Foreign Aid/Foreign Assistance

The United States must rethink its strategy toward Afghanistan and prevent the Taliban from gaining a stronger foothold.

To explain the M23 conflict, and what the United States can do to pressure Rwanda to withdraw, we have Daniel Levine-Spound and Ari Tolany.

There was a time when the US didn't promote human rights or even consider it much of an objective in foreign policy at all.

The United States should take immediate steps to halt all security cooperation activities with Rwanda until concrete conditions are met.

Conflict prevention routinely takes a back seat to immediate crises, and will require resources and attention to legal and bureaucratic gaps.

"It is not in the U.S. national security interest for export controls to increase loss of life in Syria by preventing the supply of disaster relief equipment at a time of crisis."

Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine a year ago, we’ve seen some surprising military, diplomatic, and legal developments in the war. Ukrainian forces have proven…

The U.S. has the resources and legal tools to advance justice and support survivors of atrocity crimes through the Trust Fund for Victims.

OLC determined the U.S. may not provide funds to the ICC, but may engage in diplomatic activity related to the ICC and provide assistance.

This Part outlines the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act, which shapes permissible U.S. engagement with the ICC.

Contributing to the ICC's Trust Fund for Victims serves the strategic interests of the United States and promotes international justice.

This Symposium focuses on U.S. assistance to victims of atrocities and highlights the important role the ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims.