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Far From Benign: The US Aid Industrial Complex

13 February 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

The US aid program began in earnest in the early stages of the Cold War, with an intention to beat off the contenders from the Soviet bloc in the postcolonial world. President Harry S. Truman […]

Was the Cold War avoidable? George Kennan.

Take Your Money and Shove it: The Second Long Telegram, US Aid, and Russia’s Economic Trauma

7 January 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

“It was as if the West’s central philosophical commitment to limited government was extirpated by a crude economic determinism that insisted on no government in Russia.” (Peter J. Stavrakis, Kennan Institute Occasional Papers, 1993). Diplomatic […]

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Far From Benign: The US Aid Industrial Complex

Take Your Money and Shove it: The Second Long Telegram, US Aid, and Russia’s Economic Trauma