Noam Unger, the Director of the CSIS Sustainable Development and Resilience Initiative, delves into the precarious state of USAID and its implications for U.S. foreign policy. He discusses a recent executive order that halted foreign assistance, causing confusion within the agency. Unger highlights how the agency is crucial for global health and humanitarian efforts, emphasizing potential geopolitical risks posed by its operational decline. The conversation also covers the interplay of USAID with emerging powers like China and Russia, alongside evolving foreign assistance strategies.
