The nexus between soft power and US foreign aid

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella-Leonie Wancke
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Soft Power

Winning hearts & minds (!)

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 819-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efe Tokdemir
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Regime Type ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Individual

Foreign aid is a policy tool implemented with the purpose of fostering both hard and soft power abroad. Yet, previous research has not probed the effects of US foreign aid on public attitudes toward the US in the recipient countries. In this article, I argue that US foreign aid may actually feed anti-Americanism: aid indirectly creates winners and losers in the recipient countries, such that politically discontented people may blame the US for the survival of the prevailing regime. Drawing on Pew Research for Global Attitudes and on USAID Greenbook datasets, I focus on determining both the conditions under which foreign aid exacerbates anti-Americanism and the type of aid most likely to do this. The findings reveal that political losers of the recipient countries are more likely to express negative attitudes toward the USA as the amount of US aid increases, whereas political winners enjoy the results of US aid and view the USA positively accordingly. Moreover, the effect of US aid on attitudes toward the USA is also conditional on the regime type. While US aid increases the likelihood of anti-American attitudes among the losers in non-democratic countries, it decreases the likelihood of anti-Americanism among the losers in democratic ones. This article has important implications for policy in terms of determining how and to whom to provide aid in the context of the possible ramifications of providing aid at the individual level.

scholarly journals Building Goodwill through Soft Power: An Analysis of China’s Reputation in Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
R. D. P. Sampath Rajapakshe
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Chinese Foreign Policy ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Chinese Policy ◽  
South Asian Region

Many researchers find out that impacted the types of Chinese foreign policy starting in the mid-1990s. However, Chinese foreign policymakers presented "New Grand Strategy" for the 21st century in the mid-1990s. This strategy exceptionally intended to advance and keep up China's image in the abroad. On the other hand, Policy observers contend introducing of the South Asian region that deliberately essential to emerging China. In addition, Chinese vicinity in Sri Lanka that verbalized by policy observers numerous ways. These contentions express that China's soft power in Sri Lanka that ought to be an extraordinary choice in Chinese policy arrangement. This article investigates current appearance of China's goodwill agenda inspecting two strains of Chinese policy in Sri Lanka that breaking point to observe foreign aid and the Confucius institute that lead the Peoples' Republic of China in 2000s. The paper additionally assesses the achievement of this alleged soft power crusade in Sri Lanka utilizing a worldwide overview to figure out whether the new introduction associates with changed Sri Lankan conclusions about China. This article assesses the adequacy of these endeavors by breaking down public opinion survey accumulated by the Gallup surveying in 2011. Information utilized for this article has been gathered from a substantial number of books, periodicals, magazines, journals. My findings demonstrate that the goodwill agenda has been fruitful at enhancing China's reputation in Sri Lanka.

29. China and the Developing World

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Bräutigam ◽  
Yunnan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Commercial Loans ◽  
International Engagement

This chapter examines China’s South–South relations and how it has been shaped by the nature of the Chinese state: a highly capable, developmental state that uses an array of instruments to promote its interests. In particular, it considers how, by means of foreign aid, economic cooperation, soft power, and trade, China aspires to be seen as a responsible global power. The chapter first looks at the history behind China’s engagement with countries of the Global South and the instruments that it has employed in this regard such as foreign investment, commercial loans, and soft power tools. It shows that Chinese ties with the developing world are shaped by long-standing foreign policy principles, including non-interference in the internal affairs of others, equality, and mutual benefit, along with its embrace of globalization and the growth of its multinational corporations. The chapter concludes with an assessment of concerns regarding China’s international engagement.

UKRAINE: FOREIGN AID AS A “SOFT POWER” TOOL

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
V.G. Baranovskii ◽  
◽  
Yu.D. Kvashnin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Soft Power

scholarly journals Beyond Aid Effectiveness?: Private and Public Partnerships in South Korea’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) Strategy as Soft Power Strength and Weakness

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-124
Author(s):  
Iain Watson
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Recipient Country ◽  
Aid Effectiveness ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Private Business ◽  
Emerging Nations ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Private Business Sector ◽  
Public Partnerships

In 2009 Hubbard and Duggan published their book ‘The Aid Trap’ which argued that a thriving private business sector in the recipient country must be encouraged. Otherwise foreign aid simply reinforces debt, poverty and dependency. This debate between neoliberal and neo-Keynesian approaches influenced the formation of effective foreign aid `strategies from new ODA donors such as South Korea. South Korea’s role in the ODA debate represents a more general geopolitical shift by emerging nations. The paper provides a critical assessment of South Korea’s state-led and soft power ODA policies by focusing on initiatives on aid effectiveness and fostering private/public partnerships (PPP’s). The paper goes on to critically consider and judge these eliteled ODA initiatives by addressing a grassroots NGO perspective.

Kuwait faces a deferred liquidity crunch

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Government Budget ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Excise Tax ◽  
Scale Down ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Significance The impact of the pandemic and especially lower oil prices hit the government budget hard, since more than nine-tenths of revenue comes from oil sales. However, the country also faces longer-term structural challenges that undermine project implementation. Impacts The emir will seek to avoid fresh elections, which could bring an even more obstructionist National Assembly. Tensions with parliament will prevent consideration of measures such as an excise tax on harmful products or a Gulf-agreed value-added tax. The government will resist legislative pressure to scale down generous foreign aid, seen as an important source of global soft power. The authorities could approach various government entities for dividend transfers to push back the risk of a liquidity crunch.

TİKA’s Heritage Restoration Projects: Examples of Foreign Aid or Proof of Neo-Ottomanism?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Summer 2021) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Miloš Todorović
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Soviet Union

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Turkey has been using the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) to gain soft power and increase its influence in the Balkans, Caucasia, and Central Asia. As Turkey’s focus is on countries that were once part of the Ottoman Empire, many have characterized this attempt as Neo-Ottomanism. Especially problematic is the fact that, over the years, TİKA has funded the restoration of numerous Ottoman monuments in these regions. Using Serbia as an example, this article explores whether such projects are proof of Turkey having a ‘Neo-Ottoman agenda’ of reviving Ottoman culture and exerting influence over former Ottoman territories, or just a way of Turkey gaining soft power through foreign aid.

QATAR’S FOREIGN AID POLICY: EVOLUTION, MOTIVES AND VALUES

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Fadhl A. Bashir ◽  
Elfatih Abdelsalam
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Policy Evolution ◽  
Sociocultural Background ◽  
Aid Policy

This paper presents pertinent aspects of the foreign aid policy of the State of Qatar as a Muslim emerging donor with rising soft power. The study traces and explains the evolution of Qatar’s Foreign Aid Policy (QFAP) and identifies the various critical milestones of the policy that has been successfully transformed from a small Gulf Emirate into one of the leading players on both regional and global issues including aid giving. Although, Qatar’s motivation for aid giving is quite similar to the global setting, the country’s sociocultural background and values play a vital in shaping and inspiring its aid policy. As QFAP is closely tied to the country’s active foreign policy agenda, political and security motives are heavily reflected in the country’s aid practices. In collecting both primary and secondary data this study used various qualitative methods such as face-to-face interviews with key Qatari officials and scrutinized official state documents and quoted speeches, particularly of past and present Emirs as well as other archival sources.

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