Nournews: Newly released data from the U.S. Foreign Assistance Dashboard shows how Washington spends its dollars not on humanitarian causes but on reinforcing its power architecture in volatile regions. According to the statistics, a single country—Ukraine—has received more than 40 percent of all U.S. foreign aid: roughly $11.2 billion, underscoring the White House’s unequivocal priority of managing Europe’s ongoing security crisis.

Following Ukraine, Israel ranks second with $3.3 billion, reflecting the enduring strategic bond between Washington and Tel Aviv as one of the core pillars of U.S. Middle East policy. This comes as a significant portion of U.S.-supplied weapons has been directly used in the Gaza war, contributing to the deaths of more than 70,000 unarmed civilians, predominantly women and children. Washington’s role in perpetuating this humanitarian catastrophe—through financial and military support—has become a global and highly contentious issue.

In third place is Afghanistan, with $1.9 billion. Although the United States has withdrawn from the country, it continues to exert indirect oversight over Afghanistan’s security and political structure through these aid flows. The persistence of this assistance shows that Washington has not closed the Afghanistan file.

The next positions are occupied by countries such as Ethiopia ($1.7B), Egypt ($1.4B), Yemen ($1.3B), and Jordan ($1.1B)—destinations that play key roles in migration management, energy transit routes, regional stability, and the support of U.S. allies.

Further down the list are African states including South Sudan ($976M), Nigeria ($974M), and Syria ($842M). Africa’s prominence in this ranking illustrates how the continent has become a battleground for geopolitical rivalry among the United States, China, and Russia.

Taken together, the data reveals that U.S. foreign aid is not humanitarian in nature; it is a map of regions where Washington seeks to maintain dominance and manage long-term crises. Wherever war, instability, or strategic interests are at stake, the figures surge—while areas with limited geopolitical value receive only minimal attention.