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Global Crises

Americans strongly support basics but are split on other foreign aid

New Pew poll shows partisan divide on democracy building and economic development overseas

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Washington Politics

Debate: Federal funding fuels failing foreign policy hive mind

Govt-funded NGOs, media, and think tanks now under fire have been controlling narratives within the US and imposing values globally

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Washington Politics

Debate: Slashing studies, research aid will doom US foreign policy

If the administration truly wants to focus on our hemisphere we need to deepen the bench of specialists, not wipe it out

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Poll: Americans underwhelmed by Trump foreign policy

But the president gets GOP backing for closing USAID and leaving the Paris agreement

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Africa

Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram has more than a USAID problem

Officials' foreign aid grievances should not distract from their failure to address the insurgency's resilience

The US left landmines in Vietnam. An aid freeze won't erase that.
Asia-Pacific

The US left landmines in Vietnam. An aid freeze won't erase that.

Southeast Asia is still riddled with unexploded American bombs and effects of Agent Orange, both of which USAID programs were helping to mitigate.