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In The Media: A public relations dream come true
Israel has without question been in dire need of an image makeover. And with the crisis in Haiti, it got it. For better or worse, Israel has received its public relations knight in shining armor in the form of an earthquake. The Jewish state's rapid and extensive response has hardly gone unnoticed by the country's media, diplomats and foreign advocates. Updates from Israel's delegation in Haiti have been sent regularly to hundreds of Israeli and foreign journalists via e-mail, video, blogs and social networking sites.
In Israel, Mitchell presses on with patience honed in N. Ireland
US Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived here Thursday for a new round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks, amid President Obama’s admission that he had been too optimistic about the prospects for peace.
Is Hillary Clinton launching a cyber Cold War?
Overall, I was disappointed with the speech -- it lacked depth. I didn't sense any coherent intellectual vision underpinning the State Department's digital strategy (sorry, I refuse to buy into "21st Century Statecraft" concept -- what other model of statecraft are they expected to work with, the one from the 18th century?).
US senators urge action on Iran Internet
A bill dubbed the Victims of Iranian Censorship (VOICE) Act is aimed at funding measures "to counter Iranian government efforts to jam radio, satellite, and Internet-based transmissions." It also allocates $30 million for the US government to expand activities of Radio Free Europe's Persian-language radio broadcasts into Iran.
The Clinton Internet Doctrine
Social-networking may be a fad, but then so were the fax machines and bootlegged Frank Zappa albums smuggled behind the Iron Curtain a generation ago. Being popular with the kids doesn't always hurt the cause of liberty.
Europe and an inscrutable China
ONCE upon a time, or about two years ago, the European Union was full of optimism about China, and how it was becoming a "responsible stakeholder" in the world...And Europe was better placed than America: European co-operation was a model and, unlike America, Europe was not a strategic rival.
The Beginning of Something Big
New Opportunities in Science & Technology Collaboration Between India and Republic of Korea.
WKU Renews Research Pact with China
University President Gary Ransdell renewed a scientific cooperation agreement with Taiyuan University of Technology for study on coal chemistry and multi-pollutant emission control technologies.
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