The Alliance for Peacebuilding Calls on the U.S. to Reverse the Termination of Life-Saving and Conflict Prevention Programs and Develop a Strategy that Addresses Global Violent Conflict.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2025
CONTACT
Rachel Levine | rachel@allianceforpeacebuilding.org
Washington, DC, USA — On February 26th, the Trump Administration asserted it plans to make sweeping terminations of U.S. foreign assistance grants and contracts, including 90% from USAID and 60% from the U.S. Department of State. The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is deeply concerned about these draconian cuts in the face of record-breaking violent global conflict. While reforming U.S. foreign assistance is welcome, as called for in the bipartisan Global Fragility Act supported by AfP, critical programs that support more strategic, impactful, and cost-effective approaches and make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous have been and are being terminated. During his recent trip to Central America, Secretary State Rubio said, “We’re not walking away from foreign aid,” but seeking to eliminate wasteful spending and focus on projects that directly support U.S. national interests. At his confirmation hearing, he noted, “Preventing crises is a lot cheaper and a lot better than dealing with crises after the fact.” We call on the Administration to urgently reverse the termination of critical life-saving and conflict prevention programs that advance American interests and conduct a thorough, transparent review of existing programs. Moving forward, the U.S. Government and Congress must work with civil society and implementing partners to develop a comprehensive foreign assistance strategy that tackles and prevents alarming levels of global violent conflict resulting in atrocities, mass migration, disease, and the loss of lives.
The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), named the “number one influencer and change agent” among peacebuilding institutions worldwide, is an award-winning nonprofit and nonpartisan network of 225+ organizations working in 181 countries to prevent and reduce violent conflict and build sustainable peace. AfP cultivates a network to strengthen and advance the peacebuilding field, enabling peacebuilding organizations to achieve greater impact—tackling issues too large for any one organization to address alone.