Asia’s Autocrats Welcome USAID’s End
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump have gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the long-standing U.S. program focused on humanitarian aid. But despite cries of outrage from ...
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IR Experts Give Trump’s Second Term Very Low Marks
Foreign policy has loomed unusually large in U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. During his first 100 days in office, Trump claimed big successes—but the American people weren’t necessarily convinced. ...
‘Trade, Not Aid’ Rings More Hollow Than Ever
Few phrases have exerted as much staying power—or done as much damage to development policy—as the tidy little mantra: “trade, not aid.” For decades, this slogan has captivated ideologues across ...
How to Think About Solutions in Gaza and Sudan
From Gaza to Sudan, the world is beset with historic humanitarian challenges. According to the United Nations’ refugee agency, nearly 120 million people worldwide are displaced because of violence or ...
Thousands of Palestinians Storm Aid Distribution Site in Gaza
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the threat of famine in Gaza, minimal progress for Russia-Ukraine peace efforts, and a car ramming in the United Kingdom. Widespread ...
Rubio Defends Trump’s Foreign Policy—and Himself—on the Hill
On May 20, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also currently serves as acting national security advisor, national archivist, and administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), ...
How Much Power Does the Aga Khan Have, Really?
When international delegations attended the European Commission’s conference on Syria on March 17, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, or Aga Khan V, attended alongside them. Addressing the conference, he reiterated his community’s ...
The Long Shadow of Syria’s Chemical Weapons
In the early hours of Aug. 21, 2013, Um Mohammed was fast asleep at home in Zamalka, a town in the Ghouta area that surrounds Damascus. The screams of people ...
Trump’s Aid Freeze Is Undermining His Immigration Policy
When Yelitza Pimental boarded a bus with her husband and four children last November in Caracas, Venezuela, she hoped to start a better life in Colombia. Pimental’s 11-year-old daughter, Eleanny, ...
What Trump’s New Budget Says About U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year in a letter to Congress on Friday, providing the clearest picture yet of what his administration will ...
