A Foreign Correspondent of Animal Kingdoms

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:09:31 +0000

Originally published by Foreign Policy

How a headstrong field biologist helped birth the worldwide conservation movement.

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It’s not just humans that aresufferingfrom the Trump administration’s destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development. For nearly 40 years, USAID was one of the top global funders ofinternational conservation. In December 2024, shortly before its demise, then-USAID director Samantha Power launched the agency’s sweeping newbiodiversity policy, which emphasized locally led development and climate resilience as guiding principles for a$350 millionannual conservation portfolio.

How to Choose a Gift for Trump

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:00:36 +0000

Originally published by Foreign Policy

An expert in diplomatic gift-giving describes the use and abuse of official presents.

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Protocol officials in the world’s foreign ministries all have horror stories about diplomatic gifts. Like choosing a present for a particularly hard-to-please relative, they can be difficult to get right, offering opportunities for missteps and misunderstandings. For foreign leaders and their teams preparing for meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, discussions about what to say are likely to be accompanied by fraught discussions about what to give.

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A Foreign Correspondent of Animal Kingdoms

How a headstrong field biologist helped birth the worldwide conservation movement.

How to Choose a Gift for Trump

An expert in diplomatic gift-giving describes the use and abuse of official presents.