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Aid cuts would hit US influence

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UNITED STATES

On January 18, a Gallup study found that global approval of US leadership had fallen to 30%, a record low, down from 48% in 2016 and 1 percentage point behind China; Germany has…

Rising nationalism will drive Tanzanian foreign policy

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TANZANIA

Tanzanian foreign policy outlook.

EU state aid plans will concern some trade partners

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EU

EU state aid.

Aid is a blunt tool for promoting democracy

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INT

The move reflects the conventional wisdom that aid can influence the behaviour of recipient countries, promoting democratic values. However, such goals are undermined by multiple…

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Turkey's foreign policy will increase its isolation

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TURKEY

However, it has sometimes combined a very confrontational public relationship, including public attacks on an international institution, with a much more cooperative private…

Foreign policies are adopting gender goals, but slowly

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INT

This trend is paralleled by an increase in other types of gender equality policies being promoted in the development, diplomatic, security and trade sectors in numerous other…

India will be selective in accepting aid

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INDIA

In recent years, it has refused foreign aid for disaster relief. In view of its worsening coronavirus outbreak, dozens of countries are now offering supplies such as medical…

China will use foreign aid for strategic aims

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CHINA

It consolidates and formalises a shift that has been underway, using examples of recent practice to present China’s new approach. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is presented…

Haitian stability boosts aid and investment hopes

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HAITI

Aid and development in Haiti.