List of Foreign Aid articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Apologizes to Doctors Without Borders But Is Silent on Independent Probe
President Barack Obama apologized to the president of Doctors Without Borders for the deadly U.S. attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 people. But the Obama administration would not say whether it would support the group’s efforts to launch an independent investigation of the incident at a never-before used international commission in Switzerland.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The EU Is Using Warships to Target Human Smugglers. What Could Go Wrong?
The EU is deploying warships to stop human smugglers, but will the operation's benefits outweigh its risks?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Offers New Account of Air Raid on Hospital
Commander says Afghan forces, not U.S. troops, requested air raid that hit clinic in Kunduz. Doctors Without Borders accuses U.S. of trying to shift the blame
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Fragility Within
As the problems that once divided the world into First, Second, and Third are held more and more in common, is it time for the global development community to overhaul its approach?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Solipsism of Self-Isolation
Decades of marginalizing countries we don't see eye to eye with has gotten the United States nowhere. It's time to engage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Exclusive: As Air War Intensifies, Saudi Arabia Launches Charm Offensive Before U.N. Summit
With Yemeni civilian deaths mounting, the Saudi government is pulling out all the stops to head off an independent human rights inquiry.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Saints and Smugglers of Syria’s Civil War
How expatriates ran a covert campaign to funnel millions of dollars worth of aid into one of Syria’s worst-hit towns -- right under Assad’s nose.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Stopping Europe’s Refugee Crisis at the Source
To halt the flow of people fleeing war, poverty, and oppression, the international community needs to redouble aid efforts where they're needed most.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Foreign Assistance Manifesto for the Next President
Whoever wins in 2016, America's soft power strategy is in need of an update.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South Sudan’s Endless Nightmare
The international community is finally grappling with the bloody horrors of South Sudan. But it might be too little, too late for its most desperate and displaced.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Aid Group: Yemen Fighting Pushes Tens of Thousands of Citizens Closer to Starvation
The U.N. makes an emotional plea for humanitarian aid as the cease-fire ebbs between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government in Yemen.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Build a Relationship With Havana
A strong partnership with Cuba is in America’s interest. Here are some ideas to forge bilateral ties.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Syria’s Humanitarians Are Going Broke
Aid organizations are billions of dollars short of their funding requirements, and even the most effective groups are struggling to sustain interest in what seems to be a never-ending crisis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Should We Be Worried About North Korea’s Drought?
Perhaps. But we shouldn't take Pyongyang's word for it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Is the United States Letting Its Best Foreign Aid Tool Fall Apart?
As America is blowing billions by using its military as a one-size-fits-all solution for emergencies around the world, USAID is understaffed, underfunded, and on the cusp of crisis.