Alliance Curse

In Alliance Curse, Hilton Root illustrates how misguided foreign aid policy  can backfire, stunting rather than advancing political and economic development,  and poisoning relations instead of capturing hearts and minds. Partnering with  dictators can produce perverse disincentives for those regimes to govern for  prosperity, resulting in corruption, economic failure, and instability. These  policies contradict America’s image as the champion of freedom and democracy,  making the developing world even more wary of its intentions.

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