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ISRAELI PD & ARAB PUBLICS II: AN ADDENDUM ON LEON WIESELTIER
JUN 15, 2011
 Posted by Neal Rosendorf
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In March 2011 I wrote a piece for the CPD Blog entitled "Israeli Public Diplomacy’s Longstanding Blind Spot: Arab Publics,” in which I posited that historical attitudes reaching back to the dawn of the Zionist movement provide a context, if not a continuous mode of thought, lying behind Israel’s inability and unwillingness to construct a public diplomacy program that directly engages newly empowered Arab publics. After having taken some brickbats for discerning evidence of the early Zionists’ “willful myopia and disdainful hostility” toward the native peoples of the region and tying it to recent public diplomacy policies or the lack…... Full Text
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ISRAELI PUBLIC DIPLOMACY’S LONGSTANDING BLIND SPOT: ARAB PUBLICS
MAR 9, 2011
 Posted by Neal Rosendorf
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As oppressive Arab regimes totter and topple under the pressure of democratization movements, Israel needs to engage directly with the region’s increasingly politically empowered peoples. But can Israel implement an effective public diplomacy and harness “soft power” with the citizenry of its neighborhood? The answer must be yes; but Israeli public diplomacy strategy and analysis over the past decade provide little guidance for outreach to Arab publics. Israeli governments and researchers have been thinking hard for years about how to employ the attractive and coöptive qualities of soft power to advance the state’s strategic interests. But the focus has generally…... Full Text
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BARACK OBAMA’S INDIA TRIP: THE VIEW THROUGH A SOFT POWER LENS
NOV 10, 2010
 Posted by Neal Rosendorf
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Now that President Barack Obama has concluded his $200 million per day trip to India (just kidding—that risible far right-wing canard has been thoroughly debunked), it’s a good moment for some initial thoughts about the soft power dimensions of the episode. Let’s start at one remove with the People’s Republic of China, which is, to state the obvious, a key driver of the developing Indo-American entente—New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calls the situation “containment lite” —and whose recent diplomatic blunders helped create a propitious atmosphere for Obama’s visit. Beijing’s recent bout of snarling at its neighbors to the East…... Full Text
Tags: china • united states • soft power • media • india • obama • indonesia
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INDIA TODAY INTERVIEW : INDIAN VERSUS CHINESE SOFT POWER
JUL 13, 2010
 Posted by Neal Rosendorf
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As if there were any doubt about India’s mounting anxieties concerning its status vis-à-vis China, the July 12th issue of India Today, India’s largest-circulation newsmagazine, includes an article on Indian versus Chinese soft power that depicts a substantial Indian deficit. This correspondent was interviewed online by India Today’s Shafi Rahman for the piece, “Slouching Tiger, Racing Dragon,” a title which accurately sums up its concerned tone. Indeed, Rahman proves in his fine, thoughtful article to be rather more pessimistic than I am about the soft power India brings to the global table. While Beijing has a number of enviable attributes…... Full Text
Tags: china • soft power • india • bollywood • film industry
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A STATE’S AFFAIRS AND AFFAIRS OF STATE: ARIZONA’S IMMIGRATION LAW
MAY 6, 2010
 Posted by Neal Rosendorf
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It’s hard to tell whether Arizona’s reputation at home and abroad is going to be damaged more by enactment on April 23rd of the state’s draconian new immigration law or by the WE cable network’s new reality program “Sunset Days,” a sort of Geriatrics Gone Wild in a Phoenix-area retirement community. But for purposes of this essay, let’s assume it’s the new law, which has been denounced by no less than the hard-nosed sheriff of Arizona’s Pima County as “unwise, stupid and it's racist.” SB 1070, the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act,” has spurred considerable high-profile international…... Full Text
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