Brian Frantz
Brian Frantz is a former USAID senior foreign service officer. He served in Washington, D.C, East Timor, Rwanda, Malawi, and Kenya, where he was covering Somalia. From late January 2025 until his separation from USAID in September, he was the acting assistant administrator for Africa.
Latest Articles
Stop pretending USAID’s takedown was about doing development better
about 16 hours ago // Opinion: The Future of US Aid
Opinion: The apparent lack of interest in the future of U.S. assistance from political leadership at the State Department shows that we are, in fact, in a battle for the soul of U.S. foreign policy.
3 things we have lost with the dissolution of USAID
4 months ago // Opinion: The Trump Effect
Opinion: The agency's abrupt closure has left gaps in U.S. foreign policy that will take years to rebuild — and may have permanently damaged America's reputation abroad.