Jike Zhao

Former East China Normal University, Cold War Studies Initiative Scholar

Expert Bio

Education

Ph.D. candidate at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China.

M.A. degree with a thesis on US intelligence estimates and decision-making surrounding Israel’s nuclear program.

Wilson Center Project

“USIA and the Implementation of American Foreign Policy towards Soviet, 1953-63.”

Project Summary

The United States Information Agency and its role in implementing US policy towards the Soviet Union between 1953 and 1963. In particular, Zhao will focus upon USIA educational and cultural broadcasting as they related to the cultural dimensions of the Cold War.