The National SCOPUS Award honors those who “demonstrate humanitarian concerns throughout their lifetime” and are distinguished by “their civic engagement, their concern to achieve peaceful coexistence among people and nations, and their work on behalf of important causes locally, nationally and internationally.”
For decades, Washington has given a free pass to so-called partners while sacrificing its capacity to seriously address global and regional issues when those partners make decisions that undermine U.S. priorities. That must end.
The US State Department has approved the sale of various military equipment to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, amounting to $5 billion.