This year saw the dismantling of USAID, the United States' premier aid agency. What was the impact and what does the future of U.S. foreign aid look like in the health realm?

As 2025 wraps up an eventful year in foreign policy, five CFR fellows look ahead to what they’ll be watching in 2026. In charts, graphics, and maps, our experts consider how the United States will ...

Historically, the U.S. had been the top donor for global health. That changed dramatically this year. We look at the new ...

The Trump administration seeks a claw back billions in foreign aid following an "exhaustive review". But officials at USAID say it did not conduct a review of foreign aid programs it has terminated.

In the global imagination, US foreign aid often conjures images of humanitarian relief and generosity; a selfless gesture from wealthier nations to the poorest. While the scale of this investment can ...

Max is a Senior Research Fellow in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. The Trump Administration has dismantled America’s multibillion-dollar foreign aid apparatus that ...

Earlier this year, after U.S. President Donald Trump effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest bilateral aid program, many observers raised fears that ...

The Pacific Islands are of intensifying geostrategic interest. Sitting between Asia and the Americas, the region is one of the world’s most dependent on aid. It acts as the custodian of large swaths ...

OTTAWA — The head of the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government's planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime ...