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Positioning Ourselves For Maximum Impact
John's Take, John's Take is a monthly blog from the CEO and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, John Lansing. More posts can be read online here. Via LJB by email.Image from entry, with...
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Why ISIS Propaganda Works
And why stopping it requires that governments get out of the wayCharlie Winter and Jordan Bach-Lombardo, theatlantic.comimage from articleAs it stands, the international coalition is far from winning...
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Another Day, Another Billion for Color Revolutions Near Russia's Borders
sputniknews.comLast week, the Obama administration proposed its final, 2017 fiscal year budget proposal to Congress. Among the proposed outlays is a State Department request for nearly a billion...
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Australia's digital diplomacy in the age of the political selfie
Kelsey Munro, smh.com.auForeign Affairs minister Julie Bishop and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew MearesAustralia's foreign affairs department has copped lots of criticism for being a...
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Latvia opens new chapter with Korea
koreatimes.co.krLatvian Ambassador to Korea Peteris VaivarsBy Rachel LeeThe establishment of a diplomatic mission in Seoul has opened a new chapter in bilateral relations with Korea, says the first...
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Ken Agyapong: The vulgar politics of exposed genitals & bad-mouthing - Part 4
Kwarteng, Francis, ghanaweb.com [For the author's other articles on the below subject, see. ] Image from, under the headline: "Who wins? Kennedy Agyepong vs Afia Schwarzenegger: Pulse.com.gh brings you...
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Kickstarter: Campaigning for a Cause
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleFeb 13, 2016Kickstarter is a crowdfunding [JB- see] platform that connects social entrepreneurs and community investors on social media to help turn...
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Found on the Web - American Public Diplomacy After the Bush Presidency (2009)
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Bennett: Give Palestinians 'autonomy on steroids'
ynetnews.comLapid image from articleExcerpt:Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, who was the finance minister in Netanyahu's previous government ... voiced strong critiques of the current government. “Israeli...
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Montenegro and Nato: Foes to friends?
Guy Delauney, BBCimage from articleExcerpt:Opinion polls have painted a distinctly unenthusiastic picture - with fewer than half the respondents in favour of Nato membership. The issue has also become...
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Jazz on Grass – Danish Bangkok Embassy opens garden for music in the moonlight
Fredrik Guy Hoff Sonne, scandasia.comAmbassador Winther image from articleExcerpt:If it wasn’t for a Grammy-awarded singer and a peacock the grass lawn of Embassy the would have been empty. Keithen...
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Found on the Web: Cynthia Schneider, American Public Diplomacy after the Bush...
repository.library.georgetown.eduSchneider image fromExcerpt:I conclude with three principles. Firstly, align values with actions. Secondly, engage and do not instruct, and remember the value of...
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CPD Weekly
Feb 14, 2016via email:French Film Festival Returns to NAUARIZONA DAILY SUNSpread across three weekends, the Tournées French Film Festival is returning to screen a vibrant cross-section of dramas,...
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This Unfinished Film Highlights the Daily Lives of Black Americans in the 1960s
Erin Blakemore, smithsonianmag.com [includes video]image from"The American Negro' [JB - sic single apostrophe in text; see] shares stories of black surgeons, mothers and workersThey were surgeons,...
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Israel's military diplomacy
ynetnews.comExcerpt:Everyone speaks to everyone - directly and indirectly - and everyone coordinates with everyone. This is the secret diplomacy of those in uniforms. This is a type of diplomacy which...
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Watch: How to make people rethink their view on Israel
Yoni Kempinski, israelnationalnews.comimage fromRethink Israel Initiative's Gerald Ostrov explains how to engage the young American population with Israel.Gerald Ostrov, CEO of the Rethink Israel...
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A new public diplomacy paradigm
Efraim A. Cohen, jpost.comCohen image fromIn a misguided attempt to suggest how this problem can be rectified, more than half of the editorial focused on expanding and strengthening the Foreign...
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Voice of Israel by Asaf Siniver – a new biography of Abba Eban
Ian Black, theguardian.comimage from article, with caption: Abba Eban in June 1960.New study of virtuoso speaker who laid the foundations for decades of diplomacy designed to resist pressure over the...
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Growing No. of women joining Foreign Service
Joseph Yeh, The China Postimage fromExcerpt:Taiwan's Foreign Ministry is embracing the fact that there are more and more female diplomats joining the foreign service as the country witnesses a rise in...
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App or No App, Public Diplomacy is Still All About Relationships (Pt. 2)
Deborah L. Trent, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from articleFeb 15, 2016The second in a two-part investigation into public-private partnerships in public diplomacy.Interests of governmental, civil...
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