Public diplomacy

In today’s digital media environment, how a story is told can be no less important than whether the story is true. Dmitry Chernobrov explores...

The memory of World War II—or the Great Patriotic War, as Russia calls it—occupies a cult-like status in Russian popular and political culture. At...

ARGUMENT How to Prepare for Life After a Career in Diplomacy We diplomats often identify with our job, and when we leave, we find ourselves confronting an identity crisis — or even loss of identity. By AMBASSADOR CHARLES RAY | NOVEMBER 29, 2020 As ambassador to Zimbabwe, Charles Ray met with grandmothers running community projects to help pay for their grandchildren’s education in 2012. Photo by U.S. Embassy Harare. An assistant public affairs officer in the United States Army moonlighting as an arts and theater critic for a local newspaper may be a peculiarity, but with proper authorization, I managed to pull it off back in the 1970s, when I was stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. I also wrote for a state historical society’s publication. One of my crusty old editors advised me to establish a practice of writing at least 1,000 words every day to improve my skills. That habit, which continues to this day, proved essential to a fulfilling post-retirement life decades later. After 20 years..

The Constitution and civic participation in a democracy played an critical role in my career abroad as a public diplomacy foreign service officer for...

The contribution of the Hellenic Diaspora in the forging of bilateral cultural relations between Greece and third countries is the key issue of the...

When China came for their kimchi, South Koreans knew they had had enough. Over the past several weeks, China’s state-backed Global Times has turned...

Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing World In 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corporation promulgated a futuristic...

The book named as “Turkey’s Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sandzak (2002-2017)” was published by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB). Emerging...

Even as borders closed around the world last year due to the pandemic, that didn’t stop the spread of the Korean Wave, or “hallyu,”...

BOOK EXCERPT The Circuitous Route to Becoming an Ambassador Adventure, service and international cooperation drew me to the Foreign Service. Don’t lose your own ideals on your way to the top. By AMBASSADOR TOM ARMBRUSTER | JANUARY 3, 2021 Ambassador Tom Armbruster's interest in the environment and climate change led him underwater during his tour in the Marsall Islands. Photo by Raycrew Marshall Islands. There are two ways to become an American ambassador. For the first one, you have to be handsomely rich, very well connected politically or capable of raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a successful presidential candidate. The second route is more circuitous and demanding, but also more fun. It winds through the trails and passageways of the U.S. Foreign Service. To join the Foreign Service, you must be a U.S. citizen, 21 or older, and willing to serve at any of the more than 270 American diplomatic missions around the w..