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Power Problems • May 4, 2021 

# Abetting State Violence 

Jessica Trisko Darden joins John Glaser to discuss how U.S. foreign aid tends to support state violence and coercion. Economic and military aid often helps undemocratic regimes secure and sustain their power and carry out human rights abuses. Even aid conditioned on good behavior and respect for democratic norms is highly fungible and often misused in ways that contradict the stated intentions of U.S. policymakers. Dr. Darden discusses the three case studies she details in her book to draw those conclusions.

**Show Notes**

- [Jessica Trisko Darden bio](https://chs.vcu.edu/about/directory/new-faculty-2020-21/jessica-trisko-darden-phd.html)
- Jessica Trisko Darden, *[Aiding and Abetting: U.S. Foreign Assistance and State Violence](https://www.amazon.com/Aiding-Abetting-Foreign-Assistance-Violence/dp/1503610993)*, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020).

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##### Jessica Trisko Darden 

Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

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##### John Glaser 

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