The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20139610
AutoresAndrew S Natsios (autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen35
Número3
Fecha de publicación2005-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723
EditorialUnited States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.55540/0031-1723.2272
OpenAlexW146169315
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas1

T he US foreign assistance community is in the midst of the most fundamen- tal shift in policy since the inception of the Marshall Plan at the end of World War II. The events of 11 September 2001 suddenly and unexpectedly forced the United States to confront a historic challenge equal in magnitude to the Soviet threat of the Cold War. The tragedy initiated a series of changes leading to the most extensive government reorganization since the Truman Administration created the National Security Council and the Department of Defense. No agency has undergone a greater degree of internal review and transformation than the US Agency for International Development (USAID). For better or worse, USAID is on the front lines of the dominating news stories of the day, whether engaging in reconstruction work in Afghanistan or providing tsunami relief in South Asia. This renewed prominence is not an accident. On the contrary, President George W. Bush's Administration has made development work a national security priority; the September 2002 National Security Strategy underscores development as one of three strategic areas of emphasis (along with diplomacy and defense), and clearly states that "including all of the world's poor in an expanding circle of development-and opportunity-is a moral imperative and one

Political science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid