NO AID TO RUSSIA

In: The national interest, Band 29, Heft 29, S. 62-67

Abstract

THE PRINCIPLE FOCUS FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN THE 1990S PROMISES TO BE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. APART FROM THE IMMEDIATE SYMBOLISM OF THE GESTURE, THIS ARTICLE ASKS WHAT WESTERN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IS SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH, AND EXACTLY HOW IT IS EXPECTED TO ACHIVE THESE RESULTS. IT PONDERS WHY THE DONOR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO SUCCEED IN THIS CHALLENGE WHEN IT HAS CONSPICUOUSLY FAILED IN MANY EASIER TESTS. IT SUGGESTS THAT THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE WEST MAY NOT ONLY PROVE TO BE WASTEFUL, BUT MAY EVEN ULTIMATELY RETARD REFORM WORTHY OF THE NAME.