Foreign Aid

Symbolic half-measures like revoking preferential trade status are not enough to force the repressive regime of Paul Biya to change. Canceling IMF loans and military aid would show that the White House is serious.

Congress won’t let Trump gut foreign assistance. So the administration made it harder to disburse funds, leaving aid programs in China, Iraq, and elsewhere in the lurch.

The White House and Foggy Bottom are at odds over the value of blue helmets.

Administration hopes to bypass Congress by running down the budget clock.

The idea of development assistance is under attack in western democracies. Pursuing economic justice at home and abroad, launching a new freedom agenda, and framing aid as innovation rather than charity can help end the backlash.

It won’t bring the regime in from the cold, but it will save lives.

Money that could have been used to curtail the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa or support demining programs in Southeast Asia was held up over human trafficking complaints.

Trump’s budget reopens old—and unnecessary—arguments about the efficacy of health aid.

How Belt and Road threatens countries’ ability to achieve self-reliance.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter directly to Sisi that appeared to suggest security assistance could be in jeopardy.

The perennial British charity is sticking with poverty porn in its fundraising efforts.

The U.S. president’s 2020 budget request is especially harsh on the U.N. and refugees. Democrats call it “dead on arrival.”

The latest issue to divide the EU is whether to recognize the legitimacy of Syria’s dictator and help him rebuild his country.

Washington helped start an epidemic of violence against women in Central America. Now it’s washing its hands of the problem.

Trump and AMLO are misreading history.

Trump administration pares back controversial “maximum pressure” strategy to allow charities to work in North Korea.

The world has focused on rebuilding the country’s north after defeating the Islamic State while ignoring festering resentment and poverty in Basra.

Its freedom fighters have turned into brutal oppressors, and it is near to becoming another failed state, despondent U.S. supporters say.

Israeli influence over Palestinian finances has driven a wedge between PA leaders and their supporters.

Increased interest in the continent’s real estate and resources will enhance the bargaining power of governments there—but they need to bargain for the right things.