Foreign Aid/Foreign Assistance

The Trump administration’s action undermines bipartisan efforts to support freedom fighters and enables corrupt autocrats.

As the administration crafts a plan to help Ukraine get Russia to the negotiating table, it must restore vital non-military assistance, too.

Dissolution of USAID or formal transfer of its functions provided by Congress would require legislation - the president may not unilaterally override a statute by executive order.  

Reviews of programs in new administrations don't require such damaging, destructive, and likely unconstitutional freezes.

The Trump administration's "stop work" order on U.S. foreign assistance may hurt its foreign policy goals and national security priorities.

President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio's 90-day halt endangers health, economic and other programs, leaving gaps for China to fill.

These elements are vital to ensuring that the agency's aid programs related to digital technology address drivers of violent conflict and fragility, and mitigate risks.

It is unlikely that Democratic messaging will emphasize the importance of aid to the same extent as Republican attacks will question it.

With humanitarian funding decreasing and needs growing, cholera in a camp for displaced people illustrates the dire conditions.

Humanitarian notification has failed in Gaza. Better documentation and response systems can protect humanitarian actors and improve accountability.

The head of the Ukrainian Bar Association outlines progress and challenges in this parallel fight to the military battle against Russia.

Human rights activists see Orban escalating repression of independent organizations and media, and they call on the US Congress to help.