Security Assistance: Who Decides How Much?

Abstract

Security Assistance is a vital element of U.S. foreign and defense policies, and an essential complement to the overall U.S. security effort. Therefore, every dollar invested in the program should be in direct support of the National Security and Defense strategies. Security Assistance funding should be requirements based and prioritized according to interests identified in those strategies. This paper uses the Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing programs as they have applied to Egypt and Israel since the Camp David Accord of 1979 to show that this is not necessarily the way funding decisions are made. It lays out the reasons and provides examples of why the author feels the program is not always operating as intended and offers recommendations on how it can be improved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308511

Entities

People

  • Julius G. Scott Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Middle East
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges

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  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting