Twilight Of The American Empire And The Pax Americana: August 2011

U.S. Is Biggest Giver To Horn Of Africa Famine Efforts; Saudi Arabia Top Muslim Country Donor

From Christians Under Attack:

12 August 2011

US is biggest giver to Horn of Africa famine efforts; Saudi Arabia top Muslim country donor

NAIROBI, Kenya - A U.N. list of countries donating aid money to the Horn of Africa famine shows that the U.S. is by far the biggest donor, having given around $580 million in aid this year.

The U.N. says the world community has given $1.1 billion in aid so far, but that $1.3 billion more is needed to help the more than 12 million people in need. At least 30,000 people have already died.

Britain is the second-biggest donor at $205 million, followed by Japan and Australia. Saudi Arabia is next at $60 million. It is the biggest donor from the Muslim world.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday announced another $17 million in U.S. funding. She said the drought is a reminder of the need to invest in global agriculture

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The U.S. Should Link Foreign Aid And U.N. General Assembly Voting

From The Heritage Foundation and The CATO Institute:

Foreign Policy/International Affairs

The U.S. Should Link Foreign Aid and U.N. General Assembly Voting

by Brett Schaefer, Anthony Kim

The Heritage Foundation

August 09, 2011

Backgrounder

Countries that receive U.S. foreign aid routinely oppose U.S. diplomatic initiatives and vote against the U.S. in the United Nations. While linking humanitarian and security aid to support of U.S. policy priorities would undermine the purposes and effect of that aid, the effectiveness of development aid in improving economic growth and development among recipients remains dubious. Therefore, the U.S. has no compelling reason preventing it from explicitly linking disbursement of development assistance to support for U.S. policy priorities in the United Nations. The U.S. should also work to strengthen and build coalitions of economically or politically free nations in the U.N. because economically free countries and politically free governments tend to vote with the U.S. more consistently.

URL: www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/08/The-US-Should-Link-Foreign-Aid-and-UN-General-Assembly-Voting

Sovereignty: The Ultimate States' Rights Argument

From FPRI and The CATO Institute:

Foreign Policy/International Affairs

Sovereignty – The Ultimate States’ Rights Argument

by Anna Simons

Foreign Policy Research Institute

August 08, 2011

For ten years and counting, U.S. policy has rested on the misguided notion that it is somehow possible to separate “moderates” from “radicals,’’ or reconcilables from irreconcilables. Washington’s policy has been that if those espousing and participating in unjustifiable violence can be isolated, moderates should be wooable, and once they’ve been won over the irreconcilables can be eliminated. To accomplish this, the US only needs to persuade moderates to stop lending extremists support. The US should no more tolerate those who protect or surreptitiously support perpetrators of anti-American violence than citizens should tolerate leaders who govern so ineffectively they permit safe havens to exist.

URL: www.fpri.org/telegram/201107.simons.sovereignty.html

Jordan's Protests: Arab Spring Lite?

From FPRI and The CATO Institute:

Foreign Policy/International Affairs

Jordan’s Protests: Arab Spring Lite?

by Samuel Helfont, Tally Helfont

Foreign Policy Research Institute

August 08, 2011

No Arab state has been able to ignore the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring. It has dominated the Arab language news and changed the perceptions of millions about what is politically possible. Yet in each society the demands for change have manifested differently. The prospect of Jordan’s protests turning into a real force for change remains real as long as the activists continue to be committed and the population’s demands for reform go unanswered. If the protests gain traction, another staunch American ally in the Middle East could come under severe pressure to change its stance toward the West, and toward Israel.

URL: www.fpri.org/enotes/2011/201107.helfont_helfont.jordan.html

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