The US aid program began in earnest in the early stages of the Cold War, with an intention to beat off the contenders from the Soviet bloc in the postcolonial world. President Harry S. Truman proposed, in his 1949 inaugural address, “a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific […]
Day: February 17, 2025
Poland Will Be Left In The Lurch If The US Patches Up Its Problems With Belarus
The best course of action would be to beat the US to the punch instead of accept whatever it agrees to with regard to Russia and/or Belarus but neither half of its ruling duopoly has any such interest. The New York Times reported on Saturday that a recent trip to Minsk by […]
Mess In Munich
The Munich Security Conference went through all the stages. At the time of its formation in the 20th century, it was a symbol of the consolidation of the intellectual elite of Europe and the United States. This platform for the exchange of opinions remained such until the beginning of the […]
The Rise And Fall Of The United States Agency For International Development
After President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his most sensational executive order was on the freezing of American foreign aid through the USAID- United States Agency International Development – to foreign countries (except for Israel and Egypt) for 90 days and the further shut down of the Agency and its […]
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