Humanitarian Aid
VIDEO: The Trump Administration and Africa
As President Trump reshapes U.S. foreign policy, Africa—home to a quarter of the world’s governments—faces shifting expectations and strategic uncertainties. What does Trump want from Africa, and what does Africa...
Trump’s USAID Freeze Will Undermine Global Health and Security
Foreign aid is not charity but a strategic investment into programs that reflect American interests and our values. Hours after his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump began implementing...
Security and Sanctions in Post-Assad Syria
After the collapse of the Assad regime, the current sanctions laws are in desperate need of reform. The Syrian people have long suffered from the effects of blanket economic restrictions...
Israel’s UNRWA Ban is Long Overdue
The Israeli Knesset’s recent decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from Israeli territory has been met with fierce backlash from Israel’s critics, with the United...
Israel’s UNRWA Ban Puts the U.S. and Palestinians in a Bind
In an unprecedented move, the Israeli government passed a sweeping ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 28....
Dictators Weaponizing Refugees Should Be Held Accountable
Countless refugees and migrants flee horrific and oppressive conditions, but there is an element in forced displacement that does not receive enough attention: the weaponization of migration by dictators. This...
Joe Biden’s Gaza Pier Plan Runs Aground
Get ready for what may be the final round of President Biden’s ill-fated Gaza pier adventure. After rough seas scattered parts of the project across the Eastern Mediterranean in late...
Why the Biden Administration’s Iran Sanctions Waivers Are Futile
After years of fighting in the shadows against Israel, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) crossed the threshold. On April 13, the IRGC undertook an overt and direct attack from...
The U.S. and Israel Negotiate Over the Fate of Hamas’s Last Bastion
Six months into the war with Hamas, throughout which Jerusalem has mostly managed to keep Washington on-side, Israel’s proposed IDF operation in Rafah is now testing American patience. However, the...
Joe Biden’s Gaza Port Initiative Can’t Hide U.S.-Israel Discord
President Biden’s initiative to have the U.S. military build a temporary port in Gaza to deliver relief supplies, announced on March 7 during the annual State of the Union address,...
President Biden Must Act Quickly in Syria!
The earthquake that recently rocked Turkey and Syria measured 7.8 on the Richter scale but was off the charts on the scale of human misery, particularly in Syria. America, as...
Is There a Way Out of Afghanistan’s Economic Nightmare?
In its recent report, the World Bank has estimated that Afghanistan’s economy ‘faces critical challenges’ in which the country’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to contract further, with an...