Epstein Secrets

reign operations of China Global Television Network, China National Radio and China Radio International.” (It is not clear whether the parallel with the Voice of America was intentional.) Despite all of these efforts, President Xi still appears to be unsatisfied with the Party’s efforts to “grab the right to speak.”

(R-TX) and others, the university declined the grant.¥ CUSEF grants have generally gone to leading US think tanks, such as the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Asia Society. There have not yet been many offers by Chinese donors—private, corporate, or government—to fund faculty positions or centers

cations for U.S. Policy.” Anders Aslund and Michael McFaul, eds., Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraines Democratic Breakthrough (Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006). 9. “Briefing on Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Russia,” Human Rights Watch, February 24, 2017, https:/Awww.hrw.org/ news/2017/02/24/br

forthright commentary. Near the end of 2016, Congress passed legislation that placed the country’s government-supported interna- tional media outlets—Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and their sister services focused on Asia and other regions—under more direct presidential control,

ose allies. Henri Barkey is a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a professor of international relations at Leh

ealing with this frustrating relationship for much of the past decade. Shortly after 9/11, in an effort to win Arab “hearts and minds” in the mold of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the State Department poured hundreds of millions into a new public- diplomacy initiative, overseen by former ad executive Char

e censorship technology to create a moral Iron Dome against political and cultural subversion, with decidedly mixed results. Piped-in BBC Persian and Voice of America television are sometimes successfully scrambled, but those who want pornography have no shortage of outlets. That said, the censorship software somet

shelf-life, a regime that sees women's hair as an existential threat is already well past its sell-by date. Karim Sadjadpour is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026562