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DEC 11, 2009
U.S. Muslims pen strategy to wrest ‘narrative’ from militants
CNN
A leading Muslim-American civil rights group is advocating intense grassroots engagement among police and U.S. Muslim neighborhood leaders to thwart the emergence of homegrown Islamic terrorists. A report, issued Friday by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, reflects the shock among American Muslims over the Fort Hood massacre, the arrests of five American Muslims in Pakistan suspected of plotting terrorist attacks, and the arrests of eight Somali-American men on charges related to what prosecutors said were efforts to recruit youths to fight for a Somali guerrilla movement.
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DEC 11, 2009
Helping Iran’s student protesters
The Los Angeles Times
The students, for their part, seem to be girding for a long fight, and the West should follow their lead. Western governments should offer the reform movement moral support, as President Obama did in his Nobel Peace Prize speech, promising to be a voice for the aspirations of reformers such as the "hundreds of thousands who have marched silently through the streets of Iran."
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DEC 11, 2009
Obama Nobel Peace Prize: What Arabs think
The Christian Science Monitor
When Obama took office last January, Arab expectations were high that the advent of a new American presidency would signal a warmer era for US-Arab relations after the polarizing policies of the Bush administration. But Washington's actions have trampled on the goodwill created by Obama's words.
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DEC 10, 2009
Economic turmoil may force countries to re-brand
Nation-Branding.info
The current economic crisis is affecting countries in an obvious, well-documented and flagrant manner, but is also impacting their reputation, their “nation brands”, in a less obvious manner. One example is Dubai. The Emirate is facing the toughest economic challenge in its history.
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DEC 10, 2009
World Citizen: Mediation as the Third Path to Global Power
World Politics Review
Other forms of power have gained importance, with the concept of "soft power"-or the ability to peacefully persuade and attract other nations to acquiesce to a country's will-recently gaining prominence as an alternative to traditional "hard power."
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DEC 10, 2009
Exiles keep Iran in touch
Los Angeles Times
There are e-mails from expatriates in California to answer, chats with counterparts in Germany, politicians in European capitals and Washington to lobby, and the frequent calls from Tehran and other Iranian cities via Skype.
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 Framing the U.S. Election and an Obama Presidency: Arab New Media in 2008-09
This study examines content from online newspapers and blogs from across the Arab world to assess the developing media discussion of the United States presidential election and results.
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 An Evaluation of Alhurra Television Programming
An Evaluation of Alhurra Television Programming is a multi-method evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of Alhurra's news broadcasting to the Middle East.
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![]() A Restored Synagogue in an Unlikely Place
AUG 30, 2010
APDS Bloggers
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![]() AFRICOM’s Impressive Public Diplomacy Product
AUG 7, 2010
Philip Seib
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 Terrorism and New Media: Building a Research Network
September 8 - 9, 2010
Venue: Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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 Virginia Haufler: Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict -Issues, Actors & Institutions
CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
12:00 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009
Venue: USC; SOS B40
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 God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape
A lecture by Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College and Harvard University
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Venue: USC; Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, Room 340
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