By insisting on nothing less than this sort of systemic approach, the United States cannotonlyavoid the dangers inherent in perpetuating the present, fundamentally unreformed Soviet regime.
Conducting research (or outsourcing the effort to a professional philanthropic advisor) can ensure notonly that donors avoid bad investments, but that they fund the organizations that are doing the best possible work on the issues they care most about.
Notonly does that help avoid embarrassing gaffes by raising red flags for unidentifiable names, but it can turn any customer contact into a subtle sales tool.