When engaging with other countries, the US government has a number of different policy
instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid, international trade, and the use of military …

The conventional wisdom in the literature on aid allocation suggests that donors utilize
bilateral aid as a tool to buy influence in the aid-receiving country. Those who conclude that …

This article considers the direct impact of political parties, interest groups, and social
movement organizations (SMOs) on policy, providing evidence for a “core” hypothesis and …

The topic of populism in foreign policy is receiving growing attention in academic and public
discourse as populist parties and movements proliferate around the world. Yet foreign policy …

Many of the strengths of research in Foreign Policy Analysis have been overlooked by role
theorists. Role theorists often assume that roles are shared across elites and masses, that …

This paper describes the empirical evidence on partisan politics in OECD panel studies. I
elaborate on the research designs, the measurement of government ideology and why the …

In response to corruption and inefficient state institutions in recipient countries, some foreign
aid donors outsource the delivery of aid to nonstate development actors. Other donor …

Are there systematic political economy factors that shape preferences for foreign aid, a key
component of American foreign policy? We analyze votes in the House of Representatives …

This paper explores how US bilateral economic aid has changed over time, focusing on how
the recent era–in which the War on Terror has played a prominent role in the Bush …

This paper summarizes how the partisan influence literature assesses the relationship
between the left-right party composition of government and policy outputs through a meta …