Tag Archives: soft power

GW WonkCast S3E8-1: Below the Fold: Climate Change in Textbooks, Olympics and Diplomacy, and the EPA and SCOTUS

March 19, 2018 · by · in Domestic Policy, Education Policy, Environmental Policy, Foreign Policy, Regulation, Social Policy, WonkCast · Leave a comment

This Below the Fold covers a debate over whether to discuss climate change in textbooks in Idaho, a recap of what the Olympics meant for U.S. diplomacy, and a dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Supreme Court. Jessica Blackband moderates joined by co-Host Katherine Lundie and last episode’s special guest MPP Matthew […]

GW WonkCast S3E3-2: The J-1 Exchange Visitor Program

February 7, 2018 · by · in Foreign Policy, WonkCast · Leave a comment

The Trump administration proposed changes to the J-1 visa exchange program, a non-immigrant cultural and educational exchange visa that allows residents of other countries to travel to the U.S. What impact do cultural exchange programs have and how could this change them? What could this mean for American soft power and national security? Special guest […]