JAN 12, 2012
Extremist media use to be examined
UPI
Extremist use of the media and information environment to propagate views and garner international support comes under the microscope in Germany next month...experts from government, academia and industry will focus on the issue...
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JAN 10, 2012
Sweden: More powerful than the US in a networked world
The Local (Sweden)
The Arab Spring makes clear that the nature of power wielded by states is evolving as societies get networked digitally. Intriguingly, a new network-centric theory of power favors Sweden's open nature as a multiplier of its global influence. In fact, Sweden is better positioned than the US to become a collaborative superpower, especially in the Middle East.
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JAN 6, 2012
“After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent”
The Washington Post
Europe’s mastery of soft power seemed destined to eclipse military might in the post-Cold War age. The building of a continent “whole and free”...These days the European dream seems to be turning into a nightmare. The prospect of the euro’s collapse.
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JAN 5, 2012
The Myth of Europe
Foreign Policy
The early 2000s did feel like the European moment... In this magazine in 2004, Parag Khanna described the "stylish" European Union as a "metrosexual superpower" strutting past the testosterone-fueled, boorish United States on the catwalk of global diplomacy.
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JAN 5, 2012
Gloomy Greeks forget woes with lavish Turk TV dramas
Reuters
Greek TV channels realised that buying the glitzy tales of forbidden love... from long-standing regional rival Turkey, was cheaper than filming their own..."Greeks feel closer to Turks than they did," he told Reuters. "Sometimes soft power is more important than political power."
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