Miles Williams

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Denison U prof teaching #Rstats for data visualization and statistical modeling, researching int’l aid and conflict: https://milesdwilliams15.github.io/ https://mileswilliams.substack.com/

A nugget from Thursday’s forthcoming post for Foreign Figures (https://mileswilliams.substack.com/). As Trump calls for a freeze on all US foreign assistance, here’s a little reminder that a zero-sum mindset on aid to Ukraine just doesn’t square with the data. US assistance to other countries did NOT decline as the US ramped up support for Ukraine.

I caught an error in a previous version of this post (I’m only human). Once I fixed it, US aid looks way less zero-sum. This data viz says it all. US obligations independent of aid to Ukraine didn’t really change even as the US sent billions more $ to Kyiv. #dataviz

US armed conflict participation reaches its peak under Trump