List of Foreign Aid articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Millions Left Behind in Afghanistan
With war intensifying as U.S. and NATO troops head home, promises made to help the millions of internally displaced are woefully unfulfilled.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Masters of Disasters?
The World Humanitarian Summit won’t solve the refugee crisis, but it’s an important first step to solving the really big problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.N.’s World Humanitarian Summit Is a Total Mess
The world urgently needs a new aid architecture to grapple with a massive, global refugee crisis. But this gathering in Istanbul could do more harm than good.
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Keenan_image_01-darker Dead Man’s Market and the Boy Gangs of Niger
Impoverished young men have menaced the city of Zinder with rapes and murders. Now Boko Haram wants to turn their ultra-violence into a weapon of war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stop Writing Pakistan Blank Checks
Billions of taxpayer dollars spent on development assistance have propped up the most repressive elements in Pakistani society. So it's time to alter the deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Feeding Syrians Feeds the War
For-profit companies in Washington, D.C., are giving bread to starving Syrians. But despite best intentions, they are making peace harder to achieve.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Plan Colombia for Afghanistan
In the fight to rid Afghanistan of violent extremism, the central government needs greater resources to gain a decisive advantage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the U.N. Let Assad Edit the Truth of Syria’s War
As Syrian civilians starved to death, U.N. officials let the government in Damascus alter its master plan for saving lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Look Homeward, Democracy Promoter
Here’s why it’s time for U.S. democracy assistance to start doing some work at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Is Really Putting Nepal Back Together?
Half a year after Nepal's devastating earthquake, its the smaller community organizations that are helping the country rebuild, while the giants of disaster relief lag behind.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Syrians Stuck in No Man’s Land
Twelve thousand refugees are battling disease and exhaustion in a barren stretch of desert along the Jordanian-Syrian border.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Syria, You Can’t Go Home Again
The refugees arriving in Europe are just the tip of the iceberg: Millions of internally displaced Syrians are struggling to survive, even those seen as a potential fifth column in government-controlled areas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Report: Single Male Syrian Refugees Not Welcome in Canada
Canada reportedly won't allow single Syrian male refugees inside its borders.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rabid Dogs and Muslim Databases: GOP’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Reaches Fevered Pitch
GOP anti-Muslim rhetoric heats up after the attacks in Paris.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Wednesday’s Craziest Ideas for Dealing With Syrian Refugees: Praise for Japanese Internment Camps and Calls to Bring Out the National Guard
A small town Virginia mayor invokes Japanese internment during World War II to argue against Syrian refugees.