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Analysis The demise of ‘Iraq’s Sesame Street’ and a sea change in US soft power 

The demise of ‘Iraq’s Sesame Street’ and a sea change in US soft power 

  • The Ahlan Simsim Iraq education project was terminated along with thousands of others as part of America’s retreat from decades of foreign spending.
  • As America’s soft-power diminishes in the Middle East, will China fill the vacuum?
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