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Public Diplomacy

Ten Reasons Why We Don't Need an Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

John Brown | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Smith Mundt Act, Public Diplomacy, Hearts and Minds, State Department, Propaganda, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, World News
John Brown

The dozens of reports that have appeared since 9/11 on public diplomacy have come to a similar general conclusion: the State Department's public diplomacy has failed miserably.

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Why Did Obama Choose Al-Arabiya for His First Major Interview?

Shadi Hamid | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Project on Middle East Democracy, Public Diplomacy, Al-Arabiya, Hisham Melhem, Barack Obama, Media News
Shadi Hamid

Obama's remarks to al-Arabiya showed a willingness to engage, to listen, and to move toward a dialogue where Arabs are spoken to not as victims or villains, but as partners.

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"Abu" Obama's Muslim Stimulus Package

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Muslim World, Al Qaeda, Casablanca, Layalina Productions, Al Arabiya, Morocco, Middle East, President Obama, Bin Laden, Public Diplomacy, Obama Al Arabiya Interview, Obama Al Arabiya, Obama Al Qaeda, Stimulus Package, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The true test of Obama's presidency will not only be the innovative statecraft of its regional diplomacy, but also his ability to mobilize a comprehensive initiative to lift the Arab world out of its economic and social poverty.

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Al-Arabiya's Game Changing Interview with Barack Obama: A New Punctuation Point in US Foreign Policy

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Al Arabiya, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, US Foreign Policy, Olmert, King Abdullah, Palestine, Israel, Hamas, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Public Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama's interview has provided a new punctuation point in American foreign policy, and it is not "continuous" foreign policy at all. This is a new game and a very impressive new leader.

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Three Quick Steps to Jump-Start America's Public Diplomacy

Jamie Metzl | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, Diplomacy, Barack Obama, State Department, Foreign Policy, Indigenous Media, Radio Free Europe, Foreign Diplomacy, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Internet Communities, Foreign-Language Broadcast, James Glassman, Voice of America, Online Community, Politics News
Jamie Metzl

We must transform the American government's primary means of public communication from a one-way broadcast model to a two-way dialogue model.

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Must-Read About Alhurra TV

Nancy Snow | Posted 01.14.2009 | Media

Read More: International Broadcasting, Dumb Power, Middle East, Political Journalism, Soft Power, Public Interest, Public Diplomacy, State Department, Journalism, Foreign Policy, Propaganda, Media News
Nancy Snow

Technorati Profile Correction: The University of Missouri has received a grant to train Alhurra TV journalists. It may be for $50,000, but I'm wait...

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Alhurra TV: Uncle Sam's Boondoggle

Nancy Snow | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, Dumb Power, Propaganda, Alhurra, Government Propaganda, Soft Power, Public Diplomacy, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Foreign Policy, Broadcast TV, Bbg, Media News
Nancy Snow

I've been sifting through several studies of Alhurra Television that dropped like a "cascade of candor," to paraphrase David Frost's hoped for outcom...

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Twilight, Britney Spears and Grand Theft Auto: The Key to Obama's Foreign Policy?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Twilight, Britney Spears, Public Diplomacy, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Grand Theft Auto, Foreign Policy, Media Export, War on Terror, Obama Foreign Relations, Richard Holbrooke, Entertainment Export, President Obama, Obama Administration, Democratization, Foreign Consumption of Us Entertainment, Obama Foreign Relations Committee, International Media Outreach, Bush Administration, Bush Democratization, American Image, Bush Foreign Policy, Us World Image, Us Entertainment, President Elect Obama, World News
Hoyt Hilsman

Instead of showcasing the creativity, diversity and openness of American society, we have been arrogantly lecturing the rest of humanity about freedom and democracy.

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Restore the Voice

Murray Fromson | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Broadcasting, Radio Sawa, Voa, Alhurra, Cold War, Public Diplomacy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Voice of America, Willis Conover, Politics News
Murray Fromson

The international buzz caused by President-elect Obama earlier in the month offers him an opportunity to revive what had been a valuable American resource for so many years.

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Transformative Mobilization: From Obama's Campaign Techniques to Public Diplomacy

Monroe Price | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media

Read More: International Broadcasting, Obama, Public Diplomacy, Internet Mobilization, Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Internet, Media News
Monroe Price

What would it mean to harness, for global understanding, the Obama campaign's approach to "movement" thinking and its brilliant exploitation of the potential of the Internet?

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What Will the World Think of Us Now?

Nancy Snow | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Diplomacy, Public Opinion, President Obama, Soft Power, Globalization, Obama World Opinion, Politics News
Nancy Snow

Will Obama's victory signify a rise in international engagement with the world and a trust in government to competently handle foreign affairs?

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Changing International Broadcasting in the Obama Era?

Monroe Price | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media

Read More: International Broadcasting, Roger Silverstone, Obama, Public Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Jacques Derrida, Media News
Monroe Price

The point is to reconceptualize international broadcasting for a new time in which the problems facing the world shift and the administration at home shifts its foreign policy strategy as well.

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Improving US Image Abroad Top Priority for President-elect Obama

Nancy Snow | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: America's Image, Public Diplomacy, Gao, President Obama, Politics News
Nancy Snow

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO in guvspeak), today identified public diplomacy as one of 13 top priorities for President-elect Barack ...

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Hey World, What Do You Think of US Now?

Nancy Snow | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Transformational, Inspirational, Public Diplomacy, Rhetoric, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, 2008 Election, Politics News
Nancy Snow

We may be seeing the beginnings of presidential leadership that co-inspires mutual trust instead of conspiring to undermine public will.

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