J. Michael Waller

A decade has passed since the Clinton administration and the late Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) joined hands in destroying America's public diplomacy machinery. The shocking development occurred for a combination of reasons: a turf-conscious State Department that wanted total control of public diplomacy that previously had been the purview of the semi-independent U.S. Information Agency; an administration that thought public diplomacy was only for fighting the Soviets and now, with the end of the Cold War, no longer needed; and a staunchly conservative senator who had some bones to pick with U.S.IA and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Center for Security Policy (Estados Unidos)

MichaelWallerStrategicInfluence.pdf