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Prof. Teitelbaum: Improving relations with Saudi Arabia, which controls...
ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, www.jpost.comimage fromExcerpt:Israel should keep its relations with Saudi Arabia as quiet as possible as it continues to explore other ways to improve relations, Prof. Joshua...
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Challenging times for the BBC World Service
theguardian.comImage from article, with caption: Gary Rawnsley fears that the BBC is giving ammunition to critics of the World Service, while others are worried about changes to the licence...
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Can the GCC test Iran’s government?
Manuel Almeida, english.alarabiya.netimage fromExcerpt:In May, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed publicly his willingness to visit Saudi Arabia. This followed an invitation in 2014...
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From a 9/12/2015 email by recent Public Council President Don Bishop
Bishop image fromHere are more "quotables" I posted on the Public Diplomacy Council website during the summer. DonThe aim of the Kremlin’s messaging, as one expert put it, is “not to persuade (as in...
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‘A Lie isn’t an Alternative Point of View,’ Lithuanian Foreign Minister...
12 Sep 2015 Paul Goble, esti.caimage fromExcerpt:Staunton, September 12 – One of the reasons for the success Vladimir Putin has had in his propaganda efforts is that he has exploited a dangerous trend...
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Video of the PDC "Beyond Public Diplomacy" now available
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgimage fromVideo of the PDC's first Beyond Public Diplomacy roundtable discussion for Foreign Service Officers who specialize in PD is now posted, at...
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Solving the European Migrant Problem
by Barry Shaw, gatestoneinstitute.orgBarry Shaw is Senior Associate on Public Diplomacy at the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.September 13, 2015 at 4:00...
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A public diplomacy "factoid" on Yul Brynner
Image fromFrom Wikipedia:During World War II, Brynner worked as a French-speaking radio announcer and commentator for the US Office of War Information, broadcasting propaganda to occupied France.[14]...
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Four lessons that Netanyahu must learn from his failed strategies
al-monitor.comimage fromExcerpt:The year 5775 on the Jewish calendar will go on record as one of the toughest in the annals of the State of Israel, the year in which the world once again abandoned the...
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Iran thumbs its nose at the United States
Michael Gerson, washingtonpost.comimage fromExcerpt:The Iranian supreme leader and Donald Trump have this much in common: They find their opponents to be losers.This is bound to be one of the reasons...
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BBC vs RT: Media wars, diplomacy and owning the message
Anneliese Mcauliffe, lowyinterpreter.orgimage fromThe rise of state-sponsored television channels, such as Russia Today, Qatar-owned Al Jazeera, Chinese-run CCTV and Turkey's soon to be launched TRT...
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No, the BBC's Credibility is Not in Jeopardy
David S. Jackson, Former Director, Voice of America, CPD Blog, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage fromSep 14, 2015Note from CPD Blog Manager: This piece is in response to Gary D. Rawnsley's CPD blog post...
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Quotable: General Breedlove on “drag the false narrative into the light”
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgMonday, September 14th 2015“Hybrid war” was the subject of a briefing by the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, USAF General Philip Breedlove, on March 23, 2105. The...
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Classic Quotable: James A. Michener on Public Diplomacy commissions
Sunday, September 13th 2015When James A. Michener received the Medal of Freedom in 1977, it was for his career in American letters. The author of Tales of the South Pacific, Sayonara, The Bridges at...
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Armenian courses offered to Chinese University students
4:45, 15 Sep 2015Siranush Ghazanchyan, armradio.amPreviousNextArmenian language courses are now being offered to Chinese university students in another example of the strengthening links between...
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Refugees arrested under strict new Hungarian border laws
channel4.comImage from, with caption: Hungarian police watch as migrants cross over the fence between Serbia and Hungary.Excerpt:Hungarian authorities are arresting refugees crossing the...
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U.S. Regrets Russian Government Decision to Close American Center in Moscow
moscow.usembassy.gov; via SM on Facebook image fromSeptember 16, 2015Statement by U.S. Ambassador John F. TefftThe U.S. Embassy in Moscow deeply regrets the Russian government’s unilateral decision to...
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Domestic news distribution was bad news for VOA
[JB note: Maybe of interest: Walter Lippmann on the Voice of America (1953)]BBGWatcher, bbgwatch.com, September 16, 2015 [JB note: article contains links not shown below.]image from article [see below...
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A Select Bibliography on WWI USA "public diplomacy"
image fromFor persons interested in public diplomacy (I always hesitate to use the word "scholars" regarding those -- including yours truly -- intrigued by this very down-to-earth activity, which I...
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News of Closure of American Center in Moscow Rattles Muscovites
themoscowtimes.com; via IK on FacebookBy Daria Litvinova, Anna DolgovSep. 17 2015 22:26Last edited 22:27FrankBrueck / WikicommonsBoth experts and ordinary Muscovites who had used the center's services...
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