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Monthly Archives: September 2012
IKEA Pussies Out in Russia
The Moscow Times recently reported that IKEA, the world’s most recognizable home furnishings brand, recently pulled this image (left) from an online competition to produce the cover image for their products 2013 catalog in Russia. In place of this image, … Continue reading
How To Speak Effectively Through Interpretation
NOTE: This is the third in a series of posts on “the how” of public diplomacy. This post is about simultaneous interpretation in a formal setting. Many people working in the field – in combat or development environments – rely … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Books, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Public Diplomacy
Tagged African Union, development environments, IAEA, ICTY, interpretation, language interpretation, languages, multilateral level, NATO, OAS, OSCE, Public Diplomacy, religious missions, strategic communications, translation, UNAMA, United Nations, World Trade Organization
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Confining and Defining Terrorism in Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared Syria a “terrorist state” while the country has hosted a crush of refugees fleeing regime persecution across the two countries’ shared 556-mile border. Turkey is a powerful and influential country in a volatile … Continue reading
Posted in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Politics and Political Theory
Tagged bashar al assad, crimes against humanity, Erdogan, genocide, ICTY, International Criminal Court, libya, middle-east, nature of politics, politics, prime minister recep tayyip, recep tayyip erdogan, refugees, repressive regimes, Syria, The Hague, totalitarian regimes, transitional justice, Turkey, war crimes, war crimes tribunal, Yugoslavia
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The How and the What of Public Diplomacy
My not-last post about the U.S. State Department’s public diplomacy snowballed some additional thinking about the tradecraft. There really is no better way to illustrate good public diplomacy than through comparison and case studies; that is, examining what other people … Continue reading
Posted in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Public Diplomacy
Tagged Brussels, Czech Republic, EU, Europa to osladime, European Council, European Union, international relations, Luxembourg, NATO, politics, Prague, Public Diplomacy, State Department, strategic communications, Vaclav Klaus, We will sweeten Europe
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James Thomas Snyder 