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John Brown aggregates all the most recent public diplomacy related news, including current issues in U.S. foreign policy, international broadcasting and media, propaganda, cultural diplomacy, educational exchanges, anti-Americanism, and the reception of American popular culture abroad.

PDPBR FOR JUNE 12-13, 2007
by John H. Brown

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PRESS AND BLOG REVIEW, JUNE 12-13 “George W. Bush, Hero of Albania!” —Lead sentence in Eugene Robinson, “Fleeting Glory in Albania” (Washington Post, June 12) LINK “The Tyrant Visits Tirana” —Headline of an editorial by Fidel Castro; cited in Manuel Roig-Franzia, “Castro Mocks Bush Visits To Albania And Bulgaria” (Washington Post, June 13) LINK VIDEO Bush Watch Stolen in Albania? (Breitbart TV) LINK IMAGES State Department in S[econd]L[ife] - (Flickr) LINK Courtesy Joshua Fouts A) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY (1-30) 1. NEW STATE DEPARTMENT CENTER AIMS TO COUNTER TERRORISTS’ MESSAGES - WARREN P. STROBEL, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (FORT WAYNE NEWS SENTINEL, IN, JUNE 12): A long-awaited Bush administration public diplomacy strategy, intended to counter the steep decline in America’s global image, calls for the creation of a new State Department center aimed solely at countering the spread of terrorist ideology. Critics say better diplomatic public relations is unlikely to change the low global opinion of the United States. LINK SEE ALSO LINK 2. STATE DEPARTMENT GETS NEW PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY – TOM REGAN NPR (JUNE 12): It took 18 months and some prodding from other agencies, but the State Department finally has a new strategy for communications and public diplomacy. The new plan is intended to help State Department diplomats around the world provide a unified message about U.S. policies and programs, something critics say has been lacking. LINK 3. NEW PD STRATEGY - (IRC WORLD, OSLO, JUNE 12): The public diplomacy plan is a result of more than a year of effort by Hughes and her staff, and is considered the first comprehensive national strategy ever developed for public diplomacy. Strangely, the document is not to be found on the state.gov or usinfo.state.gov sites—even the public diplomacy and public affairs page at State, and its “public diplomacy update” section, fail to mention it. LINK 4. ILLIBERAL MODERATES: THE GLOBAL SWING VOTE - AMITAI ETZIONI| (HUFFINTON POST, JUNE 12): Public Diplomacy must be refocused to promote norms and alliances that reject the use of force, rather than promote democracy and human rights. LINK 5. WINNING THE WAR OF IDEAS - ROBERT R. REILLY (CLAREMONT REVIEW OF BOOKS, SUMMER 2007): American public diplomacy is in disarray. We need a central U.S. government institution within which policy, personnel, and budget can be deployed coherently to implement a multifaceted strategy to fight the war of ideas over an extended period of time. LINK PAID SUBSCRIPTION Courtesy Len Baldyga 6. HEARTS, MINDS, AND THE HOMELAND - JONAH CZERWINSKI (HOMELAND SECURITY WATCH, JUNE 11): “Ever wonder what happened to public diplomacy? ‘Hearts’ and ‘minds’ clogged the talk shows’ airwaves and pundits pontificated about soft power until an Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy was finally appointed in July 2005. I think they still hate us out there, but the closest Washington gets to public diplomacy nowadays is proclaiming the limits of a ‘military solution.’” LINK 7. UNWARRANTED ATTACK ON PETRAEUS AIDE (SWJ BLOG) – (MONTAIN RUNNER, JUNE 12): Sweeping generalizations abound in domestic and foreign…... FULL TEXT
 
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