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Dov Lipman to direct WZO department
Gil Hoffman, jpost.comLipman image from articleUS-born former MK will reach out to Diaspora, Jewish students.Former Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman began a new job Thursday in the World Zionist Organization as...
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India-Pakistan dialogue: A case of old wine in new bottle?
Ranjana Narayan, thestatesman.comimage from articleExcerpt:Is the thaw in India-Pakistan ties with the decision to hold a "comprehensive bilateral dialogue" just a case of old wine in a new bottle?...
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Goldsmith-Jones named Parliamentary Secretary House of Commons
Sean Eckford, coastreporter.netuncaptioned image from entryExcerpt:West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones has been named a Parliamentary Secretary, a promotion widely...
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North Korea Sends Its Leader’s Chosen Pop Band to Beijing
nytimes.com; via MF on facebookImage of Moranbong Band in Beijing from articleBEIJING — Pop groups do not usually entertain audiences with songs like“Our Dear Leader!” and “Do Prosper, Era of the...
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Quotable: Matt Armstrong on the early U.S. international information and...
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThursday, December 10th 2015Public Diplomacy Council member Matt Armstrong provided a useful overview of the State Department’s early postwar international information and...
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Quotable: Hilary Benn on the threat of Daesh
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThursday, December 10th 2015Speaking on the floor of the House of Commons on December 2, 2015, the Labor Party’s Shadow Foreign Minister, Hilary Benn, did not mention public...
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Quotable: Nicholas Glavin on challenging ISIS narratives
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgWednesday, December 9th 2015On December 6, 2015, The New York Times ran a “Room for Debate” feature, “How Can America Counter the Appeal of ISIS?” Four essays were included....
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Palestine unifying element in Muslim world
Palestinian analyst, en.mehrnews.comNews ID: 2997183 - Thu 10 December 2015 - [Uncaptioned image from article]. 16:54PoliticsTEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Foreign Ministry spokesman has told a Palestinian...
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French exchange student experiences American culture in Burke
Julie Paul, an exchange student from Paris, France, is visiting the United States and staying with a host family in Burke County for a year.Posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 3:41 pm | Updated: 6:21...
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If India goes for nuclear test, we will review cooperation: Japan
Press Trust of India, business-standard.comHowever, Japan asserted that it does not see India moving in that directionimage fromExcerpt:As both countries "in principle" agreed for cooperation in civil...
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The Power of Naming
Jackie Gingrich Cushman, creators.comimage fromExcerpt:Terrorism is a tactic used by people and groups to achieve their political, social or religious goals. It is not in itself a belief system....
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Public Diplomacy Out?
image fromAs I keep on compiling -- for my sins, which are many -- my "Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review," I am struck by how the mid-1960s-America produced a term -- "public diplomacy" -- while...
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Wading into the Media War
Chris Townsend, smallwarsjournal.comimage fromThe Department of Defense was recently handed a decidedly non-kinetic mission in the ongoing war against extremists. The 2016 National Defense...
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Cuba’s police state remains intact
Editorial, miamiherald.comImage from Excerpt:No one expected an overnight change in the way Cuba treats fearless citizens who challenge the power of the almighty state. Inexcusably, though, there has...
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Two Turks appointed to key NATO posts
hurriyetdailynews.comAt a time when the 28-member alliance is in bid to counter unprecedented security challenges both at home and abroad, two senior Turkish diplomats are being appointed to key posts...
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Martial law Poland – Kirk Douglas and Voice of America
via TL on Facebookbbgwatch.comBy Ted Lipien A few Voice of America English newsroom correspondents and some VOA managers who profoundly disliked Ronald Reagan and his policies were greatly upset by the...
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Enjoy This Killer App for the Holidays!
John Brown, huffingtonpost.com (2011)"It has always seemed to me the real art in this business is not so much moving information or guidance or policy five or 10,000 miles. That is an electronic...
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How Washington Can Win the Information War
David Ensor, foreignpolicy.comThe United States has the tools to defeat the Islamic State and Russia’s propagandists, but is squandering them.uncaptioned image from articleIn a world where terrorists...
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Russia FM: Geopolitical ambitions inappropriate in fight against Islamic State
Sergey Lavrov noted that attempts to act unilaterally yield no results and breed chaosRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov© Ilya Pitalev/TASSExcerpt:MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Attempts to satisfy...
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Donald Trump is helping the terrorists win
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, politico.euImage from, with caption: Donald Trump with Damac chairman Hussein Sajwani at the launch of the Trump International Golf ClubCounterterrorism experts will...
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