United States and Chinese Foreign Assistance and Diplomacy

Aid for Dominance

Salvador Santino Regilme, Obert Hodzi

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Manchester University Press
13 January 2026

Aid & relief programmes; International relations

Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy

United States and Chinese foreign assistance and diplomacy addresses the analytic weaknesses of mainstream analysis of foreign aid, which often focuses on its material dimensions. The book underscores the constitutive relationship between foreign aid as a material resource and the diplomatic discourses and practices that constitute complex bilateral relations between donor and recipient states. Written by two leading scholars of contemporary United States and Chinese foreign policies in the Global South, Aid for Dominance offers a pioneering, theoretically conscious, and empirically rich account of the two great powers' grand strategies in the global development sector. By deploying a multidisciplinary and comparative analysis, this book draws from a wide range of evidentiary materials from primary sources, including data from fieldwork interviews, government documents, local and international newspapers, speeches by high-ranking government officials and diplomats, and secondary data from scholarly publications and policy papers.

By: Salvador Santino Regilme, Obert Hodzi
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 515g
ISBN: 9781526183194
ISBN 10: 1526183196
Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction: The dawn of a new age: The US and China in global development 1. The American Odyssey: Tracing the evolution of US foreign aid 2. China's Global Ascent: A historical perspective on Chinese foreign aid 3. Social Legitimacy: US foreign aid in the 21st century 4. African Nexus: The US-China rivalry's impact on the continent 5. Southeast Asia: Battleground of US-China aid strategies Conclusion -- .

Salvador Santino Regilmeis an Associate Professor of International Relations at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Obert Hodzi is an Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Reviews for United States and Chinese Foreign Assistance and Diplomacy: Aid for Dominance

'Global in scope and brilliant in analysis, this vital book illuminates the multiple ways in which different actors instrumentalise overseas aid in the context of heightened geopolitical competition between China and the United States. If you want to understand how China is winning in this arena of global influence, you have found a defining, definitive, and compelling source.' Pádraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin 'United States and Chinese foreign assistance and diplomacy takes a holistic approach to studying American and Chinese aid and engagement across the Global South. In doing so, it problematises popular accounts that depict U.S.-China rivalry along a binary ideological divide between democracy and authoritarianism. The authors instead find more strategic similarities than differences: both the US and China use aid to shape host country policies to reflect donor preferences and to enhance their international reputations. Such efforts also afford host country governments agency to pursue their own strategic aims. The book situates US and Chinese development finance within larger discussions about the future of the international system and will be particularly valuable to readers looking to make connections between international development and influence.' Austin Strange, University of Hong Kong -- .