Trump administration dismantling public diplomacy institutions built up since WWII

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Trump administration dismantling public diplomacy institutions built up since WWII

The U.S. built up a network of institutions supporting public diplomacy and scholarship after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. The Trump administration is dismantling these institutions.

LONDON – Today’s multiple crises, including conflicts, climate collapse and democratic regression, are spilling over the capacities of international institutions designed to address problems that states cannot or do not want to solve. Now, the US’s withdrawal from world bodies threatens to aggravate the crisis in the [...] This article Civil Society Reform gains urgency as the U.S. leaves UN institutions was originally published on IPS News Agen…

Donald Trump loves to give orders. He has less patience with the usual political craft of trying to pass laws and budgets after negotiations. Since he was inaugurated as president for the second time, he has issued well over 100 so-called executive orders.