The Bomb Was Horrifying. The Alternatives Would Have Been Worse.
Historical records show that dropping atomic bombs was the least bad option.
But some damage can’t be fixed by bricks and mortar.
Taipei can’t outspend Beijing to win friends. But it’s got other things going for it.
The beleaguered Netanyahu government needs Washington’s backing on Iran—but unpopular judicial reforms and casual talk of ethnic cleansing could imperil it.
The announcement of border openings is reversible, and it won’t stop the regime’s ongoing obstruction of aid to rebel-held areas.
The Taliban’s rule isn’t inevitable or forever.
The World Food Program seems poised to carry on, driving NGOs to call it quits on aid.
The U.S. and U.N. are halting aid as the Taliban ratchet up their atrocities.
Misogyny gets headlines. The pillaging of international aid money goes unnoticed.
The have-nots need lots of cash to tackle climate change. Can they be trusted with it?
Falling aid budgets and ballooning debt in the developing world are impediments to climate action. Green aid projects can bring poorer countries on board.
Without a credible and locally owned political road map, another intervention will do little to strengthen Haiti.
USAID now has a playbook to check bad actors.
A “game-changing” bill hits an impasse over programs in Haiti and Libya.
The White House’s crowning domestic policy achievement can’t reach its full potential without engaging the world.
Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.
The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.
Targeted awards can free up money where its most needed.