Sara Jacobs: “The question is, why does this matter? Why is it important to fund local partners directly? And the answer is: Power.”

Security partners with well-governed security sectors are more effective, more reliable, better positioned to absorb and protect United States-origin defense articles from misuse or illicit transfer, and conduct military operations in a…

For me, it’s literally going to decide if or when I can start my own family, and I know that’s true for many others.

When Republicans passed the Big Ugly Bill and cut funding for healthcare, they literally signed away millions of Americans’ ability to afford health insurance. And now it’s happening.

In many cases, if you’re just supporting the military without doing the rest of the governance approach, you’re actually setting the conditions that make a coup more likely, not the opposite.