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Subtler than propaganda, soft power, Robert Winder argues in his global tour of cultural signifiers, is essentially a “storytelling competition”. Western nations – especially the US and Britain – dominate, since the greatest soft-power reserves are held by “nations that subjugated others”. Historically, Hollywood has been the quintessential soft-power tool, enabling the US to capture hearts and minds without using guns and money. America’s dream factory even enthralled its enemies: Stalin, like Hitler, loved Westerns (though not enough to forestall KGB plans to assassinate John Wayne).
In Britain, patrician outposts of the state such as the BBC World Service and British Council – both founded in the 1930s, the latter explicitly to “promote British culture and fight the rise of fascism” – continue their attempts to further its values abroad, as do non-governmental organisations like Oxfam and Save the Children. The country’s mass-cultural appeal is also effective in the soft-power stakes – in 2016 one-sixth of albums sold worldwide derived from the UK music industry, while the English Premier League was watched in 643 million homes in the 2018-19 season, with only five countries failing to screen the Manchester derby.
SEAMEO (see affiliate members)
Partners: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Brink Foundation, Jigsaw LLC (Google), OpenDevEd, Results for Development, World Bank Group, UK International Development, UNICEF, etc.
Australian Council for Educational Research:
ACER was established in Melbourne, Australia, in 1930 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. From a staff of five, ACER has grown into one of the world’s leading educational research bodies with an expanding international presence. ACER has more than 430 staff working in offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Dubai, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Melbourne, New Delhi, Perth and Sydney.
Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on building local libraries, working for world peace, education, and scientific research. He funded Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Peace Palace in The Hague, founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Sponsors
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (archived)
AFL-CIO, State Department, Office of War Information, Council on Foreign Relations, DTPILLAR (Carnegie received project funding from the CIA/Asia Foundation.) per “Cold War Deceptions”), Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, etc.
Schmidt Futures is a philanthropic venture founded in 2017 by former Google executive Eric Schmidt.
Quad Fellowship’s International Advisory Board:
Institute of International Education (IIE):
IIE also administers 14 Regional Educational Advising Coordinators who provide training, resources, and mentoring to support the U.S. Department of State’s network of EducationUSA advisers. Current REACs are located in the following cities around the world: Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Kyiv, Bratislava, Amman, Accra, Johannesburg, Lahore, Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kuala Lumpur.
Document: Matt Pottinger—Elbridge Colby
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