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Sarah Sewall on “push” and “pull” factors in violent extremism
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgFriday, April 1st 2016usmissiongeneva“In the face of extremist violence, how can societies like ours – diverse, vibrant, and founded in freedom – overcome this threat?” This...
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Fareed Zakaria on the sequencing of radicalization
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgimage (not from entry) fromFriday, April 1st 2016“. . . today’s terrorists are not religious extremists who became radicals but rather radicals who became religious...
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Presidential rhetoric is damaging the U.S. abroad
Philip Breeden, tulsaworld.comBreeden image from articleTwo days after al-Qaida terrorist attacks in Cote d’Ivoire killed 19 people, I sat down with a group of Ivorian religious, government, and civil...
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“Progressive” and “Liberal” (Let Alone “Left!”) Are Not the Same: Why I’m a...
lowkell, bluevirginia.usimage fromExcerpt:So what are the differences between being a liberal and a progressive? In many ways, I feel like the 2004 piece by John Halpin of the Center for American...
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CPD Mini-Course in Public Diplomacy
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgDates: May 16-18, 2016 | USC D.C. Office (701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.)In an age of information abundance, merely sharing information is neither sufficient, nor is it effective, to...
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Found on the Web: Executive Master’s Degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs
diplocat.catimage from entryIn a globalized world, every institution, company or organization needs to engage in international relations to achieve its goals. Although Catalonia’s institutions have...
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Turkey’s president comes to Maryland to celebrate Turkish center’s opening
Hamil R. Harris, Washington PostImage fromThousands attend Turkish Cultural Center opening in Lanham Two decades of praying, planning and building came to fruition Saturday as thousands from across the...
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Techfugees: Crowdsourcing Digital Solutions
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryApr 2, 2016Techfugees is a platform that brings together the technology, investment, and startup worlds to crowdsource solutions for refugees in...
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BDS activists destroy signs for Israeli display in Paris
Shoshana Miskin, israelnationalnews.comimage from article, with caption: Louvre, ParisAnti-Israel activists destroy advertisements for ‘Open a Door to Israel’ exhibit, currently on display at the...
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Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Court...
image from[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)][Notices][Page 19285]From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov][FR Doc No:...
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Foreign Ministry launches hasbara video competition
The Times of IsraelImage from article, with caption: Tzipi Hotovely in the Knesset, July 7, 2014 In a bid to sway the world’s opinion on Israel, the Foreign Ministry on Monday launched an international...
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We are striving to remove misperceptions about Pakistan: envoy to Germany
dailytimes.com.pkimage fromExcerpt:His Excellency Ambassador Jauhar Saleem is a Pakistani career diplomat who is currently serving as Pakistan’s ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. ...AJS:...
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Official Map of Jerusalem's Old City Omits Key non-Jewish Sites
Nir Hasson, Haaretzimage from article, with caption: A tourist map of Jerusalem omitting key non-Jewish sites.Excerpt:The official map the Tourism Ministry distributes to those visiting Jerusalem’s Old...
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The new era's problematic diplomacy
Beril Dedeoğlu, Daily Sabahimage fromThe world is taking a turn for the worst with the current global diplomacy, which is full of leaders' insincere, inhumane and self-seeking ways of thinking at every...
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Triaging the Israel debate
Ariel Harkham, Jerusalem PostImage from article, with caption: Palestinian protesters wave Palestinian flags as Israelis carrying Israeli flags walk past in front of the Damascus Gate outside...
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Quotable: CRS Insight Report on European security and Islamist terrorism
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgA brief summary “Insight” report by Kristin Archick and Paul Belkin of the Congressional Research Service, “European Security and Islamist Terrorism,” issued on March 29,...
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NATO Public Diplomacy Forum
newsday georgiauncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:I hope the international community's efforts to de-escalate tension in the neighborhood will bring tangible results. This is essential for peace and...
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Public Diplomacy and Media
Misha Rahman, pakobserver.netimage fromOne of the most important and successful techniques of “public and cultural diplomacy” catching even more attention is the potential of the bollywood films in...
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VOA May Soon Become “Public Diplomacy” or “Propaganda” Tool
pomed.orgImage Credit: Voice of AmericaThe potential summer passage of H.R. 4490 which passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee in mid-May, means that a “decades-old debate in foreign policy circles...
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Activists ask UNESCO to protect Russian war memorials in Poland from destruction
image from articleRussia’s Public Chamber has asked UNESCO and OSCE to help prevent Poland from creating a register of Soviet WWII memorials and removing those not built on grave sites or...
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