I was wrong about Rex Tillerson
image (not from article) fromNow I see why the secretary of state speaking with the media is a problem.By Daniel W. Drezner March 22, Washington Post Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international...
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butterfliesandwheels.org; see also: (1) (2)Tillerson image fromApr 1st, 2017 | By Ophelia BensonCategory: Notes and Comment BlogTags: TrumpLordy lordy lordy.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes a...
View ArticleHow can Xi get along with Trump?
eastasiaforum.orgimage from2 April 2017Author: Zha Daojiong, Peking UniversityExcerpt:The timing for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week is just about...
View ArticleUniversity Deans Discuss The Future Of Public Diplomacy
Public Diplomacy Council; see also.Dean image (not from entry) fromDeans from four universities discuss "Trends in International Relations Curricula: Implications for Public Diplomacy." They will...
View ArticleIndian Govt’s Attempts to Attract More Africans
thequint.com [scroll down link for item]image fromIndian Govt’s Attempts to Attract More AfricansAt the national level, the Indian government is making special efforts to woo Africa and obtain the...
View ArticleWhy China, India and the Dalai Lama are pushing the boundaries
Debasish Roy Chowdhury, South China Morning PostImage from article, with caption: Tibetans living in exile in India attend a peace march held to observe Tibetan National Uprising day in the suburb of...
View ArticleEthiopia: GERD Public Diplomacy Bearing Fruits - Deputy Premier
Bilal Derso, allafrica.comimage (not from entry) fromThe ongoing public diplomacy efforts aimed to promote the positive outcomes of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are serving the intended...
View ArticleBritain's Charm Offensive
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgThis week's PD News headlines focused on British public diplomacy and diplomatic relations. With Brexit underway, the UK is rejuvenating its diplomatic and trade ties in the...
View ArticleGoogle Arts & Culture: Global Virtual Museum
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryGoogle's Arts & Culture app, powered by the Google Cultural Institute, was created to bring the art out of museums and into people’s homes, no...
View ArticleMarch Blog Roundup: The Top 5
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from entryEnd the month on a high note by reading the most popular blogs for March:5) Seeking Emotional Truth in Public Diplomacy - CPD Director Jay Wang on the passions and...
View ArticleKremlin critic urges US ties to Russia’s democracy movement
AFP,manilatimes.netVladimir Kara-Murza, Jr. image fromA fierce Russian opponent of President Vladimir Putin who was poisoned in his homeland told US lawmakers Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) it was...
View Article$850,000 Available in Cooperative Agreements for Increasing English Language...
Myra Tugade, targetednews.comimage (not from entry) fromWASHINGTON, March 31 -- "The U.S. Department of State's U.S. Mission to Pakistan announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative...
View ArticleTillerson ‘Empowers’ Dictators By Not Responding to Andrea Mitchell’s Hectoring
Kyle Drennen, newsbusters.org (March 3, 2017); see also (1) (2)According to former Obama State Department flack (and former Time magazine editor) Richard Stengel, when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
View ArticleMurrow's Cold War
Renee Earle, American Diplomacy (January 2017)Murrow's Cold War: Public Diplomacy for the Kennedy Administration (2016) by Gregory M. Tomlin. University of Nebraska Press: Potomac Books. ISBN...
View ArticleBBG media digital failure on St. Petersburg blast
bbgwatch.com [original article contains images of tweets and other items]Anastasia Kirilenko image from articleAfter posting late its breaking news on the St. Petersburg blast, Radio Free Europe /...
View ArticleAcademic Study - Public Diplomacy Council
publicdiplomacycouncil.org; see also (1) (2).image from entryWhat tomorrow's diplomats are learning todayAt First Monday Forum on April 3 the deans of international affairs schools at American...
View ArticleHaley Uses Twitter to Mix Public Diplomacy and ‘The Americans’ Quips
Kambiz Foroohar, bloomberg.com, April 3, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT [original article contains links and images of tweets]Haley image from article--‘It’s a great day to binge watch ‘The Americans,’ she...
View ArticleIn the footsteps of Czechoslovak public diplomacy in the 40s
mzv.czimage from article20.03.2017 / 20:20On 15 March 2017 Ambassador Libor Sečka with his wife Sabrina went to Somerset, to pay a visit to Mrs. Anna Allott, a 86-year-old British lady with a very...
View ArticleZAKA to train Guatemalan first responders
Viva Sarah Press, israel21c.orgImage from article, with caption: ZAKA International Rescue Unit Chief Officer Mati Goldstein (first row, wearing baseball cap) with representatives from Guatemala City...
View ArticleLet's Keep Israel Lobbying out of Jewish Youth Groups
Mira Sucharov, Canadian Jewish Newsimage from articleIf you belong to a Conservative synagogue and want your teen to participate in USY (the Conservative Jewish youth group), to practise their Torah...
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