Tag: Development & Aid

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Global Governance

Why US Foreign Aid Needs Development Diplomats

Introduction On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order freezing foreign assistance funds and laying the groundwork to dissolve the world’s largest…

May 29, 2025

Dialogues

The Future of U.S. Diplomacy

GJIA: Do you agree that the role of a diplomat has changed considerably over the last few decades, with shifts in communication, power dynamics, and cybersecurity? How would you…

April 29, 2025

Business & Economics

Delivering Promises for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward

Introduction The Pakistani government celebrated the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2023 with great fanfare. Prime…

December 16, 2024

Business & Economics

Beyond Financing: Sectoral-Complementary Foreign Direct Investment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Public investment gaps pose challenges to economic development in LAC The COVID-19 crisis has taken a toll on lives and livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC),…

November 22, 2024

Business & Economics

The Role of Sovereign Green Bonds in Chile’s Development

What are green bonds? Green bonds, issued for the first time in 2007 by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank, represent a major financial innovation of the last…

October 16, 2023

Dialogues

Confronting Global Food Insecurity with U.S. Diplomatic Historian Kelly McFarland

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: In the report Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus, the Working Group described various explanations for worldwide…

February 3, 2023

Business & Economics

Will the Belt and Road Initiative Be Another Casualty of the Pandemic?

China’s grand infrastructure development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least when measured by the amount…

November 11, 2022

Dialogues
Student Review

Foreign Aid From a New Perspective: A Conversation with Dr. S.S. Regilme

GJIA: One of the book’s major points is that foreign aid politics stems from a logic of domination and moral superiority. It seems that conflict between superpowers fuels…

April 22, 2022

Business & Economics

Latin America and the Caribbean’s Asymmetrical Engagement with China during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented global circumstances, straining rich countries and the developing world alike, but disproportionately affecting the latter. While…

January 18, 2022

Conflict & Security

Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy for the Middle East and North Africa

Traditionally, the United States has approached the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from a security lens. It pursues a set of core interests: countering terrorism and…

October 28, 2021