USAID
Strengthening Economic Statecraft with USAID Reform
With USAID now folded into the State Department, the Trump administration should focus on realigning U.S. global development aid toward strategic competition with China. With USAID now folded into the...
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...
Vice President Presses Ukraine On Internal Corruption
The new U.S. administration shows disdain towards perceived internal corruption, even in old allies and Ukraine. Throughout JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, the Vice President accused European...
What Donald Trump Can Learn From Allies on Foreign Aid
There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and re-strategize U.S. foreign aid. The Trump administration is not the first Western government to envision a stronger, safer, and more...
The Method in Elon Musk’s Madness
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s campaign of disruption is intended to fuel more public cynicism about the legitimacy of the federal government. What Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing...
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...
The ‘Pivot to Asia’ Should Include Climate Action
As COP27 concluded in Egypt last week, world leaders finally agreed to establish “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit by devastating natural disasters brought on by climate change....
United States to Expand Ties with Pacific Islands
The U.S. government announced on Thursday that the United States had agreed on a political and economic partnership with more than a dozen small Pacific Island nations, according to the...
Somalia’s 2022 Famine Is Predicted and Preventable
Somalia is in the throes of its worst famine since 2011, but there is still time to avoid past mistakes and prevent further deaths and suffering. Quick action now can...
USAID Rushes Aid to Drought-Stricken Horn of Africa
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced on Wednesday that it would provide $488 million in humanitarian aid for Ethiopia to respond to the country’s four-year drought, which...
USAID Sets Aside $300 Million for Afghanistan Aid
With Afghanistan facing a humanitarian crisis, the U.S. government indicated on Tuesday that it would provide $308 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan. However, the move is sure to be...
Whole of Government Should Be More than a Buzzword
For years, officials of both Democratic and Republican administrations have treated the phrase “whole of government” as an object of veneration. By that, they have meant that multiple agencies of...