KEPENTINGAN AMERIKA SERIKAT MEMBERIKAN BANTUAN LUAR NEGERI “FEED THE FUTURE” KEPADA NEGARA SENEGAL TAHUN 2010-2015

Abstract

A nation was formed with the ultimate aim of prospering the people who were part of
the country. But foreign aid is a really strange phenomenon. A country consciously provide its
resources to improve the living conditions of people from other countries. Moral cause as the
leader of countries in the world is the reason often announced every time the foreign assistance
is given. In fact, the often said foreign aid based on morality provide a form of reciprocity
afterwards, such as political support, military base licensing, market expansion, and so on. An
overseas aid program will go through a long process determined by the donor country (giver)
such as which country will get it, how much the value of the foreign assistance is given, how
long is the aid-giving periods, and how to give it, in bilateral or multilateral. So is the case
with the food aid program “Feed the Future” given by the United States to the country of
Senegal in 2010-2015. Although on the surface, United States aid appears to have a goal to
solve Senegal’s food problems, but the United States has another big goal behind it. Resonance
with the theory expressed by Lancaster that one of the goals of providing foreign aid is as a
diplomatic means in achieving interests in other countries, it is certain that the United States
will benefit from Senegal. Judging from the time of the provision of foreign aid which coincided
with the issuance of the United States strategy in combating terrorism, it was certain that
foreign aid would reciprocate in the form of Senegal’s support for the national interests of the
United States to combat violent groups in the West African region.
Keywords: Foreign aid, National interests, Violent groups in West Africa, Food scarcity