new rationale. These changes in the global environment coincided with waning domestic support for foreign aid and a new tendency to ‘put America first’, as well as mounting criticism of the institutions dealing with US aid and the legislative framework. A clear response to these new demands first materialized in 1994 with the introduction of important new legislation, and the revocation of the Foreign Aid Act of 1961. In writing, the new legislation attempts to honor demands from various constituencies. These include calls for more business oriented aid, for environmentally responsible aid, for a return to true development aid, and for aid that helps promote new security interests of the United States. In practice, there are some notable shifts in aid flows. The most important are those from former strategic allies in the Cold War to the former communist states in East Europe. One of the conclusions is that, despite continued disagreement among constituencies in the United States, geopolitical motives still prevail in US foreign aid policy: it is only the regional contexts that change.

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