Category Archives: The Former Yugoslavia

Now Available: The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy

Posted on October 24, 2013 by

Today my latest book, The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy, is available from Palgrave Macmillan.  It can be ordered from Amazon.com, the publisher, or from any book store in your neighborhood. The Challenge of Public Diplomacy is based on … Continue reading →

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Culture Shut Down

Posted on October 2, 2013 by

It was hard not to feel a sense of schadenfreude watching Republicans yesterday as they wriggled in a box of their own design, desperately proposing to re-fund those “non-essential” elements of government they were so keen last month to de-fund … Continue reading →

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NATO Wins, Again

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Today NATO handed off operational security responsibility for all of Afghanistan to the Afghan government, a dramatic turning point in the war that began in the days following September 11, 2001. But as a former member of the NATO International … Continue reading →

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Coming in October: “The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy”

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

I’m pleased to announce that Palgrave Macmillan USA will publish my book, The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy in October 2013. Based on my six years’ experience in public diplomacy at NATO and more than 15 years in … Continue reading →

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Bosnian Culture is World Culture: March 4 is Global Museum Solidarity Day

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Today more than 200 museums, galleries and libraries in nearly 40  countries on five continents symbolically closed exhibits in solidarity with seven closed and threatened cultural institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. More than 20 galleries and universities in North America, 50 in … Continue reading →

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Day of Solidarity with the Cultural Institutions of Bosnia-Herzegovina: March 4

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

Imagine if Congress refused to fund the Smithsonian Institutions — the most visited museum complex in the world — not because of “sequestration” or spending cuts but because Democrats and Republicans in Congress could not agree on whether it should … Continue reading →

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The Incompleat Public Diplomacy Reader

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

When it comes to public diplomacy I am aware of no condensed reading list outside those assigned to the few academic programs in this country that teach the discipline formally, and even then I don’t have access to those syllabi.  In … Continue reading →

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