Maximilian Pott
Short Term Scholar; German Junior Scholar
Expert Bio
Maximilian Pott is an undergraduate student of International Relations and History at the University of Erfurt in Germany. As a Junior Scholar, he contributes to the Wilson Center’s work on international history and public policy. His current research is focused on US development policy in global perspectives, the practice of political aid in foreign policy and its role for US society during the Cold War.
Expertise
- Cold War
- History
- International Development
- U.S. Politics
- Security
Wilson Center Project
U.S. Development Policy in Global Perspectives
Project Summary
The project examines U.S. development policy in global perspectives. It explores foreign aid as a political act and its role in U.S. foreign policy and society in the 1960s. At that time, the U.S. Agency for International Development (US AID) was founded whilst Cold War struggles and decolonization movements permeated international dynamics. Against this backdrop, the project asks for the historical conditions that lead to the institutionalization of aid in U.S. foreign policy and investigates its impact on U.S. society.
