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MAY 7, 2009
Group Proposes Enhanced U.S. Government’s Role in Sports
GMA News
Sport in Society says the government could create a "secretary of sport and culture," establish a special adviser, such as a "sport and culture czar," or increase funding for existing programs.
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FEB 26, 2009
To Win Hearts and Minds, Get Back in the Game
Foreign Policy
As part of a broader overhaul of its public diplomacy effort, the United States should reinvigorate the old American Centers concept-putting, when possible, new ones that are safe but accessible in vibrant downtown areas-support active cultural programming, and resume the teaching of English by American or U.S.-trained teachers hired directly by embassies.
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FEB 12, 2009
Still Wanted (?): An Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy
Mountain Runner
Still wanted: an Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. This Want Ad remains, at least as of this writing, valid as the U.S. still needs a leader for the interagency process.
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JAN 15, 2009
The Future of American Cultural Diplomacy
CPD Blog
Quincy Jones's welcome appeal for the creation of an American cultural tsar has fascinating implications for the world of public diplomacy. Jones himself has been a figure in American cultural diplomacy from his early days as the manager for the Dizzy Gillespie band tours of the Middle East and Latin America in the late 1950s to his own work as a powerful international voice of American cultural creativity. He well knows the way in which the arts can help transcend international barriers as well as domestic barriers of race, class and gender.
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JAN 15, 2009
Three Quick Steps to Jump-Start America’s Public Diplomacy
The Huffington Post
As the new administration enters office, the following three major steps can be taken right away to set a new tone for America's public diplomacy under the Obama administration. First, America's diplomats should embark on a one month "listening tour" of the world...Second, we must transform the American government's primary means of public communication from a one-way broadcast model to a two-way dialogue model...Third, America needs to speak to the world in the languages the world understands.
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