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John Kasich on the Issues
Roberto Ontiveros, latinpost.comImage from article, with caption: John Kasich, governor of Ohio, gestures while arriving to announce he will seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in...
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Future of Radio and TV Martí in the air amid possible broadcasting change
Alfonso Hardy and Nora Gamez Torres, miamiherald.com; via LJB by emailAnnouncement could pave way to privatization of serviceimage from article, with caption: Radio Martí studios in...
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Tomorrow: Gov’t representative will have to answer internet questions
israelnationalnews.comImage from, with caption: The Land of Israel for Little KidsThe Land of Israel Lobby will bring up on Wednesday a proposal made by five MKs from different factions, who invited...
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Variety John Kerry Meets With Hollywood Studio Chiefs to Discuss ISIS
variety.comAGF S.R.L./REX SHUTTERSTOCKFEBRUARY 16, 2016 | 05:12PM PTTed JohnsonSenior Editor@tedstewSecretary of State John Kerry met with the heads of major studios on Tuesday to talk about how to...
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BDS movement claims victory in canceling S. Africa water confab
Herb Keinon, jpost.comLenk image from articleThe BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Movement in South Africa took credit this week for the cancellation of an upcoming water conference because of...
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Voice of America begins broadcasts to the Soviet Union, Feb. 17, 1947
Andrew Glass, politico.com, 02/17/16; via TL on Facebookimage fromOn this day in 1947, the Voice of America, then an arm of the U.S. State Department, began beaming Russian-language broadcasts into the...
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It’s Time to Respond to Latin America’s Shifting Winds
José R. Cárdenas, foreignpolicy.com [Cárdenas was acting assistant administrator for Latin America at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the George W. Bush administration.]image from...
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Covertly, Israel prepares to fight boycott activists online
Daniel Estrinc, Associated Press, startribune.comImage from article, with caption: In this April 20, 2015, file photo, an Egyptian man shouts anti-Israeli slogans in front of banners with the Boycott,...
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UK, Paris to Step up Fight Against BDS Movement
algemeiner.comExcerpt:Image from article, with caption: A BDS protest. The British government is currently pursuing a new bill that would prevent public bodies, universities, and student unions from...
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Comment by former acting associate director of the Voice of America Ted...
Lipien image from[Lipien [see], via email]: My comment on the anniversary of the launch of VOA Russian broadcasts [see]:The Voice of America launched its Russian-language radio broadcast in 1947, but...
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[Guest post] Evaluating public participation in diplomacy
Marina Neves, diplomacy.eduNeves image from article‘The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless’, remembered Vaclav...
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The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy public meeting
amazonaws.comThis document is scheduled to be published in theFederal Register on 02/18/2016 and available online athttp://federalregister.gov/a/2016-03374, and on FDsys.gov[Billing Code:...
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The Diplomat: The Life and Legacy of Ambassador Holbrooke
uscpublicdiplomacy.org [includes trailer]Image (not from entry) fromFeb 17, 2016On February 16, CPD hosted David Holbrooke, son of the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, for a behind the scenes look at...
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Why America Turned Off Al Jazeera
By HUSSEIN IBISH FEB. 17, 2016, New York Timesimage (not from article) fromWASHINGTON — The closing of Al Jazeera America, expected in April, is asad conclusion to a project that was by turns uplifting...
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Public diplomacy
Global Media through a Lens: A course blog of International Communications at Elon University, interelon16.wordpress.comFEBRUARY 17, 2016 Image from article, with caption: Eagles of...
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NATO Deputy Secretary General stresses value of Mediterranean Dialogue in...
nato.intuncaptioned image from entryExcerpt:NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow praised Morocco's long-standing contribution to political dialogue and practical cooperation with NATO,...
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Alumni Gather to Celebrate Harold Burson's 95th Birthday
odwyerpr.com [includes video]More than 150 former and current Burson-Marsteller employees gathered at the James Burden Mansion on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to celebrate the 95th birthday of...
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G Parthasarthy delivers lecture on ‘India’s relationship with Pak’
dailyexcelsior.comimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:Central University of Jammu in collaboration with External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India,...
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A Cautionary Note on Persuasive Messaging
Michael Edward Walsh, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from articleFeb 16, 2016Last year, South Carolina was in the news for all of the wrong reasons. At the beginning of the year, the white...
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Why America turned off Al Aazeera - updated
By Hussein Ibis, Feb 17, 2016, New York Times [see Professor Seib 2011 article on the subject below]image fromWASHINGTON — The closing of Al Jazeera America, expected in April, is asad conclusion to a...
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