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After shuttering USAID, Trump launches new foreign aid strategy
Washington Politics

After shuttering USAID, Trump launches new foreign aid strategy

The new global health program seeks to address longstanding complaints about corruption and dependency, without giving up the tools of soft power

China Malaysia
Asia-Pacific

How China is 'eating our lunch' with soft power

While Washington sends speeches and militaries to Southeast Asia, Beijing shows up with money, projects, and people

soft power
Washington Politics

Debate: Slashing studies, research aid will doom US foreign policy

If the administration truly wants to focus on our hemisphere we need to deepen the bench of specialists, not wipe it out

hive mind
Washington Politics

Debate: Federal funding fuels failing foreign policy hive mind

Govt-funded NGOs, media, and think tanks now under fire have been controlling narratives within the US and imposing values globally