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Obama Soars Abroad, But America’s PR Doesn’t
[Judith McHale] inherits an operation sadly understaffed and short of resources, according to a recent report on public diplomacy by the GAO. It also reports a vacancy rate of more than 13 percent in State Department public diplomacy slots, with junior officers unversed in requisite skills being forced to fill positions above their pay grades.
A ‘Cairo moment’ for Obama in Moscow?
Next week, President Obama will travel to Moscow to attend a summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He should use that opportunity to engage not only with the government of Russia, but to communicate directly to the Russian-speaking world.
Local Soccer Players Level the field with Swedes
Eleven years ago, the exchange program was formed as an independent nonprofit to connect soccer players from Northeastern Minnesota with footballers in Vaxjo, Sweden — Duluth’s sister city — culturally and athletically.
Maria ‘Luly’ de Lourdes Duke speaks on US-Cuba Cultural Exchange
The United States’ embargo against Cuba is an oft captured theme in the art displayed at the ‘Chelsea Visits Havana’ exhibit. Indeed, ‘Chelsea’ itself is as much about challenging the embargo as the art it displays. Exchange between the two countries—exchange of any kind—has been intentionally blocked by the embargo.
The Real Asset
Two things made America more influential and awe inspiring than any other nation on the face of the earth: cowboy movies and Michael Jackson. Long before the American Tomahawks, B-52s and the rest of the American weapons used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, Michael Jackson entered the houses of the nations across the Middle East and Central Asia.
Special Briefing by Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (Video)
Video of news briefing by Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities.
Special Briefing by Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities
So the Office of the Special Representative to Muslim Communities is a way for us at the State Department to execute her vision. And certainly on the heels of Cairo, when we heard the President talk about the need and his commitment to engage with Muslims, this is our effort to work on that important agenda.
Governments Are Still Struggling To Get Their Heads Around Social Media #g2g
Social Media, was not created to be sinister (unlike the Death Ray) but it can be used for sinister purposes. The discussion on "Public Diplomacy" didn't sit well with some of the non-Government people that I spoke to afterwards.
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