The decision by the Trump administration to cut billions of dollars in aid to the world’s poorest regions will have far-reaching consequences. In Afghanistan, it may lead to increased Taliban repression of the population, while China stands poised to increase its influence in the country. President Donald Trump justified hisContinue Reading
One of the executive orders U.S. President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in U.S. foreign development assistance. The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, was ordered to halt funding. Programs worldwide were issued with stop-work orders. All of a sudden, more than $60Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze is reportedly wreaking havoc along the Thai-Myanmar border, where medical clinics serving around 100,000 refugees, most of them from Myanmar, could soon be forced to close their doors – if they haven’t already. Among the flurry of executive orders that he issued afterContinue Reading
