Development, Security, and Aid: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development

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Development, Security, and Aid GEOGRAPHIES OF JUSTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Series editors Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto Nik Heynen, University of Georgia Melissa W. Wright, Pennsylvania State University Advisory board Sharad Chari, London School of Economics Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney Gillian Hart, University of California, Berkeley Andrew Herod, University of Georgia Jennifer Hyndman, York University Larry Knopp, University of Washington, Tacoma Heidi Nast, DePaul University Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Laura Pulido, University of Southern California Paul Routledge, University of Glasgow Bobby Wilson, University of Alabama Development, Security, and Aid GEOPOLITICS AND GEOECONOMICS AT THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JAMEY ESSEX The University of Georgia Press Athens and London © 2013 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Designed by Walton Harris Set in Minion Pro by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Printed digitally in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Essex, Jamey, 1977– Development, security, and aid : geopolitics and geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development / Jamey Essex. p. cm. — (Geographies of justice and social transformation) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-8203-4247-4 (hbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-4247-5 (hbk. : alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-8203-4454-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-8203-4454-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States. Agency for International Development. 2. Economic assistance, American. 3. Geopolitics. 4. Economic geography. 5. United States—Foreign economic relations. 6. United States—Foreign relations. I. Title. hc60.e736 2013 338.91'73—dc23 2012024591 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for digital edition: 978-08203-4567-3 ...