The International Crisis Group published on 28 February 2025 a commentary titled "U.S. Aid Cuts Make Famine More Likely and Easier to Hide" with contributions by Chris Newton and Delaney Simon.
The Trump administration has put a 90-day hold on most U.S. foreign aid, with devastating effects on the system built over decades for preventing famine. The result may be more and deadlier famine, with greater impunity for parties using starvation as a weapon of war.
The dismantling of USAID represents more than just a retreat in foreign assistance. It threatens infrastructure built over decades that, among other things, has served as a means of mitigating the most brutal effects of conflict.
