в России стартует подготовка новой государственной программы — Основ...
Путин: в России начинается подготовка Основ культурной госполитики +88 4-02-2014, 08:16 • Опубл.: sattay • Просм.: 1827 • Комм.: 25 • События в России Президент Владимир Путин заявил, что в России...
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Thoughftful piece on Amb McFaul's tenure in Russia
Friends -- Pls. pardon the typo on the subject line ...http://www.gazeta.ru/comments/column/lukyanov/5884273.shtml [click at for English "translation"] - Via IK on FacebookАВТОРЫ→ФЕДОР ЛУКЬЯНОВКонец...
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Tough but tought-provoking piece on Amb McFaul's tenure in Moscow
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/05/no_more_mr_nice_guy_michael_mcfaul_putin_russiaNo More Mr. Nice GuyThe sad end of Ambassador Michael McFaul's troubled tenure in Moscow - Foreign...
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February 6-7 Public Diplomacy Review
"Soft power advocates ... have been distracted by cutesy projects such as 'gastrodiplomacy,' which may produce a few newspaper articles about the virtues of kimchi or mushy peas, but are unlikely to...
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Interview with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia James Collins
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2014/02/06_a_5886909.shtml [English "translation" available at link] Via AC on Facebook«Объяснить Россию»Что мешает диалогу России и США, объяснил бывший глава...
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A Front-Row Seat for the Death of the Russian 'Reset'
Wall Street Journal:A Front-Row Seat for the Death of the Russian 'Reset'U.S. Ambassador McFaul got a political education from Putin and Obama.Email Print Save↓ More Comments Facebook Twitter...
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If you think living in the USA is not that great ... check out Scandinavia.
Dark lands: the grim truth behind the 'Scandinavian miracle'Television in Denmark is rubbish, Finnish men like a drink – and Sweden is not exactly a model of democracy. Why, asks one expert, does...
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‘We are going to make Quebec a country, our country’: Premier Pauline Marois....
Via GG on Facebookhttp://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/06/we-are-going-to-make-quebec-a-country-our-country-premier-pauline-marois-promises-white-paper-on-future-of-quebec/‘We are going to make Quebec...
View ArticleMedicare
While, at just age 65+, am still going through puberty, I can't get over how complicated/confused the "Medicare" process is -- at least in my case.I don't know how many "baby boomers" there are, out...
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Reinventing the US: Notes for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
from: http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/Reinventing The USMichael LindMichael Lind explains how the U.S. has reinvented itself economically and politically a number of times as a result of...
View ArticleOptions for Ukraine (2005)
Options for Ukraine -- John Brown, Foreign Policy in Focus, September 30, 2005The Ukraine should seriously consider the option of working with all parties involved in its current crisis--including the...
View ArticleRussia overwhelms ...
“Russia overwhelms. Russia mystifies. Russia transcends. Through every stage of its story, it’s resisted any notion of limitation. Through ever re-invention, only redoubling its desire to case a...
View ArticleAmazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?
The New Yorker: Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?BY GEORGE PACKERFEBRUARY 17, 2014In the era of the Kindle, a book costs the same price as a sandwich. Dennis Johnson, an...
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February 8-10 Public Diplomacy Review
"America runs on clicks."--New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd; image from“It only took a year but @StateDept finally let me have my own @Twitter account.” --Secretary of State John KerryVIDEOPutin...
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Kennan Institute Alumni in Russia: An open letter re the decision to halt the...
From; via IK. JB Note: My own work for the admirable Kennan Institute includes: (a) Grant, Steven A. and Brown, John H. The Russian Empire and Soviet Union: A Guide to Manuscripts and Archival...
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February 11 Public Diplomacy Review
"American exceptionalism is basically gone."--New York Times columnist Peter BrooksREADING LISTDiplomacy's Public Dimension: Books, Articles, Websites #68 - Bruce Gregory: "Intended for teachers of...
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10 Unlikely Candidates to Replace Michael McFaul (Photo Essay) as U.S....
10 Unlikely Candidates to Replace Michael McFaul (Photo Essay) Moscow Times12 February 2014 | Issue 5308By Justin LifflanderVedomostiU.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul.While U.S. Ambassador to Russia...
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History? Just a movie ...
History lessons, with popcorn, for America's undergraduatesRecent movies have helped shape how today's students view the past.Comments0EmailShare8Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the movie "12...
View ArticleWhat Is America All About? - Notes for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
What Is America All About?By BOB GARFIELD, New York TimesCALL me obtuse, but I was surprised when President Obama, running for re-election two summers ago, declared that Costco is “representative of...
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Public/traditional diplomacy
"Public diplomacy is the hors d'oeuvres; traditional diplomacy is the entrée. Neither is complete without the other."--A subscriber to the Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review; image from[Note: on...
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