Wrong and absurd: The assault on U.S. foreign assistance

Among the egregious, cruel, legally dubious, stupid and counterproductive actions being undertaken by the Trump administration is the unprecedented assault on foreign assistance and the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...

The Orange Revolution: A defining moment

Twenty years ago, on November 21, 2004, I was in the central Ukrainian city of Kirovohrad (now Kropyvnytsky), observing elections as part of the American contingent of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...