Updates | The Week of May 1, 2017

President Trump’s continued willingness to deal with autocratic leaders has alarmed human rights activists (WaPo).

Gell Greenwald posits that President Trump’s cooperation with despotic leaders has parallels in American history (The Intercept).
But the Editorial Board of the New York Times disagrees, saying that for the most part American presidents have tried to serve as a moral compass and that President Trump has abandoned this commitment.

Given the United States’ large role in funding international aid organizations, a tightening of the wallet would have far-reaching effects, argues Nikki Reisch at Just Security.

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