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UNITED STATES WAGES 21ST CENTURY STATECRAFT PART II: HOW DOES IT WORK?
AUG 22, 2011
 Posted by Tori Horton
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The U.S. State Department has been using the term 21st Century Statecraft to describe policies and activities promoting a networked society. 21st Century Statecraft has become an important policy issue; it is included in many of the other State Department initiatives including women’s rights, crime prevention, landmine reduction, and banking, as these projects develop an online presence to compliment traditional public diplomacy methods. The U.S. State Department has made a commitment to advocate for freedom of expression online as a human rights issue. While there are some who might disagree with this premise, it is nonetheless a stance the State…... Full Text
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UNITED STATES WAGES 21ST CENTURY STATECRAFT PART I: WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY MEAN?
JUL 25, 2011
 Posted by Tori Horton
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Since 2008, under the leadership of the Obama Administration and direction of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States has actively advocated for a more networked society. The U.S. Department of State has coined this initiative, 21st Century Statecraft. It is defined as “complementing traditional foreign policy tools with newly innovated and adapted instruments of statecraft that fully leverage the networks, technologies, and demographics of our interconnected world.” In other words, the State Department has declared the intent to use Internet and the opportunities created from this new open communication platform, to leverage U.S. national interests on a global…... Full Text
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GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE AGE OF INTERNET FREEDOM: A SUMMARY
MAR 14, 2011
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There continues to be an ongoing debate about how to regulate the Internet. This conundrum arises from two questions. Is the Internet a platform for old ideas to be transformed in a new medium, or rather a medium for all-together new paradigms of thought? Where it is simply another platform, citizens and their governments should already have the tools necessary to make decisions about what is right and fair based on previous methods of practice. However, when the Internet is a space that offers something new, it is necessary to likewise develop new means of governance for the space. The…... Full Text
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RESPONDING TO NATURAL DISASTERS WITH HUMANITARIAN AID: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
FEB 17, 2010
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In 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit a number of countries, the coastal regions of Indonesia and Sri Lanka were devastated. Before the tsunami, the public opinion of the United States in these and surrounding Muslim countries was predictably low; however the huge efforts of US humanitarian aid immediately following as well as long after the crisis swayed public opinions that remained high even a year later in a follow-up poll. US AID currently reports successful efforts to re-build the hardest hit cities and enable an early-warning system for future potential catastrophic events. The aid was not given to…... Full Text
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CONSIDERING THE “GIRL EFFECT” IN STRATEGIC MILITARY OPERATIONS
OCT 9, 2009
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Throughout the week Washington and the media have been buzzing about the relationship between President Obama and General McChrystal. McChrystal, who is leading the United States and United Nation efforts in Afghanistan, recently proposed a shift in strategy that involves more engagement within the region along with more U.S. troops to fulfill this mission. According to the New York Times, “The strategy General McChrystal has promoted is based on the one unveiled by Mr. Obama in March, concentrating on protecting the Afghan population, training Afghan security forces and building economic opportunity and better governance”. Without visiting or personally knowing the…... Full Text
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