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This review essay was prompted by a reading of Salvador Santino F. Regilme's (2021) book entitled Aid Imperium: United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post‐Cold War Southeast Asia (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press). American development aid is motivated by a mixture of security, commercial, and humanitarian interests. All three rationales are characteristic for foreign aid since the Second World War, but not always in the same mix. Security concerns were quite influential in the 1950s and early 1960s and again after 9/11. Regilme describes American foreign aid rationales for two Southeast Asian countries (the Philippines and Thailand) and shows how quickly humanitarian considerations give way to security interests. What makes his study quite unique is that he focuses on the intertwinement of donor and recipient interests. Both donor and recipient act more on the basis of territorial and domestic concerns than with an eye on international, humanitarian needs. Este ensayo de revisión fue motivado por una lectura del libro de Salvador Santino F. Regilme (2021) titulado Aid Imperium: United States Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post‐Cold War Southeast Asia. Ann Arbor: Prensa de la Universidad de Michigan. La ayuda estadounidense para el desarrollo está motivada por una combinación de intereses de seguridad, comerciales y humanitarios. Los tres fundamentos son característicos de la ayuda exterior desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pero no siempre en la misma combinación. Las preocupaciones de seguridad fueron bastante influyentes en la década de 1950 y principios de la de 1960 y nuevamente después del 11 de septiembre. Regilme describe los fundamentos de la ayuda exterior estadounidense para dos países del sudeste asiático (Filipinas y Tailandia) y muestra la rapidez con que las consideraciones humanitarias dan paso a los intereses de seguridad. Lo que hace que su estudio sea único es que se centra en el entrelazamiento de los intereses del donante y el receptor. Tanto el donante como el receptor actúan más sobre la base de preocupaciones territoriales y nacionales que teniendo en cuenta las necesidades humanitarias internacionales. 本篇评论文的评论对象为Salvador Santino F. Regilme(2021)撰写的著作援助统治权:美国外交政策和冷战后东南亚地区的人权》(安娜堡:密歇根大学出版社)。美国发展援助由安全、商业利益和人道主义利益的混合所驱动。这三个根本原因是二战以来外交援助的特征,但其混合方式并不总是相同。安全关切在20世纪50年代、20世纪60年代初以及9/11事件之后产生了重要影响。Regilme描述了美国对两个东南亚国家(菲律宾和泰国)的外交援助的根本原因,并表明了人道主义考量迅速让位于安全利益。这部著作的独特之处在于,其专注于捐赠方和接受方利益的交织。捐赠方和接受方的行为更多地基于领土和国内关切,而不是着眼于国际人道主义需求。
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Jozef Raadschelders, 2022.
"Review Essay – The People'S Choice,"
World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 185(3), pages 615-633, September.
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RePEc:wly:woraff:v:185:y:2022:i:3:p:615-633
DOI: 10.1177/00438200221107956
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