Майкл МАКФОЛ: «Меня сводят с ума ваши новости!»
Майкл МАКФОЛ: «Меня сводят с ума ваши новости!» English translation atВ интервью перед отъездом из России американский посол рассказал «Новой газете» о цифровой дипломатии и не рассказал о том, что за...
View ArticleWill Yanukovich meet Snowden in Moscow? Just askin' ...
Some experts believe that Yanukovich is already in Moscow.
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A nasty review of Professor McFaul's Russia’s Unfinished Revolution:
The author of the below review is John Dolan who, according to Wikipedia, "was born in Denver, Colorado in 1955. Dolan taught and studied at UC Berkeley, where he completed a PhD thesis on the literary...
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What Would Kennan Say to Obama?
The Opinion Pages|OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR New york timesWhat Would Kennan Say to Obama?By FRANK COSTIGLIOLAFEB. 27, 2014PhotoLaunch media viewerCreditJasper RietmanContinue reading the main storyContinue...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon: China
Research institute founded at Renmin University2014-02-27 10:08chinadaily.com.cnWeb Editor: Wang FanRenmin University of China founded its research institute on public diplomacy in Beijing on...
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Ukraine's East-West Divide: It's Not That Simple
UkraineUkraine's East-West Divide: It's Not That Simple - RFE/RL. via YOS on FacebookPrintShare:A closer look within oblasts like Kharkiv shows that maps of the Russian-Ukrainian rift may oversimplify...
View ArticleLocke and McFaul -- Two birds of the same feather?
I suppose that it is not a complete coincidence that Gary Locke and Michael McFaul -- both Obama administration political appointees to two major powers quite often antagonistic to the U.S. -- should...
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February 27-28 Public Diplomacy Review
"The blog is mightier than the sword."--Headline for article by journalist Amit Lewinthal, israelhayom.com (2012), perhaps relevant eons ago (by social-media standards); image fromPDCAST[LISTEN] On...
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A tale of two Aksyonovs
Vasily Aksyonov, acclaimed deceased Russian writer, wrote (among many works) The Island of Crimea, which "could not be published in the USSR" and is "a fantasy about a state which has remained free and...
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Dimitri Simes on Crimea
DIMITRI SIMES on NPR: "Ukraine, of course, was a part of Russia for more than 300 years. ... Crimea was a part of Ukraine only since 1954. And it was given to Ukraine by Khrushchev, believe it or not,...
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Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake. ...
Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.Sam: I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By."Sam: Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on...
View ArticlePart with Partition? Perhaps of pertinence to the current Ukrainian situation
JB note: Partition's history may be troubled (see below; or consider the partitions of Poland), but arguably it has been a tool of U.S. foreign policy since our Declaration of Independence, when we...
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March 1 Public Diplomacy Review
"[M]eat is the culinary equivalent of gasoline."--Maureen Ogle, in her new book “In Meat We Trust,” a history of what she calls “Carnivore America"; image from, with caption: Lady Gaga's Meat Dress,...
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America -- A New Rome?
"Are we Rome? In important ways we just might be. In important ways we're clearly making some of the same mistakes. But the antidote is everywhere. The antidote is being American." [Cullen Murphy, Are...
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Is new Public Diplomacy Czar Rick Stengel off to a good start?
"Very long title"--Newly appointed Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel, regarding his position at the State Department, speaking on the msnbc.com show "Morning...
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Can social anthropologists write in human prose or, is a good meal possible...
Most F(l)avored Nation Status: The Gastrodiplomacy of Japan’s Global Promotion of Cuisine - Theodore C. Bestor, publicdiplomacymagazine.com: "Japan’s UNESCO washoku campaign incorporates both external...
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Does the partition of Ukraine make economic sense? (with a personal note)
IIn recent days yours truly has been suggesting that partition should be an option for that tormented corner of Europe, The Artist (Country?) Formerly Known as Ukraine, where I had the privilege to...
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At last, eternal fame
On my way to the Giant supermarket this snowy AM in Washington, D.C., in search for items on sale, I was briefly reminded of my glory days as a "pubic diplomacy" U.S. Foreign Service officer in major...
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Statue of Freedom -- Note for a lecture, "E Pluribum Unum? What Keeps the...
DOWNLOADThomas CrawfordArtistBronze1863Atop the Capitol DomeRelated ContentPhilip Reid and the Statue of FreedomView »Overview The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of...
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