title: The decline of international studies
abstract: Why Flying Blind Is Dangerous
  In October 2013, the U.S. Department of State eliminated its funding program for advanced language and cultural training on Russia and the former Soviet Union. Created in 1983 as a special appropriation by Congress, the so-called Title VIII Program had supported generations of specialists working in academia, think tanks, and the U.S. government itself. But as a State Department official told the Russian news service ria Novosti at the time, “In this fiscal climate
journal: Foreign Affairs