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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
SEP 25, 2009
 Posted by Andrew Wulf
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The title for this commentary is deliberately borrowed from Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s famous piano composition of 1874. It also underscores the tone for this review of a recent exhibition that has opened in Los Angeles, “The 21st Century Family of Man: Photography as Public Diplomacy,” on display in the second floor gallery of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication. And just as Mussorgsky’s ten-movement suite has evolved into a pièce de résistance for creative reinterpretation by virtuoso pianists, this new display of photographs brilliantly reframes Edward Steichen’s “Family of Man” exhibition that opened at the Museum of Modern Art in…... Full Text
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UNDER ATTACK
SEP 22, 2009
 Posted by Mark Dillen
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A huge banner with a photo of David Plouffe festooned a media conference I attended in Croatia last week. The former Obama campaign manager is coming to Zagreb later this year and those running local election campaigns are eager to welcome “the unsung hero” who “helped restore the trust in the United States of America.” All good, you say. America’s influence in setting the media/political/social agenda in far off countries is once again confirmed. The truth is a bit more complicated. Yes, the achievements of Barack Obama and his campaign staff in last year’s election can offer inspiration and ideas…... Full Text
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THE OTHER PAKISTAN
SEP 17, 2009
 Posted by Cynthia Schneider
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Salman Ahmad, Pakistani rock musician and founder of the popular band Junoon (as well as doctor, author, and film maker) explained last Saturday night to the standing room only crowd in the General Assembly of the United Nations that it was the video which pushed him into action. The video, of two men holding down a teenage girl while another beat her, sent by a friend from Pakistan, prompted Ahmad to fly to Pakistan from New York, his adopted home, to find the answer to the question that was tormenting him: "Which was the real Pakistan?" Was it the country…... Full Text
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AUSTRALIA’S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CRISIS
SEP 16, 2009
 Posted by Nicholas J. Cull
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In recent years Australia has made great strides in its public diplomacy and has demonstrated a remarkable ability to ‘punch above its weight,’ especially in the realm of international education. As the US international student recruitment became bogged down in visa bureaucracy and post-9/11 paranoia, Australia surged ahead to take up the slack and recruited large numbers of students from Asia especially. Now this recruitment and Australia’s wider reputation are in jeopardy as a result of a series of brutal racist attacks on Indian students by youths. The attacks have not only opened questions over the safety of the nearly…... Full Text
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SCIENCE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY – TWO SOLITUDES?
SEP 10, 2009
 Posted by Daryl Copeland
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Lately I have been thinking and writing about the relationship between science, technology, diplomacy and international policy. I covered these issues in my new book, but because I will be teaching a course on this stuff at the University of Toronto in January, I have been updating my research and trying to push the analysis a bit. I have often made the case that although a diplomatic renaissance is long overdue, the fundamental reform of diplomacy’s major institutions (the foreign ministry and foreign service) and practices (traditional, state-centric representation) is an absolute prerequisite. This in turn will implicate a more…... Full Text
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