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April 10
"these days known as public diplomacy"--Propaganda, according to Robert Dujarric, Director, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan; image from"Whereas the U.S. perspective may...
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April 11
"We recall the time at school when our treasured anthology of love poetry was seized by the class bully. We tried to snatch it back and failed. Dusting ourselves off, we shouted into the face of our...
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April 12
Academics are extremely privileged. They are paid to think and to express their ideas--it's incredible." Image from--Molly Bettie, writing in her blog, "Public Diplomacy and Student Exchanges: Possibly...
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April 13
"One cannot match the kind of money and effort in a closed society that Russia is putting into this, but we can certainly help our friends and partners debunk lies, get the straight story out. So we...
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April 14
"persuasion, intimidation, deceit, corruption, penetration, subversion, horse-trading, bluffing, psychological pressure, economic pressure, seduction, blackmail, theft, rape, battle, murder, and sudden...
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April 15-16
"Trying to get foreigners to like us is the default endeavor of the State Department’s public affairs officers, and, in my view, it’s largely a waste of time."--Former Under Secretary of State for...
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April 15-16 Public Diplomacy Review
"Trying to get foreigners to like us is the default endeavor of the State Department’s public affairs officers, and, in my view, it’s largely a waste of time."--Former Under Secretary of State for...
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April 17
--image fromBOOK REVIEWAmerican Statecraft [American Statecraft: The Story of the U.S. Foreign Service by J. Robert Moskin, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013] - John Brown, American Diplomacy:...
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April 18
"Psyplomacy model"--According to Dr Nicholas Beecroft, a new policy (which he influenced) launched by the British Council which shifted "their model of public diplomacy from a marketing model to a...
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April 19-20
"discreet does not equal covert."--Matt Herrick, AID spokesperson, regarding the need for his agency to maintain a "discreet profile" in the funding of "ZunZuneo, which was part of a broader effort...
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April 21-22
"This is an infinitely boring country, which, though it has not the slightest idea about this, is condemned to a sad and pitiful fate."--U.S. diplomat George Kennan on the United States (1953),...
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April 23-25
Abbreviated edition due to a computer crash"Ability to lift and/or move objects or packages of up to 25 lbs"--Requirement stated in job offer for media professionals with "Bachelor’s Degree in...
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April 26
"making public diplomacy statements is almost as old as the printing press."--Anonymous said..., bruisefalling.blogspot.com; image fromVIDEO(a) Escobar on RT: US fears opposing views are gaining...
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April 27
"Intra-species public diplomacy at its best ..."--A comment on Facebook regarding the below video (video provided by RB on Facebook); image fromVIDEOOrangutans and Sign Language- Amparo Severins,...
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April 28
“When trying to ‘capture’ a small piece of food onto a utensil, it is acceptable to use another utensil for aiding it aboard. Never use your fingers.”--From a selection of rules from the Buffalo Jills...
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April 29-30
“Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is a Spaniard, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.”--Attributed to Salvador Dali; image fromPUBLIC DIPLOMACYWhite House State Department Russia Today...
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April 29-30 Public Diplomacy Review - censored by hotmail computers?
As has occurred in the recent past on several occasions, the Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review (this time the April 29-30 edition) apparently did not reach its hotmail subscribers via FeedBurner....
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May 1-2
"I was a mid-level officer in the Public Diplomacy cone, and how dare I think or write about world events and policy?"--Noziglia; image from"They are making a hashtag of our foreign...
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John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog ReviewJohn Brown5/02/14 NewslettersTo: johnhbrown30@hotmail.comFrom: noreply+feedproxy@google.com on behalf of Public Diplomacy Press and Blog...
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May 3
"I know I'm becoming my father because I still don't understand what a 'hashtag' is."--Comment by a Facebook friend; image fromANNOUNCEMENTPublic Meeting in Washington, DC, May 8, 2014 - state.gov:...
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