Five Challenges for Modern Public Diplomacy and How to Tackle Them

... the real reasons of USAID stopping its activity in Russia. While the U.S. argues that the Kremlin demanded to shut down the USAID programs in Russia, the Russian side claims that the Agency cut its presence in Russia because of the loss of interest ... ... undesirable organizations that create unfavorable environment for Russian and foreign NGOs; the law that forbids the homosexuality propaganda and so on. The strongest blow on public diplomacy came from the authors of the laws about foreign agents and undesirable organizations. After their adoption, in ...