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Quotable: Charlie Winter on the Response to Islamic State Propaganda
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSaturday, January 16th 2016“. . . there is much more to Islamic State propaganda than brutality,” wrote Charlie Winter in “Islamic State Propaganda: Our Response to the...
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Quotable: David DeVoss on ISIS social media
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSaturday, January 16th 2016“Today, thousands of jihadists prowl the web promoting their brand of Salafist Islam while trying to persuade young Muslims to travel to Syria and...
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Education minister accuses Foreign Ministry of 'faulty DNA'
Shlomo Cesana, israelhayom.comEducation Minister Naftali Bennett criticizes ex-Foreign Ministry director Alon Liel for "demonizing Israel" as part of left-wing activism • Foreign Ministry workers'...
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In Far-Flung Corners of the World, Catalan Secessionists Push for Support for...
wsj.comMadrid tries to counter message, lobbying governments and dogging separatist eventsENLARGEAlbert Royo, head of the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia, in front of his offices in a modernist...
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‘Outside ideas’ trickle in as think tanks set up base
Indrani Bagchi, timesofindia.indiatimes.comimage (not from article) fromWith top US think tanks setting up offices in India, the Indian marketplace for ideas is beginning to buzz. This week, Carnegie...
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Sweden’s leftist government inviting terror
Barry Shaw, sdjewishworld.comimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:Recent incidents highlighted the dangerously failed European left-wing politics that has draped itself in the false cloak of morality...
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Quotable: Patrick Tucker reports on the new Global Engagement Center
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSaturday, January 16th 2016The technology editor of Defense One, Patrick Tucker, reported on “America’s New Plan to Fight ISIS Online,” on January 11, 2016. The subhead of...
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield on U.S. PD in Africa
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from entryJan 15, 2016In this new video from USC Annenberg, the Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield offers a personal take on the meaning of the...
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Bennett, Foreign Ministry worker’s committee mend fences after ‘insult’
jpost.comBy HERB KEINON image (not from article) fromThe ministry staff “serves the country faithfully and carries out the government’s policies,” says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The storm over...
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"Outsmarting Apartheid": Book Review
image from; excerpts on Google books at Outsmarting Apartheid: An Oral History of South Africa's Cultural and Educational Exchange with the United States, 1960-1999, edited with an introduction by...
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Lapid: Why is Dafna Meir's face not on the front page of every newspaper?
Gil Hoffman, jpost.comYesh Atid leader says Israeli public diplomacy has failed because the world had stopped paying attention to the current government.Image from article, with caption: Dafna Meir,...
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MFA to expand S’pore’s relevance, international space: Vivian
Francis Law, todayonline.com; see also.Vivian Balakrishnan image from articleThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will seek to create opportunities overseas for Singaporeans, as part of efforts to...
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Israel plans to expose PA terror incitement to the world
israelnationalnews.com; see also.Strategic Affairs Minister Erdan presents Cabinet with index of incitement, promises to 'methodically expose' terror culture to the nations.Binyamin Netanyahu at...
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[Victories for "smart" diplomacy]
uscpublicdiplomacy.org; see also John Brown, "Smart Power In, Public Diplomacy Out?" (2009)image fromPresident Barack Obama on Sunday heralded the release of Americans held prisoner in Iran and the...
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Found on the Web: American Exceptionalism and US Foreign Policy: Public...
palgraveconnect.comimage fromContentsAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 1What is public diplomacy? 2Analytical approach and major findings 3Public diplomacy and policy: A special relationship 8Rhetoric...
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Iran vice-president hails new era after removal of sanctions
Saeed Kamali Dehghan, theguardian.comMasoumeh Ebtekar tells the Guardian that success of nuclear talks raises hopes for peaceful resolution to Syria conflict, but warns of rival forces stoking...
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"Outsmarting Apartheid": Book Review (updated)
image from; excerpts on Google books at Outsmarting Apartheid: An Oral History of South Africa's Cultural and Educational Exchange with the United States, 1960-1999 (2015)Edited with an introduction by...
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Notice: FRANK ANTHONY CHIANCONE
From; via LJB by email CHIANCONE [,] FRANK ANTHONY CHIANCONE [:] Frank Anthony Chiancone, 83, of Washington, DC, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on January 2, 2016. Frank was born...
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Diplomatica: No chill with China, Taiwanese envoy insists
Jennifer Campbell, ottawacitizen.comExcerpt:NORWAY FAREWELLAs she said goodbye to Canada after 3½ years, Norwegian Ambassador Mona Brøther said she’s pleased to have deepened the reputation and...
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What Country is No. 1? Not the U.S.
usnews.comBy Devon Haynie | Staff Writer, Jan. 20, 2016, at 8:00 a.m.WASHINGTON — On an unseasonably warm December day, Tom Schwalbach and a few friends and family from Milwaukee gathered on...
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