Foreign aid is being slashed across the Global North, nowhere more so than in the United States. Within his first month back in the White House, President Donald Trump dismantled the US Agency for International …
There are smarter and more effective ways to streamline and re-strategise US foreign aid. The Trump administration is not the first Western government to envision a stronger, safer, and more prosperous country by integrating foreign aid with …
An entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. When the Trump administration froze foreign funding and USAID programs last week, dozens of scrappy nonprofits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States …
Last week was a busy one for gender equality in the Pacific. Yet, what could have been a great opportunity to advance gender equality across the region instead fell on preoccupied ears in Canberra. This …
Pacific island countries, and low-lying lands globally, are on the front lines of climate change. From rising sea-levels to intensifying cyclone impacts, vulnerable food and economic security, they face a great many risks. Equally, the …