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AUG 10, 2009
US Aid to Middle East Mixed Blessing for Promoting Democracy
VOA News
An American non-profit organization dedicated to political reform in the Middle East concludes in a new report that proposed changes in U.S. foreign aid to the region could be a mixed blessing for those working to promote democracy in that troubled part of the world.
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FEB 20, 2009
The Conversation
The National
The Obama administration now has the opportunity and the ambition to dramatically transform America’s dialogue with the world. But doing so will require a new approach to engaging with the Arab and Muslim world that moves beyond the “war on terror”. American strategy must also transcend the rift that divides present outreach efforts between “strategic communications” and “public diplomacy”.
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FEB 7, 2009
Repairing American Public Diplomacy
Arab Media & Society
It is widely believed among academics who study the subject, and among former practitioners, that public diplomacy has not achieved its full potential, and we are hopeful that the Obama Administration will now solve some of its problems. This essay focuses on the most important challenges, which in many ways concern broadcasting to the Arab world. What are the systemic problems hindering U.S. public diplomacy and how can the Obama Administration fix them?: Engaging with Arabic broadcasting, BBG Arabic broadcasting, The military-civilian imbalance, The neglected advisory function, Leadership vacuum, The State bureaucracy.
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JAN 5, 2009
Public Diplomacy Can Help Restore Lost U.S. Credibility
Change for America: A progressive blueprint for the 44th President
Effective public diplomacy works to understand and help shape foreign public opinion and effectively integrate it into the policymaking process in order to help realize our national security and foreign policy goals. To accomplish this goal, the new president will have to work to restore, recruit, and retain a quality corps of skilled public-diplomacy practitioners and give these men and women the credibility they need to engage with skeptical or hostile foreign publics.
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NOV 28, 2008
New Administration Must Undue RFE/RL’s Anti-Diplomacy Abroad
The Herald News
Not always is U.S. public money spent by RFE/RL in the best interests of the radio nor, accordingly, U.S. public image. Alarmed by reports of human rights violations by RFE/RL, Czech Sen. Jaromir Stetina sent a letter to RFE/RL's President Jeffrey Gedmin asking him to intervene in order to enhance “the reputation and integrity of RFE/RL in the Czech Republic.” Gedmin never answered the senator’s letter. This is just one example of (anti) public diplomacy that incoming Washington administration inherits and will have to undo.
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