Soft Hearts and Hard Minds: The Enduring Challenge of U.S. Foreign Policy
In the case of CIA torture, hard hearts mixed with soft minds to further a policy that was not only grotesque, but unwise.
Foreign Aid
Foreign Aid Is a Failure
Throwing good money at bad governments makes poor countries worse off.
Death, Taxes, and American Aid to Israel
Three things you can count on: death, taxes, and American support for military contractors channeled through the tiny but prosperous democracy.
Did Western Aid Create the Breeding Ground for Ebola?
Aid-dependent Liberian leaders neglect the needs of their people to please Western benefactors.
You're Paying for That War in Gaza
Don't ask whether the U.S. will get involved—ask how it's involved already.
Bill Gates Explains How World Is Getting More Awesome and Less Poor
Mythbusting naysayers about third-world development
US Pledges $380 Million in Syrian Aid
All together, the United Nations promised $2.4 billion in assistance
UK Government Pledges £100 Million For Syria Aid
International Development Secretary Justine Greening says the scale of suffering in Syria is "hard to exaggerate"
White House Announces $100+ Million in Largely Military Aid to Central African Republic
On top of a previously appropriated $24 million
U.S., U.K. Cutting Military Aid to Syrian Rebels
Concerns about infighting, resources ending up in the wrong hands
Israeli Officials Say Funding Fight with EU Resolved
Dispute over ban against giving money to institutions working in occupied areas
Who's Responsible for Damaging the Climate? And Who Should Pay for It?
Reason's science correspondent sends a third dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
American Carrier, Cruisers Arrive in The Philippines To Support Typhoon Relief Efforts
Death toll currently at a little over 2,300
United Nations Launches Typhoon Haiyan Appeal
At least 10,000 people may have been killed in the Philippines
UN and EU Pledge $8.25 Billion For Sahel Region in Africa
To fight poverty and promote economic growth
Despite Billions in Development Aid, Millions of Afghans Are Unskilled Day Laborers
Over a decade since U.S.-led invasion
Egyptian Foreign Minister Says Relations With the US Are in Turmoil
Obama administration recently suspended some aid
US Officially Announces Aid Cuts to Egypt
Hundreds of millions suspended to push government to restore democratic elections
Israel Concerned About Cuts in US Military Aid to Egypt
Officials believe it's essential to maintaining stability in the region
US Considers Withholding Most Military Aid to Egypt, Except for Counter-Terrorism
Unaffected by government shutdown
Audit Shows EU Aid to DRC Has Resulted in Limited Successes
Sent $2.5 billion between 2003 and 2011
Obama Pledges Aid to Kenya Following Terror Attack
Calls al-Shabaab "one of the most vicious terrorist organizations in the world"
France Will Increase Aid to Syrian Rebels if US Rejects Strike
Hollande still hoping for Alliance against Assad
India's Budget Academies
The private schools that educate the subcontinent's poor are under attack.
Rand Paul Believes He Could Have the Votes To Cut Aid to Egypt
Amendment could be passed next month
The Vanishing Case for U.S. Aid to Egypt
What do we really gain from subsidizing the country?
