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Tag Archives: Communism
How Dictators Kiss Babies
My recent photo essay in Foreign Policy discussed the use of images of children from conflict zones in political communications and was based in large measure on my experience working at NATO. But it was also informed by a close … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics and Political Theory, Public Diplomacy
Tagged aesthetics and politics, Communism, Joseph Stalin, Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Eun, Kim Jong-Il, nature of politics, Nicolai Ceausescu, North Korea, political communications, politics, propaganda, repressive regimes, Romania, Soviet Union, totalitarian, totalitarian regimes, totalitarianism, western political philosophy
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Hemlines, Symphonies, and Nuclear Weapons
The New York Times’ recent article about rising North Korean hemlines and the speculation they raised about changes in the country’s leadership under Kim Jong-Un was a journalist’s device for exploring the opaque nature of a hermetic and paranoid country. … Continue reading
