Fair-Weather Allies? Terrorism and the Allocation of US Foreign Aid

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1144-1173

  Boutton, Andrew ^a   Carter, David B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliances; American foreign policy; counterterrorism; Foreign aid; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907220504     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002713492649     Document Type: Article

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