Friends and Colleagues from Around the World, I’ll focus on the impact of dismantling overseas development programs in Culture Watch. Then it’s What We’re Reading and Why, a new Scanning Project segment, What Others Are Saying, plus an updated Calendar.       Culture Watch  Many Americans are unaware what USAID does and few realize the impact of its dismantling.  Humanitarian programs like USAID and the Peace Corps comprise our “Soft Power” which impacts how we are perceived abroad. The number of lives lost by its disappearance. Brooke Nicols, a Professor of Global Health at Boston University, developed an impact […]