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Bruce Gregory’s Public Diplomacy Resources – #65

June 6, 2013 public diplomacy No Comments
GW School of Media and Public Affairs and Georgetown Adjunct Assistant Professor Bruce Gregory compiles an annotated bibliography of Public Diplomacy-related readings and other resources. Intended for teachers of public diplomacy and related courses, here is an update on resources that may be of general interest. Bruce Gregory Suggestions for…

20,000 Leagues Across the Sea: Say Hello to Water Diplomacy

May 15, 2013 public diplomacy No Comments
By Robin Terry In February of this year, Philip Seib, who is the Director of the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, wrote a blog post entitled “Climate Change, Terrorism, and Public Diplomacy” regarding a relatively unheard-of reality that public diplomacy must respond to. This reality…

Ain’t No Sonenshine When She’s Gone…

May 6, 2013 public diplomacy 1 Comment
… only darkness everyday (until someone gets confirmed, at least). Rumors began to fly online on April 23rd, and today, April 24, The Washington Post politics blog said that Tara Sonenshine, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the State Department, will be leaving her post in…

Beyond Zero Sum Cultural Diplomacy

April 29, 2013 Cultural Diplomacy Global Communication 4 Comments
By Max Entman In a recent speech at the 2012 Institute for Cultural Diplomacy conference, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Trade Stockwell Day argues that cultural diplomacy can be used to advance certain broad principles that can help alleviate poverty around the world. Day posits that the existence of three…

Should We Even Be Studying Public Diplomacy?

April 24, 2013 Cultural Diplomacy public diplomacy 1 Comment
by Anna-Lena Tepper Former NBA player Dennis Rodman’s recent visit to North Korea came to many as a surprise. Along with an entourage of fellow basketball players from the performance group Harlem Globetrotters, Rodman went to visit the most oppressive country in the world, but his intentions weren’t politically motivated.…

EdTech for the Third World: Tech Tools

April 18, 2013 public diplomacy 1 Comment
by Mercedes Bell Access to quality education offers students in the Third World a chance to improve their lives, careers, and health, and can even give them the resources they need to improve their communities with economic growth and political stability. But without the tools to reach quality education, Third…