Forbes March 4, 2025
KFF reports that the United States has far and away been the largest donor country to global public health in the world. But under the Trump administration the U.S. is largely retreating from its role as benefactor. A flurry of executive orders issued by President Trump since his inauguration signal a major departure from previous U.S. foreign aid policy, which was characterized as a wielding of soft power by way of co-option rather than coercion.
The distinguished political scientist Joseph Nye Jr. coined the term soft power in the 1980s. Broadly, it involves influencing...
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