POLICY ANALYSIS OF COALITION
SUPPORT FUNDS (CSF) SUSPENSION
FROM THE UNITED STATES TO PAKISTAN IN 2018
Vincentius Garin Wiratama
University of Brawijaya - International Relations
Terrorism
is a form of crime that gives many losses such as casualties, economic losses,
and also the effects of trauma to the victims. The United States was not free
from the threat of terrorism with the 9/11 terrorist acts in 2001 carried out
by al-Qaeda extremist groups. After 9/11, the United States adopted policies
related to handling and combating terrorism, one of which was to establish
cooperation with Pakistan as one of the strategic partners of the United States
in the South Asian region. However, the cooperation between the two countries
did not go well marked by several diplomatic cases that occurred between the
two countries. In the end,
the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump took the bold step to
suspend the Coalition Support Funds
(CSF) which was a US
military aid fund to Pakistan in 2018. The issuance of this policy by President
Trump made the relations tenuous
between the two countries and also endanger the continuation of U.S.
operations to combating
terrorism.
Keywords : policy analysis,
Coalition Support Funds, the United States, Pakistan, terrorism, polyheuristic theory.