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December 11-13 Public Diplomacy Review
abbreviated edition"Ben"--The name of Secretary of State John Kerry's new dog, so designated in honor of Ben Franklin, who’s known as the “Father of the American Foreign Service” (and for whom the...
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Russian identity?
From James Sherr, Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion: Russia's Influence Abroad (2013), p. 62For liberals, the basis of legitimacy is consent, and when consent is strained (as in the eurozone crisis)...
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Rare Lincoln photo just discovered
Rare Lincoln photo just discovered; via RB on Facebook
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Russia's purest soft power asset - high culture
From James Sherr, Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion: Russia's Influence Abroad (2013), p. 90Russian high culture in on a par with any other in the world. It is also Russia's purest soft power asset. The...
View ArticleA reaction to the social media revolution: Cohen/Morozov
I have always been skeptical, as a historian, on how "media revolutions," seen from the perspective of the past, starting from antiquity -- speech, print, film, radio, television, internet, or no...
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Notes for a Lecture: "E Puribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"...
Southern Discomfort: U.S. Army seeks removal of Lee, ‘Stonewall’ Jackson honorsRevisionist history would remove portraits of Confederate legendsCOMMENTS (91)SIZE: + / -PRINT| REPRINTSShare on...
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Notes for a Lecture: "E Pluribus Unum: What Keeps the United States...
By carol berkin, Washington Post Published: December 13 E-mail the writerIn “Jefferson and Hamilton,” as in his previous works, John Ferling brings to bear the considerable talents that have won him...
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December 14-17 Public Diplomacy Review
abbreviated edition"She's fun."--Save the Children vice president Mark Shriver, the former Maryland politician, regarding his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Japan; image from"You won't be...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: China
Beijing's Public Diplomacy ChallengeChina’s efforts at public diplomacy have produced mixed results on the world stage.By Arthur Guschin, The DiplomatDecember 19, 2013 23 20 1 044 Shares5 commentsEvery...
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USG public diplomacy began on February 1, 1942 -- Walter Roberts
U.S. Public Diplomacy: A Look to the Pastby Walter Roberts, American DiplomacyThe Public Diplomacy Council held a well attended Forum on US Public Diplomacy at the Department of State on November 12....
View ArticleThis American Dictionary Is Full of Words You've Never Heard Before
LANGUAGEDECEMBER 18, 2013This American Dictionary Is Full of Words You've Never Heard BeforeAn ambitious attempt to document the differences in regional EnglishBY JOHN MCWHORTERShareIIt’s finally...
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Exchange with American diplomat/author/whistleblower Peter Van Buren...
"You won't be denied a visa if you tell the truth" --Lydia Hall, a second tour public diplomacy-coned officer, speaking to Indian studentsand their parents [cited in the Public Diplomacy Press and Blog...
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Only in America
Al Goldstein, a Publisher Who Took the Romance Out of Sex, Dies at 77 - Andy Newman, New York TimesAl Goldstein, the scabrous publisher whose Screw magazine pushed hard-core pornography into the...
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"Engaging" seems to have disappeared from one of the State Department's...
In recent years, if you turned to the State Department website, at "Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs," you would get the following definition of public diplomacy:engaging,...
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Keynote Address by Ambassador Robert Gosende to the Vermont Council on World...
Vermont Council on World affairs – December 9, 2013, key note address - Robert Gosende; via RG by email ‘Black Hawk Down: How Should the U.S. Deal with Change across North Africa and the Middle...
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December 18-20 Public Diplomacy Review
“Preach the Gospel, and if necessary use words.”--St. Francis, via GC on Facebook; image from, with caption: Giotto di Bondone - Legend of St Francis"[P]eople in 2013 have an entirely different...
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Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: Italy
Claudio BisognieroAmbassador of Italy to the United StatesGET UPDATES FROM CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO LikeAn Italian Year: When Culture Creates Opportunities - Huffington PostPosted: 12/20/2013 4:46...
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American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell -- socialist realist?
JB note: I have been trying, for years, to organize an exhibit comparing the works of Norman Rockwell to Socialist Realism. But to no avail. The Rockwell Museum was not enthusiastic about the project....
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Notes for a lecture: "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."
THE GREAT DIVIDEDecember 21, 2013, 2:39 pm 14 CommentsIn No One We TrustBy JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, New York TimesThe Great Divideis a series about inequality.TAGS:BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INCOME...
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