Thomas Carothers' article "Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror" (January/February 2003) critiques the Bush administration's democracy promotion record and offers some broad recommendations on how ...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about drug prices, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) If Trump and Rubio interceded to ...

Support for the democratic opposition to Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro is among the few international policy matters that have unified Democrats and Republicans in recent years, and it is ...

The Trump administration has received sustained criticism for its “America First” approach to international affairs and its perceived abandonment of democracy promotion abroad. But yesterday’s White ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

The inconsistencies and contradictions in U.S. democracy promotion, are not limited to one particular administration, but to the U.S. approach as a whole. Ideologically, the United States is a ...

Americans are justifiably appalled at President Trump’s attacks on Venezuelan boats and his bombastic threats against Colombia. But at least the Trump administration is slashing federal spending for ...

As President Donald Trump redesigns U.S. policy to reflect his America First agenda, major change seems to be ahead for efforts to promote democracy overseas. The foreign assistance budget has been ...

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have slashed U.S. democracy promotion funds and programs. Rubio’s reorganization gutted the nearly half-century-old Bureau of Democracy, Human ...