Helle C. Dale is the Heritage Foundation's senior fellow in public diplomacy. Her work focuses on the U.S. government’s institutions and programs for strategic outreach to the public of foreign countries, as well as more traditional diplomacy. Read her research.
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At his April 15 press conference, President Donald Trump launched into a fierce attack on the Voice of America, the U.S. government’s broadcasting entity that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has gone on the offensive to correct misapprehensions about American and Chinese leadership in the coronavirus crisis. China has ramped… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The idea that some American and European news outlets are giving more credibility to the Chinese party line on the coronavirus than they do to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
China is ramping up aggressive propaganda efforts to pin the blame for the coronavirus pandemic on the United States. Less than three months ago, however,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
China’s secrecy about the exploding coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan Province in December, typical of authoritarian regimes, caused a disastrous delay in international pathogen-fighting efforts. Now,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Never letting a crisis go to waste, propagandists are using the coronavirus to spread disinformation and conspiracy theories about the United States. In China, Russia,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The outrageous expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters by Beijing last month over coverage of the coronavirus has set the stage for a long… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Confirmation hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Sept. 19 were full of fireworks aimed at three nominees of President Donald Trump, but none… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The announcement of new leadership at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty could signal the beginning of a new era in U.S. international broadcasting. Last week, foreign… Read More
SocietyCommentary
President Ronald Reagan’s speech to the British Parliament at Westminster, delivered on June 8, 1982, continues to inspire in its vision and relevance. When Reagan… Read More
