Defense, diplomacy, and development strategies have long been used to achieve foreign policy objectives, but increasingly the lines between them are blurred. Some responsibilities traditionally undertaken by and funded through civilian agencies are migrating to the military. Programs like the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Iraq and Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. military into ever-expanding roles and functions. In 2005, nearly 23 percent of U.S. foreign assistance was channeled through the Department of Defense. Since then, the Department of Defense’s global share of U.S. official development assistance (ODA) has remained above 15 percent. Senior fellow Todd Moss is the Center’s main contributor on these issues.
Defense, diplomacy, and development strategies have long been used to achieve foreign policy objectives, but increasingly the lines between them are blurred. Some responsibilities traditionally undertaken by and funded through civilian agencies are migrating to the military. Programs like the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Iraq and Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. military into ever-expanding roles and functions. In 2005, nearly 23 percent of U.S. foreign assistance was channeled through the Department of Defense. Since then, the Department of Defense’s global share of U.S. official development assistance (ODA) has remained above 15 percent. Senior fellow Todd Moss is the Center’s main contributor on these issues.
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The Pentagon and Development: The U.S. Department of Defense has become increasingly engaged in development activities over the past ten years through global counterterrorism initiatives, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stability operations in Pakistan, and humanitarian response missions. Past CGD research in this area has examined whole of government approaches to weak states, and has tracked the role of the Pentagon in providing development assistance. CGD continues to investigate the trends of the military’s engagement, authority, and budget share in development, with particular attention to attempts at interagency coordination initiatives such as the U.S. Africa Command and the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Program. Weak States as a Security Threat: CGD’s early work demonstrating the threats that weak states pose to U.S. security established the Center as one of the leaders in the nexus between security and development. Our 2004 Commission for Weak States and U.S. National Security was directed by non-resident fellow Jeremy Weinstein and included leaders such as Chester Crocker, Susan Rice, and Robert McNamara. The final commission report On the Brink as well as other CGD working papers helped expose the dangers of weak states in the post-9/11 world, and outlined ways in which the U.S. government can elevate development as a key strategy to address and prevent these threats.
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Nancy Birdsall offers Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides three recommendations on strengthening the Pakistani private sector.
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The U.S. military has become substantially engaged in economic development
and stabilization and will likely continue to be for some time to
come. This brief takes U.S. military involvement in development
as a given and concentrates on five recommendations for it to
operate more efficiently and...
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The U.S. military has become substantially engaged in the development and stabilization space and will likely continue to operate in this space for some time to come. This paper proposed five policy changes for the military to improve its development activities.
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Arkedis focuses on understanding why long-term development is often subjugated to other objectives in the day-to-day planning processes of the U.S. government. She proposes one way to ensure that funding choices are made more rationally and systematically: by aligning the differing goals of aid...
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A new focus on measuring development results would have far-reaching benefits for U.S. development
strategy, for U.S. public diplomacy efforts, and for the strength of Pakistan’s democratic institutions.
In this essay, Nancy Birdsall and Wren Elhai suggest five possible indicators that...
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This essay draws on the work of the Center for Global Development's
Study Group on U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan and on the ideas in the group's open letters to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to present five recommendations for spending aid money well in Pakistan.
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In the fourth open letter to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Nancy Birdsall conveys the recommendations of the CGD study group on a U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan for necessary strengthening of USAID's staff capacity to better design and deploy an effective development strategy in the country.
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In the second open letter to Ambassador Holbrooke, Nancy Birdsall conveys recommendations from the second meeting of the CGD Study Group on U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan, focused on the policies and programs that would be most effective in dealing with the security and development...
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In this essay, Andrew Natsios gives a first-hand account of what he finds most hinders USAID—layers of bureaucracy that misguide and derail development work.
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Nancy Birdsall offers Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides three recommendations on strengthening the Pakistani private sector.
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The U.S. military has become substantially engaged in economic development
and stabilization and will likely continue to be for some time to
come. This brief takes U.S. military involvement in development
as a given and concentrates on five recommendations for it to
operate more efficiently and...
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The U.S. military has become substantially engaged in the development and stabilization space and will likely continue to operate in this space for some time to come. This paper proposed five policy changes for the military to improve its development activities.
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New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century calls on the next American president, Congress, policymakers and the American people to overhaul how the U.S. helps poor people in developing countries. Among the recommended steps: a new national foreign assistance strategy and a new...
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In an open letter to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Nancy Birdsall relays four main suggestions from the CGD Study Group on a U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan about how U.S. assistance should be delivered to maximize development outcomes.
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A new focus on measuring development results would have far-reaching benefits for U.S. development
strategy, for U.S. public diplomacy efforts, and for the strength of Pakistan’s democratic institutions.
In this essay, Nancy Birdsall and Wren Elhai suggest five possible indicators that...
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Experience shows that outside efforts to help reform or reconstruct fragile states must simultaneously address issues of security, governance, and economic growth. Greater than the Sum of Its Parts?, a new book published by the International Peace Academy and written by CGD research fellow Stewart...
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Meeting today’s foreign policy challenges requires a new vision of American global leadership based on the strength of our core values, ideas, and ingenuity. It calls for an integrated foreign policy that promotes our ideals, enhances our security, helps create economic and political...
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Todd Moss, Vice President for Programs and Senior Fellow Todd Moss works on U.S.-Africa relations and financial issues facing sub-Saharan Africa, including policies that affect private capital flows, natural resource management, debt, and aid. He oversees the Center’s fundraising efforts and relations with external partners.
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Shared Goals: Measuring Overall Development Progress in Pakistan
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A new focus on measuring development results would have far-reaching benefits for U.S. development
strategy, for U.S. public diplomacy efforts, and for the strength of Pakistan’s democratic institutions.
In this essay, Nancy Birdsall and Wren Elhai suggest five possible indicators that...
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New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
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New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century calls on the next American president, Congress, policymakers and the American people to overhaul how the U.S. helps poor people in developing countries. Among the recommended steps: a new national foreign assistance strategy and a new...
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U.S. Foreign Aid Reform: Will It Fix What Is Broken?
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In U.S. Foreign Aid Reform: Will It Fix What Is Broken? CGD research fellow Stewart Patrick says the U.S. foreign aid regime is broken, and it is not clear that the Bush administration's reform plan will fix it. Patrick proposes a total overhaul of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act and the creation...
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