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How Russia Views Its 'Compatriots' in the Near Abroad
nationalinterest.orgThe Kremlin sees ethnic Russians as a powerful ally in the region.Vera Zakem, Paul J. SaundersMarch 17, 2016Approaching the second anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
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Addressing German Energy Security Through Public Diplomacy: The Need for...
Theebika Shanmugarasa, islandssociety.orguncaptioned image from articleOver the course of history, Germany’s relationship with the Baltic Sea region has oscillated between support and collaboration on...
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Rep. Ed Royce: U.S. interests are with Iran’s people, not the theocracy
ncr-iran.orgCongressman Ed Royce, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives, has said the Obama Administration essentially robbed the Iranian people of...
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First-Ever Doctoral Conference on Public Diplomacy
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgGovernments and non-state actors are increasingly embracing public diplomacy as an indispensable tool for enhancing their soft power and increasing their global influence. There...
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Underestimating the Islamic State
Philip Seib, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:The IS leaders are not stupid. They will deploy their assets in ways that will limit the damage that can be done by conventional...
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Quotable: Jeffrey Goldberg’s interviews with President Obama
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgFriday, March 11th 2016The recent article based on Jeffrey Goldberg’s conversations with President Obama will be quoted and footnoted now and for many years. Rachel Maddow...
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13 key questions for the presidential candidates about arts and culture
Alyssa Rosenberg March 17 at 2:00 PM, Washington PostImage from, with caption: Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" rapped a freestyle in the Rose Garden of the...
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This Normal Life: Rebranding Zionism
Brian Blum, jpost.comimage from Except:To someone harboring even the vaguest uninformed negative preconceptions, Zionism might very well be a grotesque variant of nationalism or racism or fascism,...
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PlayStation VR: Is Xbox One Forever Destined to be Number Two?
Saad Dada, bidnessetc.comuncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:Considering that the PS4 has now sold close to 40 million consoles and Xbox One estimated to be half of that, the PS VR should easily...
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Dispatches: Good News from Azerbaijan (For a Change)
Giorgi Gogia, hrw.orgImage from article, with caption: Human rights defender Rasul Jafarov at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly in Baku in June...
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Quotable: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian on Chinese media bias
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThursday, March 17th 2016Twitter“The one-two punch of censorship plus propaganda has discredited Western journalism in the eyes of many Chinese,” reported Bethany...
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On Counterterrorism and Communications: Interview with Richard Stengel
Gabrielle M. Williams, harvardpolitics.comRichard Stengel is the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, providing global strategic leadership of all Department of State...
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US Senators Call to Counter Russian, Chinese Propaganda
VOA News [includes video] March 17, 2016 5:33 PM; see also below, "US gears up to fight Russian ‘disinformation’ with… disinformation," RTPortman image fromU.S. Senators Rob Portman, an Ohio...
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Kiki Smith to launch second season of Contemporary Conversations
newswire.caimage of Smith work (not from article) fromOTTAWA, March 17, 2016 /CNW/ - The Embassy of the United States in Ottawa and the U.S. Department of State's Office of Art in Embassies, in...
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Why Does Putin Surprise Us Again and Again?
via JS and NIK on FacebookStephen Blank, atlanticcouncil.orgImage from article people walk past a graffiti depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin seen on a residential building in Simferopol,...
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Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream and Soft Power
Jan Servaes, blogs.nottingham.ac.ukuncaptioned image from entryThe former dean of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government,Joseph Nye, introduced the concept of soft power in 1990. In...
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The Obama Doctrine: The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions...
image from interviewNote: The term "public diplomacy" is not mentioned in this historically important interview, although some of its statements do have some public diplomacy implications (see). See...
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Jack Masey, a USIA legend, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016
sad news and below article via LJB; on USIA, seeMasey image via LJBtheGuardianWednesday 17 September 2008Emma Brockes meets Jack Masey, US Pioneer of cold war design"Wait till you see our talking...
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What Hath Public Diplomacy Linguisticallly Wrought? Updated
image fromThe term "public diplomacy," a verbal invention developed before the second half of the twentieth century, became quite prevalent from the mid-1960s onwards among certain USG "foreign policy"...
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Why China proposed NK peace treaty
Lee Seong-hyon, koreatimes.co.krimage fromExcerpt:China has always argued that ‘peace' is important," Yun Sun, a senior associate with the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., told The Korea Times. "By...
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