With the Cold War's end, Americans became more interested in budget savings than in investing in soft power. In 2003, a bipartisan advisory group reported that the US was spending only $150 million on public diplomacy in Muslim countries, an amount it called grossly inadequate.
随着冷战的结束，美国人变得对节省预算而不是投资软权力更有兴趣。2003年，一个两党联合顾问团报告称美国在穆斯林国家的公共外交方面仅投入了少得可怜的1.5亿美金。