A$95 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing nations, but also for US foreign policy.
U.S. lawmakers Thursday weighed the impact that President Donald Trump's 90-day foreign aid freeze will have on competition with China. Trump signed an executive order within hours of being sworn ...
The United States Agency for International Development, known as USAID, is the latest political flashpoint in Washington. The ...
China will no doubt benefit from U.S. foreign aid retrenchment. But how exactly Beijing will gain has been widely misunderstood.
Supporters of the move believe USAID was poorly managed and wasting taxpayers' money, with White House Press Secretary ...
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s efforts to fold the U.S. Agency for ...
While acknowledging that trade with the US remains high, De Vega noted that the aid freeze is not likely “to severely ... location for safeguarding US interests in the Indo-Pacific amid China’s ...
On January 28, after the original publication of this article, Secretary of State Rubio issued an emergency ...
Activists and aid workers across Asia and their American ... For some countries – including China – US grants can have an outsize impact in areas deemed sensitive by local governments.
US Aid Was Long a Lifeline for Eastern Europe ... Fears of a rise in influence from Russia and China Eastern Europe has been a longtime geopolitical battleground where Western foreign policy ...