WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced the Global Fragility Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen the U.S. strategy to prevent conflict and promote stability in key strategic regions around the world. The legislation reauthorizes and expands the original Global Fragility Act of 2019 and ensures coordination across the U.S. government to prevent terrorism, conflict, extremism, and violence that directly threaten U.S. interests overseas.
“The most effective way to keep Americans safe is to prevent major strategic threats before they start,” said Senator Coons. “Since 2019, when Senator Graham and I passed the Global Fragility Act, this law has played a central role in ensuring the U.S. government has a coordinated, cost-effective strategy to support countries at risk of violent instability that threatens America’s security and prosperity. I’m proud to put forward this bill that will allow that work to continue, keeping America secure and the world stable.”
“It is abundantly clear to me that terrorism feeds off chaos and economic distress. People without food and water are desperate, and they become a recruiting opportunity for terrorism directed at us. A stable world over there makes us safer over here. With this legislation, I am confident Secretary of State Rubio and President Trump will get this important mission right,” said Senator Graham.
The Global Fragility Reauthorization Act would continue the 10-year stabilization plans for Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea identified under the original legislation. The bill also reauthorizes the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and the Complex Crises Fund through FY2030.
Specifically, the legislation would:
By aligning diplomatic, development, and defense tools under one strategy, the bill would create a more effective approach to U.S. foreign assistance and national security.
You can read the bill text here.