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Building Partner Capacity: US Aid to Security Sector Actors

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  • Patricia Sullivan
  • Giovanny Rincon Alvarez
  • Nathan Marx

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This article introduces the US Aid to Security Sector Actors (USASSA) dataset, the product of a collaboration between academic researchers and the nonprofit Security Assistance Monitor. In addition to providing the most comprehensive source of data on US security assistance, the USASSA dataset transforms detailed information about how security assistance funds are spent into aid and recipient typologies that can be used to conduct more sophisticated analyses of how this foreign policy tool is employed, its utility, and its limitations. Our data clearly show not only the magnitude and geographic reach of US security assistance, but also its diversity. While some security assisance is akin to humanitarian aid, other types of assistance blur the line between foreign aid and proxy warfare. We demonstrate the utility of the dataset with an exploration of whether the effects of US security assistance on human rights violations and domestic terrorism vary across types of aid.

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  • Patricia Sullivan & Giovanny Rincon Alvarez & Nathan Marx, 2025. "Building Partner Capacity: US Aid to Security Sector Actors," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 69(6), pages 1033-1058, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:69:y:2025:i:6:p:1033-1058
    DOI: 10.1177/00220027241276156
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