Solidarity among the Freedom Fighters ...
Judy Bachrach, "Moscow on the Potomac," World Affairs Journal, via KAEBecause I thought it more than worthwhile to meet Masha Gessen, I accepted with gratitude Victor Ashe’s invitation to join him at a...
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April 24 Public Diplomacy Review
“I’m sorry, but the guest of honor has requested that you not be admitted to the dinner.”--A publicity person, at a dinner honoring relatively new director of Radio Liberty’s Russian service Masha...
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Noteworthy exhibit on Propaganda, Race and World War I
'Black Bodies in Propaganda' New Exhibition at the Penn Museum - A unique collection of posters, collected and curated by Penn professor and PBS History Detectives host Tukufu Zuberi, forms the basis...
View ArticlePertains to Public Diplomacy: Америка как русская национальная идея
Америка как русская национальная идея: Кому надо, чтобы Россия была бедной [Google translation on site] - Александр Генис, novayagazeta.ru (via ML on Facebook)Когда в середине 90-х Жириновский впервые...
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April 25-27 Public Diplomacy Review
"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."-- George W. Bush; image from, with caption: George W. Bush...
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Cui Bono? Vladimir Vladimirovich? - Re Boston Bombing
ITEM 2a: Ken Jensen: Cui Bono? Vladimir Vladimirovich? Unpublished, April 20-21 (via ACFR NewsGroup No. 2143, April 27, 2013)Cui Bono? Vladimir Vladimirovich?When it comes to terrorist events like the...
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April 28 Public Diplomacy Review
“I get it -- these days I look in the mirror and I have to admit, I’m not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be."--President Barack Obama, joking at the White House Correspondents' Assn....
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Outline & Notes for an Oral Presentation, "Should a Hot Potato Be Funded?...
Outline & Notes for an Oral Presentation "Should a Hot Potato Be Funded? Governments and Cultural Diplomacy." (John Brown)1. There is not a universally accepted definition of the term "cultural...
View ArticlePerceptive (and funny) about black-white relations in the USA ...
Things You Had To Deal With As The Only Black Kid In Your Class: “You know, I don't even see you as black.” posted on May 2, 2013 at 12:50pm EDT - Heben Nigatu, BuzzFeed Staffvia KY on FacebookSee also.
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Why "cultural diplomacy" can be a "hot potato" gov bureaucrats can't approve...
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View ArticlePublic Diplomacy and People 2 People Poetry
"Brazilian hackers defaced 18 Indian websites recently. In a tit-for-tat action, Indian hackers defaced 37 Brazilian websites (double of 18 plus 1). Indians also left a provocative message -'Bitchz!...
View ArticleCultural Diplomacy as a Hot Potato ...
Olympic censors and sensibility in QatarBY PETER ASPDEN, MAY 02 2013, 05:49CULTURE wars do not come more richly laden in comedy than this. Since the end of March, an exhibition in the Qatari capital...
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April 29-May 6 Public Diplomacy Review
"The best propaganda is not propaganda."--Professor Joseph S. Nye; image fromVIDEOI Don’t Get Social Media, Thai Edition - Peter Van Buren, We Meant Well: "So it was recently new year in Thailand,...
View ArticleMore on black-white relations in the USA
The Hero Who Rescued Three Kidnapped Women in Cleveland Is Hilarious [Video] - "Charles Ramsey, a black man who helped rescue three missing Cleveland women from the house where they'd been held captive...
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May 7 Public Diplomacy Review
"[A]s a student of public diplomacy, I often wonder if PD is worth it at all."--Indian PD blogger Madhurjya Kotoky; image fromTRY FASHION DIPLOMACY INSTEAD"I’m Lisa Liberatore. This blog [Fashion...
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And now we have ... Fashion Diplomacy! (an offshoot of public diplomacy?)
"I’m Lisa Liberatore. This blog [Fashion Diplomacy] began in connection with the completion of my masters degree in Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California in Spring 2013. It is an...
View ArticleIsrael Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs has officially...
Israel Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs has officially closed its gates - Noga Gur-Arieh, JewishJournal.com This week, the Israel Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs...
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May 8 Public Diplomacy Review
"'Public Diplomacy' is propaganda."--OldUncleTom, commenting on the article, "State Department public diplomacy post still unfilled," Washington Post "'Public Diplomacy', a PR version of 'foreign...
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May 9 Public Diplomacy Review
"[I]t costs State [Department] between $105,000 to $480,000 for each employee it trains in a foreign language, the IG [Inspector General] said."--John Solomon,washingtonguardian.com; image...
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May 10 Public Diplomacy Review
"We have means to induce, cajole and convince without coercion and these are called diplomacy, public diplomacy, communications and (sometimes) propaganda."--James Thomas Snyder, "An Intellectual...
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