Public Diplomacy and Brand Image
The critical success factor for any government's public diplomacy function is whether its connection to policy making is one-way or two-way. Read More
Public Diplomacy and Branding
Delivered with equal measure of art and science, diplomacy is a
non-violent approach to the management of international relations and
global issues which seeks to resolve conflict through discussion,
negotiation and partnership. The diplomats' brief is unambiguous: to
advance or defend their country's political and economic place in the
world by the most effective means. That is the purpose, the essence of
diplomacy. Read More
1956 All That ... U. S. Public Diplomacy And Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
"[T]hrough the press section of USIS that the Communist parties themselves represented at the Moscow Congress have come to know one of the most serious and dramatic documents in the Communist literature of the world."
--Pietro Nenni, Secretary General, Italian Socialist Party, 1957 Read More
The Ghost under the Brooklyn Bridge
This week workers at the Brooklyn Bridge chanced upon a forgotten room
containing supplies stockpiled against a nuclear attack. Dates on the
materials were evocative: 1957 - the year of Sputnik; 1962 - the year
of the Cuban missile crisis. This discovery is an oddly evocative
interruption from the high point last long war into what future
historians will doubtless see as the opening phase of the era-defining
conflict. It is like a ghost in a Shakespeare play -- reminding us of Read More
The Incredible Shrinking Voice of America
In the classic 1957 film "The Incredible Shrinking Man," the character played by actor Grant Williams is enveloped by curious fog while anchored on his small boat. Within days, his clothes begin to loosen and he gets smaller by the hour. "I was continuing to shrink, to become…what? Would others follow me?" he wondered.
Yes, others would follow. The Voice of America would follow. Read More
The Ethical Dilemma of Blogging
An estimated 28.8 million bloggers publish on the Internet, while by comparison there are only a paltry 2,500 U.S. daily and Sunday newspapers published. As blogging grows and matures, it needs to confront an ethical issue, as its senior ink-to-paper colleagues have, where free trips and other gratuities are offered by those who would likely expect a return on their investment. Read More
“Good Night and Good Luck”
The flight purser came back to where Fred Friendly was seated to tell him that his friend Edward R. Murrow had died an hour earlier. The plane had just cleared the Irish coast on a flight from London to New York, and the news about Murrow had been radioed from Shannon control with instructions to tell Friendly. It was April 27, 1965. Read More
An Editor’s Opinion on Op-Eds
For 20 years I was editor of the Op-Ed page of the Los Angeles Times. I thought I tried to maintain balance on the page, but of course some would disagree that I did so. Read More
Penn Kemble, Public Diplomat
Penn Kemble: Public Diplomat, political campaigner and international pro-democracy activist Read More
The Failures and Possibilities of Au Pairs as Public Diplomats
Cultural and educational exchange programs are effective public diplomacy tools because they enrich both those who go abroad and the societies they visit.
Right?
That good intention may not be the primary motivation behind the au pair childcare program the United States facilitates. This mismanaged program is being exploited and turned into more of a profitable business than cultural experience. Read More
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