New report details foreign aid cuts in the Middle East, dramatic shifts in America's foreign policy

In a new report, Pact's Daphne McCurdy and Laurel Bradley compare data leaks with official reports from previous years to create a detailed tally of the overall cuts to American aid funded by USAID and the State Department in the Middle East and North Africa. The research reveals, in stark terms, that the Trump administration is driving a much more fundamental shift in the United States’ positioning in the world, with a foreign policy that prizes force and narrow alignment over long-term stability, rights, and human development.

This report is part of “Networks of Change: Reviving Governance and Citizenship in the Middle East,” a Century International project supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Open Society Foundations.

Read the full report.