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DEC 7, 2008
Holmes: Hard-liners embracing soft power
The Daily News Tribune
This article highlights the support of such "hard-liners" as Michael Chertoff, James Glassman, and Robert Gates for soft power. The military adventures and undiplomatic rhetoric of Bush's first term have overshadowed the shift in thinking in his second term. But there are successes worth building on. Obama's foreign policy is a change from the belligerence most of the world, associates with Bush. The on-going shift in attitudes toward soft power, especially among top military brass and in the conservative foreign policy establishment, will be a huge help as Obama steps gracefully to the front of the parade.
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DEC 4, 2008
Twilight, Britney Spears and Grand Theft Auto: The Key to Obama’s Foreign Policy?
The Huffington Post
So how should the Obama administration institute Public Diplomacy 2.0? First, create a central agency like FDR's Office of War Information (later the US Information Agency) to oversee the public diplomacy efforts of all government departments, including State, Defense, CIA, AID and others. Secondly, enlist the private sector as a partner in public diplomacy. Get the best talent from media, entertainment and technology. The government needs help. It doesn't have the resources, experience or expertise to go it alone.
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DEC 3, 2008
The Focus is on ‘Soft Power’
The Philadelphia Inquirer
At a time when America's need to engage with the world has never been greater, funding for public diplomacy has been shrinking..."We are not staffed to keep up with old needs, let alone new needs," said Ronald Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He calls for more staffing for public diplomacy, new Web outreach, reopened cultural centers, and more exchanges.
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NOV 29, 2008
Persuasion, Not Popularity, Should be Obama’s Goal
The Baltimore Examiner
The Ethics and Public Policy Center (a conservative think tank) held a forum last week on the subject of “public diplomacy.” Jeffrey Gedmin, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, explained to the EPPC audience, "It is not for the United States to be popular, [the goal should be] to advance American interests consummate with American values." Gedmin also said that Obama has a unique ability to do public diplomacy well — because, "[Obama] is a weapon of mass attraction.”
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NOV 23, 2008
Obama can Show Diplomacy on World Stage, Revive America’s Image
The Arizona Republic
Effective public diplomacy lubricates our efforts to deal with important global problems such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation and economic crises. Unfortunately, in recent years, we have communicated with foreign audiences in ways that have not promoted understanding and support...One thing President-elect Obama can do quickly to change the game, and that would cost little or no money, is to make some significant gesture of humility.
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