Short of the Goal U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States

Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1 A Mismatch with Consequences: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Security-Development Nexus -- Jeremy M. Weinstein and Milan Vaishnav

PART II: NARRATIVES OF STATE DETERIORATION

2 Life Support of Assisted Suicide? Dilemmas of U.S. Policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Pierre Englebert

3 The Dysfunctional State of Nigeria -- Peter M. Lewis

4 Indonesia as a Poorly Performing State? -- Andrew MacIntyre

5 Reforming Central Asia -- Martha Brill Olcott

6 No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen -- Sheila Carapico

7 Burma-Myanmar: The U.S.-Burmese Relationship and Its Vicissitudes -- David I. Steinberg

8 Making Peace Perform in War-Transition Countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua -- Susan Burgerman

9 Failing and Failed States: Toward a Framework for U.S. Assistance -- Carol Lancaster

PART III: TOOLS OF STATE BUILDING

10 Aid through Trade: An Effective Option? -- Arvind Panagariya

11 Toward Best Outcomes from Foreign Direct Investment in Poorly Performing States -- Theodore H. Moran

12 The Persisting Poverty of Strategic Analysis in U.S. Democracy Assistance -- David W. Yang

13 U.S. Military and Police Assistance to Poorly Performing States -- Adam Isacson and Nicole Ball

Contributors

Index