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Chinese Public Perceptions of the U.S.
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryMar 10, 2016Jian (Jay) Wang, Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, has recently authored a chapter on Chinese perceptions of the U.S. as part...
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American Public Diplomacy at Its Best? I'd say yes ...
15 Instantly Iconic Photos From The White House State Dinner For Justin TrudeauA lot of happy, attractive people had dinner together.Ishmael N. Daro, BuzzFeed Staff, Canada1. Justin Trudeau attended a...
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NCC work closing ByWard Market courtyard businesses longer than expected
By Andrew Foote, CBC Newsimage from articleNCC [National Capital Commission] says process was more complex than it originally thoughtExcerpt:Work on a new building to replace the now-demolished...
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Better Messaging can help Israel's Public Diplomacy?
haifadiarist.blogspot.comHaifa image fromIn an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/How-Israel-will-win-the-public-diplomacy-war-446871 Dov Lipman a former Member of the Israeli...
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Islanders of Lake Victoria Should Embrace Identity
James Carroll, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:Effective management of Lake Victoria is paramount for sustainability of the area’s natural resources in the years ahead. The...
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Zionism and Tikkun Olam as complementary identities
Dyonna Ginsburg, jpost.comImage from article, with caption: Illustration by Darius Gilmont, from the German-language ‘Torah for Children,’ published by Ariella Books, Berlin. “I feel like I’m forced to...
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Why China Is So Interested in Gender Equality
Zhibo Qiu, thediplomat.comImage from article, with caption: Attendees at the China-hosted UN Global Leaders' Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment.Excerpt:China has a 20-year history of...
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Confusing Public Diplomacy and Soft Power
Barry Buzan, blogs.nottingham.ac.ukuncaptioned image from articleThere is little doubt that in relation to its size, wealth, and culture, China underperforms in the area of soft power, is conscious of...
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‘Death to the infidels!’ Why it’s time to fix Hollywood’s problem with Muslims
Steve Rose. theguardian.com The US government wants the movie business to help counter Isis propaganda. But from shady sheikhs to detonator-happy terrorists, Hollywood’s pervasive Islamophobia is...
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Meet the Author: Jan Melissen
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from entryMar 12, 2016Jan Melissen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ in The Hague and Professor of Diplomacy...
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Found on the Web: James Sherr, Author, Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion,...
image fromVideo atA review of the book in American Diplomacy:Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion: Russia's Influence AbroadReview by John H. Brown, Ph.D.Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion: Russia's...
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Community leaders raise pressing policy issues during DC mission
By LISA SHUGER HUBLITZ, juf.orgImage from article:, with caption Federation an agency leaders in D.C. on the annual advocacy mission.Excerpt: The mission concluded with a visit to the Israeli Embassy,...
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American Public Diplomacy at its Best? I'd say so (II)
American Center Moscow (via Facebook)Join a group of 15 American students from Rutgers University for a fun event called “Speed Dating with American Culture.” You will be able to sit at stations with...
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Soft power by accident? Food for thought from a Chinese dating show
Wanning Sun, hongkongfp.comIf You Are the One (ITATO hereafter, or Feicheng Wurao in Chinese) is a hugely popular dating show from Jiangsu Satellite TV, a provincial Chinese television station based in...
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Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard...
scoopnest.comRick Stengel@stengel1 week Great talk with @David_Gergen @HarvardCPL on 21st century public #diplomacy challenges.
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An Orthodox Spiritual/Cultural Center being completed in Paris: Interview...
russkoepole.deВ Париже близится к завершению строительство российского православного духовно-культурного центра на набережной Бранли в нескольких сотнях метров от Эйфелевой башни. Строительство ведется...
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Creating Frankenstein: The Saudi export of Wahhabism
image from articleLecture by James M. Dorsey* at the Institute of South Asian Studies, 2 March 2016There has long been debate about the longevity of the Saudi ruling family. My initial conclusion when...
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Paul targets funds used to bolster US, UK ties
Jordain Carney, thehill.com/blogsFrancis RiveraSen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is taking aim at tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funding used by the State Department to bolster the country's...
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The public is better at overseeing advocacy comms than state government
Guy Golan, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, prweek.comImage from article: The New York State capitol building, Albany, NY. (CC BY 2.0)Excerpt: The controversy over New York State’s...
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Obama Signs Executive Order to Develop Counter-Terrorism Center
Menachem Rephun, jpupdates.comimage (not from article) fromPresident Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order to develop a center supporting counter-terrorism, as part of an effort to combat...
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