28 July 2025

The Great Dismantling

Suzanne Nossel

The foreign-policy experts and practitioners who have devoted their careers to liberal causes have had a rough six months. Since U.S. President Donald Trump reentered office, he has upended their life’s work.

The headlines covering his overhaul of the federal government have largely focused on a few earthquakes, such as the demise of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the dismantling of State Department bureaus dealing with human rights and refugees. But Trump’s cuts have also battered scores of civil society organizations and policy centers that received funding from the U.S. government.

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