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U.S. Department of State Hosts Sixth Annual EducationUSA Forum on...
state.govvia HA on FacebookMedia NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJune 23, 2015Share on facebookShare on twitterThe U.S. Department of State will host the sixth annual EducationUSA Forum,...
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Russia Only Has Itself to Blame for Lost Influence in Post-Soviet Sphere
[JB note: Evidently, according to Google, an earlier version of this article stated: "Among Rossotrudnichestvo's stated aims are the development of public diplomacy and of regional and subregional...
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Culture Posts: What about the Public Diplomacy Context
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgR.S. ZaharnaJun 1, 2015Last week the International Communication Association held its annual convention in Puerto Rico, with some 2,500 scholars from around the world attending....
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July 1, 2015 Community Happenings
sitkasentinel.comUAS Seeks Sitka Host for German Exchange StudentSitka image fromThe UAS Sitka Campus is seeking a host family for a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange student for the 2015-16 academic...
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Ban Ki-moon’s Travels: Escape Hatch or Act of Diplomacy?
passblue.comby Helmut Volger • July 1, 2015 image from article, with caption: Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, visited Nurek, the largest dam and a hydroelectric plant in Tajikistan,...
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The Government evaluated the results of the Latvian Presidency in EU
baltic-course.comuncaptioned image from articleExtract from article:Upon the conclusion of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on Tuesday, 30 June 2015, the Cabinet of...
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The National Commission on the War on Terrorism Is Hereby Called to Order
Micah Zenko, foreignpolicy.comIt’s time to get serious about evaluating America’s counterterrorism strategy.image fromExtract from article:As Obama acknowledged in March, “We can’t keep on thinking...
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Gov’t Weakness, an Alternative Gaza Report and Viral Public Diplomacy
voiceofisrael.comImage from article, with caption: General view of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament building, in Jerusalem.16 May, 2007. Extract from article:Filling in for VOI's Yishai Fleisher,...
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ISIS Is Winning The Internet Game
July 2, 2015 at 10:00 AMonpoint.wbur.orgWith guest host Jane Clayson.A big, provocative look at the sophisticated online efforts of ISIS to recruit and lure Westerners to their cause.This file image...
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The Atrocity Propaganda Ben Franklin Circulated to Sway Public Opinion in...
slate.comBy Rebecca Onion [JB note: Benjamin Franklin is widely acknowledged as one of the first U.S. practitioners of what later became known as "public diplomacy."]The Vault is Slate's history blog....
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To counter violent extremism, focus on the young
July 02, 2015, 06:30 amthehill.comBy Tara Sonenshine, contributorIn the run-up to July Fourth, there is increasing "chatter" about the potential for a terrorist attack somewhere in the world this...
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Australia's 'aid for trade' strategy a springboard for aid impact
devex.comBy Lean Alfred Santos 02 July 2015image fromExtract from article:Continuing to push its controversial aid for trade strategy, the Australian government hopes to boost its influence within the...
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The US’s LGBT Digital Diplomacy Blitz
digdipblog.comJULY 1, 2015 / ILAN MANORThe US and LGBT rightsOn the 26th of June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that the country’s constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage thereby...
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U.S. Cultural Attache in Moscow writes that culture brings the United States...
rg.ru [U.S. Cultural Attache in Moscow writes that culture brings the United States and Russia together].Культура сближает народы США и РоссииТекст: Мэри Эллен Кёниг (атташе по вопросам культуры...
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The Katyń Lie and U.S. International Broadcasting
bbgwatch.com[JB Note: Re VOA and its non-coverage of the Holocaust during WWII, see.]Why did the Voice of America (VOA) participate in the Katyń Massacre Lie and Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty did...
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EU Public Diplomacy Towards Egypt, Arab Spring
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage fromJul 2, 2015Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei, Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University in Egypt, has recently published a new article. The piece,...
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Special items for fans of George Creel, America's first "public diplomacy"...
From: WAR AND THE SOCIAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES (1935) by S. Herman (scroll down link for item). [JB note: My article, "Janus-Faced Public Diplomacy: Creel and Lippmann during the Great War" will appear...
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Public diplomacy meeting in Rzeszow
mfa.gov.plimage of Rzeszow main square from“Rzeszow and the Podkarpackie region are symbols of our accomplishments in the last 25 years, of our success,” Minister Grzegorz Schetyna [see] said, opening...
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Pitmaster supreme takes a tour around the world
houstonchronicle.comBy J.C. Reid July 3, 2015Louie Mueller takes his barbecue knowledge to world localesimage from entry, with caption: The beef ribs at Louie Mueller Barbecue in TaylorThe line to get...
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This week in PD
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgThe People-To-People TouchJul 3, 2015This week in PD News, we saw the role that private citizens can play in public diplomacy featured prominently in the news. Mexican-American...
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