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Quotable: Gary Grappo on a strategic communication campaign against ISIS
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThursday, September 24th 2015“The US administration seems unable to make up its mind whether the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a war but the...
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U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy releases 2015 annual report,...
alliance-exchange.orgimage fromWed, 09/23/2015 - 12:01 — Lisa HeynThe U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) officially released yesterday its “2015 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public...
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Does Student Exchange Bring Symmetrical Benefits to Both Countries? An...
ijoc.orgSEONG-HUN YUN, Dongguk University, Seoul, Koreaimage fromExcerpt:This study probed the existence of symmetrical benefits of student exchange between Korea and China. People in the public...
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A Road Map to Regime Change in Tehran
Critics of the Iran nuclear deal can at least make sure America puts the 10-year horizon to good use.By PETER KOHANLOO, www.wsj.com, Sept. 24, 2015image fromPresident Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with...
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Subcontinental lessons for India: Tough talking is better done silently
SUHASINI HAIDAR, thehindu.comimage fromExcerpt:Nobody can doubt India’s influence in Nepal, as a home for Nepalis who send back much- needed remittances, and as a provider of both civil and military...
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Twin Towers Steel Project To Be Launched With Wreath Laying At 9/11 Memorial
rttnews.comimage fromExcerpt:US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute will join NATO Secretary General Jens...
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Challenging Tuberculosis: The Public Diplomacy of KNCV
Tara Ornstein, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleSep 24, 2015Exchanges are arguably the most important tool of public diplomacy. Ambassador Richard Le Baron wrote that...
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Parties willing to resolve Karabakh conflict through negotiations: Warlick
panarmenian.netExcerpt:Warlick image from articleOSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair James Warlick gave an interview to BBC Azeri, noting that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not frozen, RFE/RL Armenian...
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K-pop World Festival finals to open in S. Korea next month
koreaobserver.comimage fromSEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) — The final round of an annual international K-pop festival will open in South Korea next month, wrapping up a contest that involved participants...
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Encountering Peace: Good morning, Israel!
During this time of reflection and taking responsibility, this government and the opposition in Israel have a lot to atone for.GERSHON BASKIN, jpost.comimage fromExcerpt:For some reason political...
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Nothing official about ‘Modiplomacy’
SUHASINI HAIDAR, thehindu.comimage fromAhead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key eight-day visit to Ireland and the U.S., the media was not briefed. But before Mr. Modi travelled to the U.S. last...
View ArticleState Department to Co-Host Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism
state.govMedia NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCSeptember 25, 2015More than 100 youth activists and government officials from dozens of countries, including Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Kenya,...
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Is IS Beginning to Lose the Social Media War?
voanews.comMolly McKitterick, Pamela DockinsSeptember 25, 2015 7:37 PMimage fromWASHINGTON—A State Department official says there has been a “sharp decline” in the volume of Islamic State messages on...
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Foreign Affairs Officer
[JB: Perhaps if this posting were written in verse the State Department would have a better chance of recruiting talented, non-bureaucratic young people :) -- although the salary for the job is pretty...
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Quotable: NYT report on defectors from the Islamic State
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgFriday, September 25th 2015 “A small but growing number of defectors from the Islamic State are risking reprisals and imprisonment to speak out about their disillusionment...
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What Data Tells Us About Public Interest In Climate Change And Its Global...
Kalev Leetaru, forbes.comImage from article, with caption: Map of locations mentioned in worldwide news media in 65 languages in context with discussion of climate change February 19, 2015 to September...
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China’s first lady Peng Liyuan on why she fights against HIV/AIDS
dispatchtimes.comuncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan arrive[d] at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, Sept 22, 2015.“China has conveyed...
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The European Union’s Public Diplomacy towards the Arab Spring: The Case of Egypt
booksandjournals.brillonline.com; viaimage fromAuthor: Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei1Source: The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Volume 10, Issue 2, pages 111 – 138 Publication Year : 2015DOI:...
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International MPs observing Catalan Elections invited to Camp Nou
The member of parliaments who will follow the Parliamentary elections on Sunday will see the game against Las Palmas on Saturday from the Presidential BoxFC Barcelona at a DiploCat event in 2013. /...
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Quotable: Marc Lynch on "a potentially fatal flaw" in countering radicalization
Friday, September 25th 2015On March 17, 2015, the Project on Middle East Political Science, based at the Institute for Middle East Studies at the George Washington University and supported by the...
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