The author comments on the role ofpublicdiplomacyand introduces a conference on U.S. government broadcasting in the Middle East.

"Commanding Heights" captures the hundred-year struggle over markets and governments and the new battle over globalization.

Margaret Warner interviews a Pole, a Frenchman, a German and an Italian regarding the positions their governments have taken on Iraq.

This book embodies the collective efforts of numerous individuals in thetelevision industry, public interest community,and the general public.

Religion is a large and vital part of our culture, however, and its place in noncommercial television should not be constrained by government edict.

Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has been the Senate's leading champion for more transparency in international federal spending. The issue is becoming critical as U.S. government expenditures on the War on Terror and on global health increase. At this event, Senator Coburn will offer three case studies: the U.S. Agency for...

NPR should not fight defunding, but rather, work with Congress to get off the payroll so it no longer has to worry about pleasing politicians.

Since September 11, 2001, Americans have begun to face up to the growing problem of anti-Americanism throughout the Arab and Muslim world. Polls consistently indicate high levels of hostility to the United States, and the problem has only intensified since the Iraq war began. One answer to the problem has...