Undergraduate Thesis

POLICY ANALYSIS OF COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS (CSF) SUSPENSION 

FROM THE UNITED STATES TO PAKISTAN IN 2018

Vincentius Garin Wiratama

University of Brawijaya - International Relations

ABSTRACT

            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.