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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Religion, politics, and public diplomacy
Today my interview with the Public Diplomacy Council — the association of retired US Information Agency and Foreign Service Officers involved in public diplomacy activities — was published online. I talked to Donald Bishop about my recent book and some … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Books, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Public Diplomacy, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Afghanistan, American culture, art, Cultural Diplomacy, Donald Bishop, Foreign Service Officers, Hollywood, interfaith, NATO, Public Diplomacy, public opinion poll, religion, strategic communications, the Public Diplomacy Council, U.S. State Department, US Information Agency
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Do We Need A Cultural Foreign Policy?
This month in Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens protested government paralysis in every major city in the country, in some places leading to destruction of municipal government buildings. In Sarajevo, somebody took advantage of the chaos and burned the city archives – a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Public Diplomacy, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged aesthetics and politics, Afghanistan, Arab Spring, art, Art Galleries, BiH, Bosnia, current-events, EU, George Clooney, George Stokes, Islamic art, Ma'il Qur'an, Mali, National Gallery of Art, Public Diplomacy, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Haggadah, Smithsonian Institution, The Monuments Men, U.S. State Department, USAID
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A Centenary’s Legacy Beneath Our Feet
The new year brings the centenary commemoration of World War I in Europe, whose legacy reverberates through our history, policy and literature. From the peace experiments of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations to the tendentious borders of … Continue reading
Posted in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Afghanistan, artillery, Belgium, centenary commemoration, current-events, EU, Europe, European Union, First World War, Fleury-devant-Douamont, force, Germany, international relations, Japan, NATO, Unexploded Ordnance, United Nations, UXO, Verdun, warfare, World War I, World War One
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The Last Three Feet
Hear my interview with The Public Diplomat’s PDCast, courtesy of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications and its Master’s Program in Public Diplomacy. I talk about working at NATO, my new book, and effective public diplomacy. Many thanks to Michael … Continue reading
Posted in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Public Diplomacy, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Afghanistan, Books, Bosnia, current-events, Iraq, Michael Ardaiolo, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Pakistan, Public Diplomacy, Public Diplomat, public opinion poll, strategic communications, Syracuse University, U.S. State Department
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What Propaganda Means and Why It Matters
Let’s suppose that a large American newspaper ran an editorial deflecting accusations that its political opinions were too partisan. It deflected those who argued against the newspaper’s position and advanced the position that the newspaper’s opinion were correct and fair. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Public Diplomacy
Tagged Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, information operations, Joint Doctrine, Military Information Support Operations, MISO, NATO, propaganda, psychological operations, psychological warfare, Public Diplomacy, State Department, strategic communications, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USA Today
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Along the 30th Parallel: What NPR Gets Wrong about Public Opinion and Foreign Aid
A recent blog post by Greg Myre on NPR’s web site (“Which Nations Hate the U.S.? Often Those Receiving the Most Aid,” July 23) is a typical example of reporting on international public opinion. Myre attempts to correlate a Pew Research Center report on foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Politics and Political Theory, Public Diplomacy
Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Arab Spring, current-events, Egypt, foreign aid, greg myre, international assistance, international relations, Israel, middle-east, Pew Research Center, Public Diplomacy, public opinion poll, soft power
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