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OCT 12, 2008
A Message for the New President: Getting Diplomacy Right
WhirledView (blog)
Whoever becomes this country’s new president in January, the US cannot continue to conduct its foreign policy along the business-as-usual lines of the Bush administration. The next president will, in reality, have only one foreign policy option. This is the imperative to rely far more on traditional diplomacy, public diplomacy and foreign aid delivered through civilian means to begin to repair America’s face and effectively conduct its business abroad.
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AUG 25, 2008
Use public diplomacy to boost U.S. image
Des Moines Register
The element most critical and central to public-diplomacy success? A quality corps of skilled public-diplomacy practitioners. We need to re-invest in such people and refocus on fundamentals. A new generation of talented men and women needs to know that a public-diplomacy career will be rewarding and meaningful. They need to be given the institutional and professional credibility essential to engage effectively with skeptical or hostile foreign publics. And policymakers need to ensure that public-diplomacy specialists are at the table at all stages and at the highest levels as foreign-policy options are being developed.
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JUN 26, 2008
The key to a better U.S. image
Christian Science Monitor
A House subcommittee has held a series of hearings that affirm a "precipitous decline in favorability" toward the US and its foreign policy in recent years. At the urging of Congress, the Department of State, current home of the government's public diplomacy efforts, has commissioned a study to review the instruments and techniques needed to burnish the US image. Three interested organizations, the Brookings Institution, the Business for Diplomatic Action group, and the Washington-based Public Diplomacy Council, will also conduct hearings in July to assess the views of interested parties.
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JUN 18, 2008
Challenges Await Next President On Day 1
CBS News
McCain and Obama have also repeatedly vowed to rebuild America's image abroad and rejuvenate public diplomacy. Either one will certainly have his work cut out for him.
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MAR 25, 2008
Experts Offer Public Diplomacy Proposals for New Administration
News Blaze
Experts in business, strategic communications, diplomacy and cultural exchanges will present a range of recommendations on the future of public diplomacy to the new administration at a forum on March 27 at The George Washington University. "Rebuilding America's Public Diplomacy: Proposals for a New Administration" is co-sponsored by the Public Diplomacy Council, GWU's School of Media and Public Affairs and the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange.
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