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Ghana’s political space engulfed by Bad-Mouthing
newsghana.com.gh/ghanas; see also, "OMG!! Did Kennedy Agyapong Released N*de Pictures of Afia Schwazenegger?"xbitgh.comuncaptioned image from articleKen Agyapong: The Vulgar Politics Of Exposed...
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State Department official says Kim Kardashian gets more retweets in 3 days...
Kristen V. Brown, fusion.netStengel image fromIn the U.S., the reputation of the Islamic State spread mainly through social media. When graphic images of journalist James Foley’s beheading circulated...
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Confronting China in the South China Sea
Mira Rapp-Hooper, foreignaffairs.com [subscription]image fromMultilateralism is Freedom of Navigation's Next StepAccording to Google search, article mentions public diplomacy: "Beijing's likely...
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Digitize This!: Making Sense of the Organizational Culture in MFAs in the...
Corneliu Bjola, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleFeb 8, 2016Studies of (digital) diplomacy often treat Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) as “black boxes” of bureaucratic activity,...
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A Question for Jewish College Students in America Who Side With Israel's Enemies
Douglas Altabef, AlgemeinerImage from article, with caption: Israeli Apartheid Week, which takes place on campuses across the world. Here’s a question for those fearless Jewish college students, in...
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Minutes: Kim Kardashian is still better at Twitter than ISIS, says the State...
Michelle Legro, newrepublic.comimage fromISIS’s savvy social media outreach has long been a staple of it’s [sic -- JB] campaign for new recruits: young women from London and even the Pacific Northwest...
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$777.8 million BBG FY2017 budget request with mixed evidence of impact
BBG Watch; via TG on FacebookBBGWatcher February 9, 2016 0 CommentsFeatured News, Hot Tub BlogBBG, budget, FY2017, GallupFor a different perspective on the glowing BBG FY 2017 Budget request document...
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Obama asks Congress for $1.8B to fight Zika virus, push for vaccine
Nina Flanagan, healthcaredive.comimage fromExcerpt:President Obama will ask Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to prepare and respond to the Zika virus, which is spread by two types of...
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The Budget in Brief
CQ Newsroom, blogs.rollcall.comImage from article, with caption: Eric Ueland, staff director for the Senate Budget Committee, hands out printed copies of the President’s 2017 budget to staffers...
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US to allocate funding for countries ‘most targeted by Russian aggression’
en.apa.azimage (not from entry) fromBaku – APA. The 2017 Budget of the United States, released by President Barack Obama today, includes funding for countries "most targeted by Russian aggression”, the...
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The new US pubic diplomacy
Minutes: Kim Kardashian is still better at Twitter than ISIS, says the State Department.Michelle Legro, newrepublic.comimage fromISIS’s savvy social media outreach has long been a staple of it’s [sic...
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Public Diplomacy In The Computer Age
via Google"public diplomacy"As-it-happens update ⋅ February 11, 2016WEBUSIA, Public Diplomacy In The Computer Ageodopyvaq.xyzжіЕпјљAllen C. HansenпјЊ USIA: Public Diplomacy in the Computer...
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Reform Radio Liberty or Continue to Lose Propaganda War with Russia
bbgwatch.com; via TL on FacebookBy Zygmunt DzieciolowskiIn times of communist dictatorship, Western-funded media targeting their audiences in the USSR and Eastern Europe had a simple task. They had a...
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US to spend $4.3 billion on 'countering Russian aggression'
Marina Karpova, rbth.comImage from article, with caption: It remains to be seen what implications the U.S. government shutdown will have. Source: ReutersExcerpt: The U.S. fiscal year 2017 budget will...
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Avenues to debate foreign policy
Pranaav Gupta, thestatesman.com| 11 February, 2016Modi image from articleThe emphasis that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid on setting and revamping India’s foreign policy agenda is indeed...
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Российско-американские сюжеты
Ivan Kurilla, facebook.com+38Российско-американские сюжеты added 41 new photos.29 mins · Сегодня поговорим об одной из ключевых фигур в истории российско- и советско-американских культурных связей...
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Former VOA Director David Ensor Joins Atlantic Council
adweek.comBy Corinne Grinapol on Feb. 2, 2016 - 3:15 PMCommentDavid Ensor has been named executive vice president for external relations at the Atlantic Council, an international relations focused...
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Japan's Challenges in Public Diplomacy, An American Vision Asie.Visions 81,...
Nancy Snow, ifri.orgimage (not from entry) fromJapan’s public diplomacy (PD) profile rests almost exclusively on the promotion of its cultural soft power. Today, in the complex geopolitical setting of...
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Putin propaganda picks up ex-Pentagon contractors
Feb. 11, 2016, 10:18am by J. Michael Waller, aminewswire.comimage from articleAs Washington cuts back efforts to counter Russian propaganda, the Kremlin is hiring American communications talent...
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Shut Down the Voice of America?
Dan Robinson, uscpublicdiplomacy.org[On Walter Lippmann suggesting the same thing -- not having VOA -- way back when in the mid-twentieth century (1953), see.]image fromFeb 11, 2016Sound extreme? Shut...
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