David Streckfuss, Isaan Record, and US “Soft Power”

Here is an example of US interference in Thailand’s internal political affairs – not only through fake NGOs and propaganda networks – but a propaganda outlet literally created by Americans and to this day funded by the US government and run by an American living in Thailand.

It is foreign interference the US itself would never tolerate within its own borders – but interference it and those involved attempt to cover up and defend when exposed and scrutinized.

References:

CIEE – David Streckfuss:
https://www.ciee.org/about/we-are-ciee/directory/david-streckfuss

CIEE – Partners:
https://www.ciee.org/about/what-we-stand-for/access

IEE (CIEE partner) – Sponsors:
https://www.iie.org/Work-With-Us/See-Our-Sponsors-Partners

Girl Rising (CIEE partner) – Sponsors:
https://girlrising.org/partners

CIEE – Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program:
https://www.ciee.org/about/about/what-we-stand-for/ciee-scholarships/congress-bundestag-youth-exchange-cbyx-program

CIEE – Facebook (The Hill – The soft but unmatched power of US foreign exchange programs):
https://www.facebook.com/ciee/posts/4465851940108462

The Hill – The soft but unmatched power of US foreign exchange programs:
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/540262-the-soft-but-unmatched-power-of-us-foreign-exchange-programs?rl=1&fbclid=IwAR07pGOT83G0cvP_ApbARl7zCTUJMYRSy2Q2lxtcQuYsFonHU8LKzwWRidU

Washington Post – INNOCENCE ABROAD: THE NEW WORLD OF SPYLESS COUPS:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/09/22/innocence-abroad-the-new-world-of-spyless-coups/92bb989a-de6e-4bb8-99b9-462c76b59a16/

New York Times – PROJECT DEMOCRACY TAKES WING:
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/29/us/project-democracy-takes-wing.html

New York Times – MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM:
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/world/missionaries-for-democracy-us-aid-for-global-pluralism.html

US National Endowment for Democracy – Thailand (2020):
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thailand-2020/

Isaan Record – About Us:
https://theisaanrecord.co/about/

Isaan Record – David Streckfuss:
https://theisaanrecord.co/en/author/david/

Isaan Record – Statement:
https://theisaanrecord.co/2021/04/20/statement-of-the-isaan-record/

Princeton in Asia – GLENN BROWN & LIZZIE PRESSER:
https://piaweb.princeton.edu/carrie-fellowship/isaans-first-online-news-journal