The article discusses the decline of America's public diplomacy institutions, particularly the Voice of America. Following an incident with President Trump, it highlights the need for urgent reform in a system that has lost its way since the 1990s. Reorganizations have shifted focus away from supporting U.S. national strategy, leading to low morale, security issues, and budget waste. Furthermore, foreign language services, meant to promote American ideals, often reflect propaganda from the regimes the U.S. aims to counter, underscoring the failures of these institutions in their current state.
The fundamental change is desperately needed in America's broken public diplomacy system, highlighted by the decline in effectiveness of institutions like VOA that once achieved critical success.
Reorganizations in the 1990s severed government information networks from their mission to support US national strategy, shifting focus to generic journalism with no clear objective.
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