The New BBG Can Expect Occasional Poor Reception

On November 18, President Obama announced his nomination of former CNN chairman Walter Isaacson as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. He will also submit nominations for the full complement of seven members of the bipartisan board, including Bush Administration spokesperson Dana Perino as one of the Republicans. Read More

How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy

Sally Totman

Despite the old injunction to ‘never judge a book by its cover’ one cannot really pick up a book without beginning to form an impression of what lies within.  Publishers hire designers for exactly this reason.

Why No Change Ten Years On?

When I was growing up in India, the U.S. Information Services used to serve as ambassadors of American culture, ideas, and ideals. That entire approach to diplomacy was shuttered after the Cold War and even after 9/11 remains moribund. – Fareed Zakaria, “The Post-American World” Since 9/11, the U.S. military for the first time has dramatically expanded its effort to communicate with foreign audiences. But this has created new problems…[and] this “mission creep” has gotten way out of hand. Read More

Doubting Dubai’s Doubters

The schadenfreude surrounding Dubai World’s request for a partial debt standstill is understandable, however lamentable. Dubai has the unfortunate timing of having experienced its tremendous evolution, and subsequent stumble, at the peak of populist displeasure with leveraged driven growth. The lack of specifics surrounding the crisis is partially Dubai’s fault. Read More

Cricket Diplomacy and Pakistan

Amid the debates about American aid to Pakistan, and the public diplomacy attempts to gain Pakistani "hearts and minds," there is one measure which would gain Pakistani support: Cricket Diplomacy. Read More

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