U.S. Cold War Policy Was Designed by a Bigot: George Kennan's diaries reveal...
The New RepublicU.S. Cold War Policy Was Designed by a Bigot: George Kennan's diaries reveal just how much he hated AmericaBY DAVID GREENBERG The Kennan Diaries by George F. Kennan, edited by Frank...
View ArticleCan anthropologists write in English? The below suggests that they can't.
MINERVA'S MONKEYA playfully mischievous ode to Anthropology.Sunday, April 20, 2014An Opinion & Related Literature Piece Covering a Political Anthropological Reading of Prof. Chester B. Cabalza’s IS...
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April 19-20 Public Diplomacy Review
"discreet does not equal covert."--Matt Herrick, AID spokesperson, regarding the need for his agency to maintain a "discreet profile" in the funding of "ZunZuneo, which was part of a broader effort...
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Ambassador Robert Gosende, a public diplomacy practitioner, speaks on public...
FromNewsFeaturesOpinionsHumorArtsSportsMultimediaTip Us OffAdvertiseAbout UsConference discusses military reformBy SHELIA HU on April 16, 2014 in NEWS - No commentsOn Saturday, April 12, the College...
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Alexander Pushkin, "To the slanderers of Russia" (1831)
For non-Russophiles: Pushkin, of partial Ethiopian ancestry (pace Nabokov), is considered the father of Russian poetry.FromWhat do you raise an outcry over, national bards?Why do you threaten Russia...
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April 21-22 Public Diplomacy Review
"This is an infinitely boring country, which, though it has not the slightest idea about this, is condemned to a sad and pitiful fate."--U.S. diplomat George Kennan on the United States (1953); image...
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"E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United": Important article...
From The New York TimesThe American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s RichestAPRIL 22, 2014Slide ShowGo to previous slideGo to next slideGo to slide 1 of 9 Go to slide 2 of 9 Go to slide 3 of 9...
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A note on Facebook about getting a job in Public Diplomacy (if you have a...
Hey, PD high-er education gals/guys! Time to go to the Gym if you want a real job!John Brown2 secs ·"Ability to lift and/or move objects or packages of up to 25 lbs"--Requirement stated in Job offer...
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Worth a Look: 6 Things I Saw In Eastern Ukraine
from6 Things I Saw In Eastern Ukraineby ARI SHAPIROApril 20, 2014 8:05 PM ETUnfazed by the political turmoil a few blocks away, street musicians in Donetsk play Adele songs on Pushkin Boulevard.Ari...
View ArticleNote for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United"
Индейцы США вдохновились примером Крыма и взяли курс на независимостьПодробнее на НТВ.Ru:...
View ArticleWindow on Eurasia: Putin Stages a Putsch against His Earlier Self, Belkovsky...
Window on Eurasia: Putin Stages a Putsch against His Earlier Self, Belkovsky SaysPaul GobleStaunton, April 23 – The best way to understand the events of the last several months, Stanislav Belkovsky...
View ArticleSnowden and Bureaucracy
SNOWDEN AND BUREAUCRACYby Peter J. Leithart, firstthings.comIn a TLS review of Luke Harding’s The Snowden Files, Edward Luttwak traces things back to dynamics within the post-9/11 intelligence...
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Annex Detroit!
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has it not quite right in taking over Crimea (or other pre-21st century- defined areas in the space now occupied by the artist formerly known as the Soviet Union), without...
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A serious young man with a fancy watch ...
Путин назвал киевские власти «хунтой» и «кликой». Через час Шойгу объявил о начале военных учений России. Via Facebook
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Он потерял связь с реальностью ...
Via JG on Facebook— Я слушаю, Ангела.— Добрый день, Барак! Это закрытая линия? Нас никто не слушает?— Нет, никто. Только ты и я (смеется)— И еще какие-нибудь русские и китайцы (смеется)— Надеюсь что...
View ArticleOffice of the Federal Register: Availability of Public Diplomacy Program...
From: Office of the Federal Register [U.S]: PART 173—AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM MATERIAL IN THE UNITED STATESBack to TopSec.173.1 Purpose and scope.173.2 Definitions.173.3 Availability of...
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Capisce?
FromJB: As much as I admire tenure-seeking academic seekers of knowledge, I cannot make heads or tails of the below piece -- perhaps because I, no theoretician, actually practiced, with infinite thanks...
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