Since the 9/11 attacks more attention has been given to the question why the United States is a major target for transnational terrorism. What conditions motivate these terrorist activities? Are there specific characteristics in the terrorists home countries that provide a breeding ground for...

Does foreign aid exacerbate human rights violations by recipient governments? A growing body of literature has cast an increasingly skeptical eye on development assistance ﾖ at best, the hundreds of billions of dollars of overseas development assistance has done little to alleviate poverty in...