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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Military advances against Islamic State-, or ISIS, held territory in Iraq and Syria have produced a welcome byproduct: a marked decline by 70-80 percent in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As Britain starts extricating itself from the European Union, bureaucrats in Brussels continue to hand ammunition to Brexit supporters. Last week, the European Commission against… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Speculation about Russian interference in the upcoming U.S. presidential election is flowing fast in the U.S. media. Russia was widely believed to be responsible for… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Reports that the Obama administration has gone into overdrive to process applicants for U.S. citizenship prior to the presidential election have a familiar ring. Twenty… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Russian government just turned the heat up a notch on U.S. officials in what is an already heated diplomatic climate. In the past few… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Internet freedom has been part of U.S. foreign policy since 2010, when the Internet had just emerged as a powerful political tool, fueling activism in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After two years of investigation, many might be asking if the just released Benghazi report was worth it. The answer is yes. The administration’s concocted narrative… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Kremlin has started cracking down with increasing severity on users of social media who dare to criticize the state of affairs in Russia or… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Recent remarks by Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes to the New York Times shows us that the National Security Council (NSC) as an institution is… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Obama administration’s decision recently to honor two former Navy SEALs, killed in the line of duty overseas, is so obviously the right one and should… Read More
