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‘Cold War’
VOA’s fact-based reporting is widely credited with helping to end the Cold War. Experts note the huge amounts of goodwill that VOA generated towards the U.S. from people across Europe. VOA continues to be crucially important in the region in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s consolidation of power.
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East Asia and Pacificx Eurasiax Middle Eastx South and Central Asiax25 ‘Cold War’ testimonial videos
Do Nguyen Mai KhoiVietnamese singer and activist
Jennifer BrushFormer U.S. diplomat and OSCE official
William CourtneyFormer U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia
Jill DoughertyFormer CNN Moscow bureau chief
Daniel FriedFormer U.S. assistant secretary of state for Europe, former U.S. ambassador to Poland
Archil GegeshidzeFormer Georgian ambassador to the United States
Rose GottemoellerFormer NATO deputy secretary-general
John HerbstFormer U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Ukraine
Christopher HillFormer U.S. ambassador to Serbia, Iraq, South Korea, Poland and Macedonia; former U.S. assistant secretary of state
Christopher J. HohFormer U.S. diplomat
Nina JankowiczAuthor, counter-disinformation expert
Adrian KarmazynFormer VOA Ukrainian Service chief
Garry KasparovRussian chess grandmaster and human rights advocate
George KentFormer U.S. ambassador to Estonia 
Mark KramerDirector of the Cold War Studies program, Harvard University’s Davis Center
Ret. Lt. Gen. Douglas LuteFormer U.S. ambassador to NATO
Giorgi MargvelashviliFormer Georgian president
Stevo PendarovskiFormer North Macedonian president 
David PhillipsDirector of the Program on Peace-building and Human Rights, Columbia University
Steven PiferFormer U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
Mark PomarFormer VOA USSR division chief
Daniel RosenblumFormer U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Yulia SavchenkoVOA journalist, Russian Service
Eric ShiraevResearcher at George Mason University, co-founder of CARP research lab
David SimonAssistant dean, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs