‘Beacon of freedom’ dims as U.S. initiatives that promote democracy abroad wither under Trump

The failed foreign policy of Donald Trump

The United States could go a long way in promoting the cause of democracy.

Is the U.S. Abandoning the Fight Against Foreign Information Operations?

Foreign information manipulation remains an active tool in the hands of autocratic adversaries, especially Russia and China. The Russians have continued conducting targeted malign information operations in the United States, including a campaign that took advantage of artificial intelligence to discredit the U.S. Agency for International Development. During last year’s presidential election, Chinese state actors created fake social media users t…

'Beacon of freedom' dims as U.S. initiatives that promote democracy abroad wither under Trump

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. is pulling back from spreading democratic ideals abroad through Radio Free Europe, Voice of America and other outlets.

Global perceptions of US fall below China, survey says

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Global perceptions of the United States have deteriorated across the world over the past year and are now worse than views of China, according to an annual study of perceptions of democracy published on Monday.

US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump’s return

The world is more divided than ever, but there’s still something (nearly) everyone agrees on: The U.S. is unloved.

U.S. initiatives that promote democracy abroad withering

CHICAGO — Growing up in the former Soviet Union, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez’s father and grandparents would listen to Voice of America with their ears pressed to the radio, trying to catch words through the government’s radio jamming. The U.S.-funded news service was instrumental in helping them understand what was happening on the other side of the Iron Curtain, before they moved to the United States in the 1970s. Read more...