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The State of Russian Digital Diplomacy
digdipblog.com, September 6, 2015Recent moths [sic - JB] have seen an abundance of articles dealing with Russia’s use of trolls in order to shape online public discourse regarding its foreign policy....
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U.S. Ambassador to Togo: Who Is David Gilmour?
allgov.comGilmour image from articleExcerpt:President Barack Obama on May 6, 2015, announced his intention to nominate David R. Gilmour, a career Foreign Service officer, to be the next Ambassador to...
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Front Line Public Diplomacy: How US Embassies Communicate with Foreign Publics
ebookzeek.comFront Line Public Diplomacy: How US Embassies Communicate with Foreign Publics by William A. RughEnglish | 2014 | ISBN: 1137444142 | 292 pages | PDF | 4 MBThis book presents the first-ever...
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Likud aims to build ties with conservative parties abroad
jpost.comimage fromIn a new initiative by Likud, ... investments are now being made in the young leadership of conservative parties throughout Europe, their counterparts with whom they share...
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Preparing for a "Public Diplomacy Career" in the State Department -- Facebook...
John Brown ... As a former PD "practitioner" (for my sins) I find all the theorizing/institutionalizing of "public diplomacy" (which, in real-life terms, is really about having a pleasant lunch with...
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Promoting brand Ukraine: PR experts discuss future strategy at Kyiv conference
uatoday.tvimage fromThe World Communications Forum Davos brought together top state, business and civil society leader[s]Politicians, senior managers and PR experts listened to dozens of leading...
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How Technology Has Revolutionized Diplomacy
Ido Aharoni, time.comAdoni image from articleAmbassador Ido Aharoni is the Consul General of Israel in New YorkGone are the days of off-the-record dinner parties. Here to stay are constant conversation...
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Likud Looks to Partner with Conservative Parties in Europe
Ryan Haas, jpupdates.comExcerpt:Photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem / The Jerusalem PostIsrael’s Likud ruling party is set to make initiatives toward partnering with the young leadership of Conservative...
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Ethiopia: Social Media - an Unlikely Stage for Ethiopian Social Discourse
allafrica.comimage fromExcerpt:In the political sphere, aside from the much talked about historical visit by the US President, several other major issues were subjects of lively online conversations....
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New Poll Shows Why Palestinians Have No Interest in Peace
Evelyn Gordon, commentarymagazine.comimage fromExcerpt:Palestinians have rejected repeated Israeli offers of a state on most of the West Bank and Gaza: Not only isn’t this their ultimate goal, but they...
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Op-Ed: Taking on the Boycotts
Nothing short of a mission to destroy BDS [see] is acceptable. Concerted, threatening, rigorous and resolute actions brought down Jim Crow and freed Soviet Jews. Get out there!Harold Goldmeier,...
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CPD Bids Farewell to Andrew Kohut
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgSep 8, 2015Andrew Kohut, the founding director of the Pew Research Center, died earlier today. He was a good friend to the public diplomacy team at USC especially during our...
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Inside the public diplomacy profession at the State Department: our...
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgimage fromWednesday, September 9th 2015The Council invited Foreign Service Officers who are specializing in public diplomacy to a round-table discussion about how public...
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New book: Understanding Public Diplomacy in East Asia
clingendael.nlSource: Mike Behnken / Hong Kong sunset / CC / FlickrSet against the backdrop of current tensions between China, Japan South-Korea and other countries, Understanding Public Diplomacy in...
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New Book on Chinese Public Diplomacy
onlybooks.orgChinese Public Diplomacy: The Rise Of The Confucius InstituteAuthor(s): Falk HartigGenre: HistoryLanguage: EnglishYear: 2015E-book Format: PDFFile Size: 2.1 MBRead OnlineHighspeed...
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The Vietnam Pavilion at Expo 2015: Implications for Public Diplomacy
via GR on Facebookuscpublicdiplomacy.orgSep 11, 2015The Milan Expo 2015 should be one of the hot spots in the study of public diplomacy this year. During my time there, I was interested in observing...
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Panel to Discuss U.S. Public Diplomacy in Spain
pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org(Palgrave Macmillan)5 September 2015. The role of public diplomacy in Spain during the Cold War and its contributions to building democracy is the topic of a new book and...
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Korea earmarks more for U.S. lobbying in 2016
KIM BONG-MOON, YOO JEE-HYE, koreajoongangdaily.joins.comImage from article, "Festival-goers tuck into live octopus… despite risk of choking on wriggling legs"Read more:...
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Soft Power Seduction Strategies
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgSep 11, 2015This week’s public diplomacy news headlines showcased the role of soft power in seducing global publics. In Israel, a new initiative by Likud, the country’s...
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Quotable: Richard LeBaron and Jordan Lesser-Roy on the Kennedy-Lugar YES Program
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgFriday, September 11th 2015“[A] very effective State Department program is influencing long-term positive change in the Middle East and wider Muslim world,” write Richard...
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