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Israeli diplomacy favours the strong-arm over the handshake
Simon Reynolds, middleeasteye.netimage fromExcerpt:Diplomacy has been described by the author Robin Hobb as the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.In Israel’s case, given its recent ultimatum...
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Downsides, upsides of 2015
Louis A. Delvoie, thewhig.comimage fromExcerpt:[I]t is worth noting the slogan "Canada is back" on the world scene. The first two months of the new Liberal government have provided some encouraging...
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Quotable: Allen Fromherz on calling ISIS “medieval”
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThursday, December 31st 2015gsu.eduPresidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s calling ISIS “medieval,” reported Allen Fromherz,associate professor and director of the Middle East...
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Quotable: Peter Skerry on Muslims in America
Friday, January 1st 2016A generation ago, Washington, the State Department, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Information Agency could neatly segment audiences, media, and opinion as “domestic” or...
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The Deathbed of the WTO
Horace Campbell, counterpunch.orguncaptioned image from entryExcerpt:Violence in the electoral process ... brought Kenya to the front of the international attention after 2008. It was after this...
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The road to hell is paved with 'national security'
CJ Werleman, middleeasteye.netuncaptioned image from articleIsrael is turning the West’s fixation on the Islamic State group into an opportunity to expand its apartheid laws and militarisation of the...
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Mark Leonard - Public Diplomacy (2002) [Found on the web]
Mark Leonard with Catherine Stead and Conrad Smewing, Public Diplomacy [full text]image fromContentsPublic DiplomacyAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Why Public Diplomacy?2. The Three Dimensions of...
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Iran: From Cultural Diplomacy to Soft War
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleDec 31, 2015Edward Wastnidge, a lecturer in politics and international studies at the Open University in the UK, has published at new article. His...
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Public Diplomacy "icon" Edward R. Murrow's definition of propaganda ...
"PROPAGANDA -- PROPAGATION OF THE TRUTH"Regarding the above/below cited statement by Public Diplomacy "icon" Edward R. Murrow (see an intellectually refreshing non-hagiographic account of CBS newsman...
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GOING VIRAL |Putative] Bikini photos of Croatian president, formerly...
InterAksyon.com; see also John Brown, 'Public Diplomacy Goes 'Pubic,'"Huffington Post (2007)Photographs of bikini-clad Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic have gone viral on the Internet, first...
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‘Open a Door to Israel’ multimedia exhibit goes on tour
Visitors to the world-traveling exhibit can 'open' nine huge door-shaped screens to learn about aspects of Israel such as music and innovation.Image from article, with caption: Open a Door to Israel"...
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What does OPD stand for?
acronymattic.comimage fromOPD stands for Office of Public Diplomacy This definition appears somewhat frequentlySee other definitions of OPDOther Resources: Acronym Finder has 62 verified definitions...
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Quotable: Ben Kallas on information in Fourth Generation Warfare
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSaturday, January 2nd 2016Public Diplomacy practitioners command a repertoire of programs that can be brought to bear on an insurgency – public affairs, media relations,...
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Saudi Arabia stews in policy hell: Spengler
menafn.comimage fromExcerpt:According to a senior Chinese analyst the Saudis are the main source of funding for Islamist madrassas in Western China where the 'East Turkistan Independence Movement' has...
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Two months on, PM’s controversial appointment for spokesman still pending
Raphael Ahren, timesofisrael.comRan Baratz, who called Obama ‘anti-Semitic,’ still hopes to head information directorate; post has been vacant since AugustTwo months after Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Saudi-Iran Rift Threatens Syria Diplomacy
Dan De Luce, foreignpolicy.comThe latest bid to launch Syria peace talks is in jeopardy after Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with IranStengel image fromExcerpt:A senior U.S. administration official...
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Non-territorial formula and Turbulent Kashmiri
Syed Nazir Gilani, risingkashmir.comimage fromExcerpt:India seems to be preparing itself to ‘buy out’ a settlement on Kashmir. Deep down in the recesses of heart Indian administration is expressing its...
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Op-Ed: Reform needed for U.S. soft power to work
Ted Lipien, digitaljournal.comU.S. needs more money for more soft power outreach abroad, but Congress and the president must first reform Broadcasting Board of Governors.The recent U.S. News and World...
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Polish conservative’s PR pushback
politico.euWitold Waszczykowski’s public diplomacy seeks to explain Poland’s new government to critical world.Image from article, with caption: A “false picture” of the country is being presented...
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Doing The Basil: Stalin 2.0 Must Prompt NATO Soul Searching
Bob Buttworth, breakingdefense.comImage from article, with caption: Little Green Men In UkraineExcerpt:Putin’s aggression in Ukraine has been called a “new kind of threat” of “hybrid war,” but it...
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