Aid for non-aggression

Miles D Williams

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2026, vol. 43, issue 5, 567-580

Abstract: The argued purpose of non-aggression pacts is not to ensure cooperation between signatories but to signal a commitment to peace to third-parties. This study tests whether foreign aid is a mechanism that makes this third-party signal credible. An analysis of aid commitments between 1991 and 2014 shows that donors strategically reward non-aggression partners with greater aid, and that third parties adjust their behavior toward non-aggression dyads, but only conditional on the amount of bilateral aid received, expressed in the form of greater bilateral trade and foreign direct investment.

Keywords: Alliances; donor strategy; foreign aid; non-aggression; signaling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1177/07388942251388824

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