The CIA Book Club: 'entertaining and vivid' book explores a huge Cold War secret
"Every typewriter had to be registered, access to photocopiers was restricted", and even a book about growing carrots was ...
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The Stories We Believe
Some ruminations on that Signal chat. The news outlets seem to be focused particularly on the incompetence indicated by the leaked Signal chat involving ...
US-funded international media is worth the tiny cost — we can’t surrender to America’s enemies in the war of ideas
From my first stint leading Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — the iconic Cold War broadcaster turned 21st-century ...
The Cold War Broadcasting Apparatus Should Shut Down
Dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes should be independent of the United States—and so should their media sources.
Voice of America took jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Now, its demise signals the end of US soft power
Voice of America was a powerful soft power tool for decades. Trump’s rejection of soft power could also allow China, in ...
VOA employees placed on administrative leave as US govt cuts budget; US shouldn't immerse in cold-war style propaganda: expert
Employees of Voice of America (VOA) are placed on leave on Saturday, after US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an ...
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Putin's propaganda is infecting the US – and Trump's team are lapping it up
Britain’s highest-placed spy in the KGB during the Cold War – reminds us that heroes really do exist, and shines light on the ...
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The Making of a Cold War Spy
The making of a Cold War spy. The life and work of Frank Wisner, one of the CIA’s founding officers, offers us a portrait of ... it was a major boon for Soviet propaganda, tarnished the various ...