# usf (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover usf. Page: Feed: --- ## [USF Donates $2.3 Million in ICT Devices to JCPD to Strengthen Service Delivery](https://usf.gov.jm/usf-donates-2-3-million-in-ict-devices-to-jcpd-to-strengthen-service-delivery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usf-donates-2-3-million-in-ict-devices-to-jcpd-to-strengthen-service-delivery) _2026-07-27 · marketing · Universal Service Fund_ The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated 18 ICT devices, including 12 tablets and six laptops, valued at approximately $2.3 million, to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). \[…\] The post USF Donates $2.3 Million in ICT Devices to JCPD to Strengthen Service Delivery first appeared on Universal Service Fund . ## [A World Again Transformed](https://chasfreeman.net/a-world-again-transformed/) _2026-07-10 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ A World Again Transformed Remarks to Chinese Attendees at the Cambridge Executive Leadership Program Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) By video, 8 July 2026 Five hundred and thirty-four years ago, for the first time, the world became one. Christopher Columbus – an Italian adventurer – was looking for ## [A Quarter of Growth and Impact: USF Q1 Recap Hub](https://usf.gov.jm/a-quarter-of-growth-and-impact-usf-q1-recap-hub/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-quarter-of-growth-and-impact-usf-q1-recap-hub) _2026-07-10 · marketing · Universal Service Fund_ ## [The Inevitability of Diplomacy](https://chasfreeman.net/the-inevitability-of-diplomacy/) _2026-07-06 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ The Inevitability of Diplomacy Remarks to the Interns at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) By Video, 6 July 2026 Diplomacy gets a bad rap. Those who understand it least either fantasize about the impossible things it can supposedly accomplish or dismiss ## [The Forever War in West Asia and its Implications](https://chasfreeman.net/the-forever-war-in-west-asia-and-its-implications/) _2026-06-25 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ The Forever War in West Asia and its Implications A Scene Setter for an Energy Intelligence Colloquium Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. By Video, June 26, 2026 Peace is more than the absence of combat between warring parties. Cicero defined it as “liberty in tranquility,” a condition in which states and peoples ## [The Birth, Death, and Prospective Rebirth of the World Order](https://chasfreeman.net/the-birth-death-and-prospective-rebirth-of-the-world-order/) _2026-05-30 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ The Birth, Death, and Prospective Rebirth of the World Order Remarks to a Schiller Institute Conference on the End of the 500-Year Colonial Era Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) By Video, 30 May 2026 We are witnessing the end of multiple epochs. The world of our parents and ## [The American Mis-imagination of China](https://chasfreeman.net/the-american-mis-imagination-of-china/) _2026-05-02 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ The American Mis-imagination of China Remarks to a Colloquium on John Hay s Open Door Policy Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Providence, Rhode Island, 2 May 2026 Let me begin, Zhuqing, by commending you and your students. I couldn’t join your December colloquium on John Hay and the Open ## [Remarks to the Energy Intelligence Advisory Board](https://chasfreeman.net/remarks-to-the-energy-intelligence-advisory-board/) _2026-04-24 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ Remarks to the Energy Intelligence Advisory Board Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) By video, 24 April 2026 Alex has asked me to explain how the United States lost its position of primacy in West Asia and to do so in only seven or eight minutes. Fortunately, long ago, ## [USF CONNEC’2 PROGRESS](https://usf.gov.jm/usf-connec2-progress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usf-connec2-progress) _2026-04-13 · marketing · Universal Service Fund_ [Listen](https://usf.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Connect-to-Progress-30s-1920x1080-1.mp4) ## [The Global Consequences of the War in West Asia](https://chasfreeman.net/the-global-consequences-of-the-war-in-west-asia/) _2026-04-07 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ The Global Consequences of the War in West Asia Remarks to an Emergency Roundtable of the Executive Intelligence Review Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) By Video, 6 April 2026 It’s an honor to join this gathering. I regret that I cannot do so in person. 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Others here will have a lot to say about ## [USF Connects Jamaica Through Connec’2Restoration](https://usf.gov.jm/connec2restoration-progress-update-on-restoring-community-connectivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=connec2restoration-progress-update-on-restoring-community-connectivity) _2026-02-27 · marketing · Universal Service Fund_ Following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the Universal Service Fund (USF) launched Connec’2Restoration; an island-wide restoration and modernization initiative aimed at repairing damaged infrastructure and strengthening Jamaica’s public connectivity through \[…\] The post USF Connects Jamaica Through Connec’2Restoration first appeared on Universal Service Fund . ## [The Strategic Implications of the Attack on Venezuela](https://chasfreeman.net/the-strategic-implications-of-the-attack-on-venezuela/) _2026-01-12 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ Remarks to an Emergency Roundtable on The Strategic Implications of the Attack on Venezuela Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) By Video, 12 January 2026 We are here to avert a tragedy – the apparently inexorable unfolding of foreseeably terrible events. As German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has just warned ## [Ceding the Future to China](https://chasfreeman.net/ceding-the-future-to-china/) _2025-12-02 · Chas Freeman · Chas W. Freeman, Jr._ Ceding the Future to China Remarks to Brown University’s Watson School’s “China Chat” Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Providence, Rhode Island, 2 December 2025 It is human to imagine that change lays bare the ambitions of those who benefit from it. China has successfully returned to wealth and