It s important to distinguish four distinct phases of outside help to end a conflict.

But defense policy is only one component of foreign policy.

Its statesmen used to assert that Germany had no independent foreign policy, only a European policy.

The Bush administration has put outright grants at the center of its foreign assistance policy, a commitment that is embodied in its new aid agency, the Millennium Challenge Account.

But if outside money is to flow, Blair must get the Palestinian government to rein in its rampant corruption.

Recognizing the need in emergency situations to ensure the smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation and development so as to reduce dependence on external food aid and other relief services,

India, for example, is becoming less dependent on aid, and eventually will not need it.

Abbas cannot succeed and Hamas cannot be politically weakened unless there is massive external economic assistance

The European Union s policy in the Middle East is the litmus test of its common foreign and security policy.

It is important to operate the organization without donations or outside help for a few years.

11. Emphasizes the importance for African countries to continue to coordinate, on the basis of national strategies and priorities, all types of external assistance in order to integrate effectively such assistance into their development processes

But politics, alas, is politics.

But in most developing countries, such a policy is viewed as using oil money to help someone else's economy.

10. Recognizes the need for African countries to continue to coordinate, in accordance with their respective national strategies and priorities, all types of external assistance in order to integrate effectively such assistance into their development processes

The US is borrowing massively from abroad.

Ukraine s politics are not those of the steppe.

If the gossips decide it's politics, it will be politics.

The EU s enlargement policy is not merely some expensive, expendable annoyance it is a vital component of the EU s security and outward projection of power.

Absent external assistance and a credible plan for restoring fiscal order, Greek sovereign debt could not be rolled over, forcing a default, probably in the form of a restructuring of Greek debt. Even with external assistance, many view default as a near certainty, because the arithmetic of restoring fiscal balance is so daunting.

Even with external assistance, many view default as a near certainty, because the arithmetic of restoring fiscal balance is so daunting.

The Right Stuff in Foreign Policy

The policy worked.

Blood Politics

Piñata Politics

Foreign policy .

Constitutional Politics

Monetary Policy.

Fiscal Policy.

Labor Policy.

The Politics of Frustration

The Politics of Fun

The Politics of Values

The Politics of Islamophobia

Energy policy

Privacy Policy

Tribal politics

US Politics?

Politics on the donor side is no less complicated, with growing aid budgets often viewed by taxpayers as excessive at a time when the anti aid lobby is becoming more vocal.

Developing a EU bureaucracy in foreign policy is a first step towards having an effective European foreign policy.

An External Stability Pact for Europe

An External Stability Pact for Europe

If American policy has failed to deal with this growing problem, European policy has focused on technical assistance, with the European Union providing 125 million in aid between 2002 and 2006.

Faced with difficult questions in foreign, fiscal, and social policy, he would be wise to turn toward the center rather than conciliate his conservative base, but it remains unclear whether the politics of conviction or of pragmatism will prevail.

Europe s leaders recognized that distressed countries debts would become unmanageable unless their economies could grow, and that growth could not be achieved without assistance.

The politics is clear to see.