Posted: 27 February 2025 | Category: ACLED Brief
Author: Clionadh Raleigh
How will conflict rates respond to the Trump administration’s announcement that it will cut 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts? ACLED President & CEO, Clionadh Raleigh, explains that these cuts are unlikely to influence global violence rates despite their negative impact on communities around the world.
Prof. Clionadh Raleigh is the President and CEO of ACLED. She is also Senior Professor of Political Violence and Geography in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. Her primary research interests are the dynamics of conflict and violence, African political environments and elite networks.
