In recent months, international aid has been subject to the "shock and awe" of dramatic cuts by the largest donor in the world, the United States, as well as many European countries.
But this reduction – recent projections suggest a $40 billion cut is expected in 2025 – is more than just a drop in funds. It increasingly looks like an assault on the norms and values – like solidarity and multilateral cooperation – that have been at the core of the Western liberal internationalist system since the Second World War.
