Surrogate broadcasting was a central element of U.S. soft power in the Cold War. Today, it should take on a larger role in U.S. efforts to combat authoritarianism and extremism.
When Congress swings the budget ax, it cripples U.S. foreign policy. Now is the time to make a virtue of necessity and craft a system both leaner and better able to promote America's aims abroad.
Government reorganization is essential to one of the paramount challenges of the post-Cold War era - the effective integration of security, economic, and environmental policy. This is the conclusion of a bipartisan commission, consisting of veterans of government service. The commission suggests a number of sweeping changes in the president's office and in related departments of the executive branch.
