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BBG Governor Confirms Inadequacy of U.S. BBG Media in Countering Putin...
Ted Lipien, BBG WatchRepublican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Russia expert Dr. Leon Aron, has confirmed the inadequacy of U.S. BBG media outreach in countering...
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Rationalizing Rhetoric, Ridicule Aimed at Public Servants
BloombergStengel image from9:32 AM EDTJune 17, 2016Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel discusses public perception of politicians, rhetoric aimed at public...
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Cuban TV programming to be broadcast in U.S.
Alan Gomez, USA TODAY; via LJB by email(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)La revolución will be televised.Cuban programming is coming to U.S. airwaves thanks to DISH, the Colorado-based provider with 13.9...
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U.S. Consulate Vladivostok added 6 new photos — with Nick Cappuccilli.
U.S. Consulate Vladivostok added 6 new photos — with Nick Cappuccilli.; via FacebookJune 16 at 8:33pm · Бейсбольное шоу Ника Каппуччилли в с. Хороль Приморского края собрало свыше 300 ребят. Это был...
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Quotable: Steve Tatham on using social science in response to Russian propaganda
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgFriday, June 17th 2016image from“Whatever might be said about Russian foreign and military policy in Ukraine and the former soviet states, they cannot be accused of not taking...
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Senior Chinese diplomat and critic of mainland media Wu Jianmin, 77, dies in...
scmp.comWu Jianmin image from articleExcerpt:Influential senior Chinese diplomat Wu Jianmin was killed in a traffic accident in Hubei province on Saturday, state media reported.Wu, 77, a former Chinese...
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China vs. Philippines in South China Sea: The Only Thing You Need to Know
J. Michael Cole, nationalinterest.orguncaptioned image from articleManila can sue Beijing all it wants, but in the end it seems Chinese leaders already know how they will respond. . .Excerpt:In just a...
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The Culture of Culinary Diplomacy
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgJun 17, 2016Headlines this week in PD News had a decidedly foodie focus, serving up stories on food festivals, food aid, and religious feasts. A Ghanaian chef is collecting...
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I Say Poder Suave, You Say Soft Power
Arturo Sarukhan, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleJun 16, 2016For most Latin American and Caribbean governments, traditional foreign policy concepts still trump soft power as the...
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Gay rights may be the best weapon in the fight against Islamic State
Jacqueline Maley, The Sydney Morning Heralduncaptioned image from below cited reportExcerpt: In the wake of the Pulse nightclub tragedy, the Washington Institute published an analysis entitled The...
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Poroshenko: We appreciate efforts of Pope Francis aimed at establishment of...
ukrinform.netImage from, with caption: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko holds a briefing with Cardinal Secretary of Vatican Pietro Parolin.Following the meeting with Cardinal Secretary of State of...
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Quotable: Amiri and Stancati on the Taliban’s use of new media
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgImage (not from entry) fromFriday, June 17th 2016“. . . the Taliban are active on a variety of media platforms. They recently began releasing audio files with songs and news...
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Quotable: James Stavridis on Public Diplomacy at the Fletcher School
publicdiplomacycouncil.org; see also.Friday, June 17th 2016Image (not from entry) http://sites.tufts.edu/fletcherdean/, with caption: Dean Stavridis with his basset hound, Lilly.In a recent letter to...
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It's Far Too Early - and Too Easy - to Write Off the Threat of BDS
Mose Apelblat, haaretz.com (original article contains links)Image from article: A BDS demonstration in Melbourne, Australia, 2010.n the worldThe konseptziya ["'konseptziya': the assumption that, after...
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Nation Brander: Italian Nation Branding Professional Association launched
publicdiplomacy.itimage from entryExcerpt:A new Professional Body for the emerging profession of the Nation Brander has been officially launched in Italy.The new association will be called “Nation...
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China’s GBD Public Diplomatic & Cultural Exchange Center Gifts Castro...
By Hong Soon-do, Beijing correspondent, AsiaToday, huffingtonpost.comBy Hong Soon-do, Beijing correspondent, AsiaToday - China and Cuba are friendly since both of them are socialist countries. They...
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6 Jordanians to attend Global Entrepreneurship Summit in USA
en.ammonnews.netimage fromSix Jordanians have been selected to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which will take place on June 22-24, in Palo Alto, California, the U.S. Embassy in Jordan...
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A new look at public diplomacy 40 years ago
publicdiplomacycouncil.org; see also.Sunday, June 19th 2016Carter image fromSunday, June 19th 2016The Office of the Historian at the State Department released on June 8 a new volume focusing on public...
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New Book - Reasserting America in the 1970s: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the...
universiteitleiden.nl; see also.Reasserting America in the 1970s brings together two areas of burgeoning scholarly interest.AuthorGiles Scott-SmithDate01 January 2016On the one hand, scholars are...
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Bangladesh briefs diplomats on Rohingya census
bdnews24.comuncaptioned image from articleDiplomats from European, American and Southeast Asian countries were present at the briefing.The government recently concluded the first-ever census of the...
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