This article introduces the US Aid to Security Sector Actors (USASSA) dataset, the product of a collaboration between academic researchers and the nonprofit Security Assistance Monitor. In addition to providing the most comprehensive source of data on US security assistance, the USASSA dataset transforms detailed information about how security assistance funds are spent into aid and recipient typologies that can be used to conduct more sophisticated analyses of how this foreign policy tool is employed, its utility, and its limitations. Our data clearly show not only the magnitude and geographic reach of US security assistance, but also its diversity. While some security assisance is akin to humanitarian aid, other types of assistance blur the line between foreign aid and proxy warfare. We demonstrate the utility of the dataset with an exploration of whether the effects of US security assistance on human rights violations and domestic terrorism vary across types of aid.

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建设合作伙伴能力：美国对安全部门行为体的援助


本文介绍了美国对安全部门参与者的援助 （USASSA） 数据集，该数据集是学术研究人员与非营利组织 Security Assistance Monitor 合作的产物。除了提供有关美国安全援助的最全面数据来源外，USASSA 数据集还将有关安全援助资金如何使用的详细信息转换为援助和接受者类型，可用于对这种外交政策工具的使用方式、效用和局限性进行更复杂的分析。我们的数据不仅清楚地显示了美国安全援助的规模和地理范围，还清楚地显示了其多样性。虽然一些安全保障类似于人道主义援助，但其他类型的援助模糊了外国援助和代理人战争之间的界限。我们通过探索美国安全援助对侵犯人权和国内恐怖主义的影响是否因援助类型而异，来展示数据集的效用。