Public diplomacy

Andreas Sandre, medium.com images from the "best of" list cited in article It is that time of the year to compile “best of” lists and make an assessment on where we are and where we’re heading. Excerpt: Year after year, the world of digital diplomacy evolves and adapts quite fast. New trends form, best practices are set, and new actors emerge. However, content and behaviors of world leaders, governments, and political figures tend to overwhelm the news cycle and timelines obfuscate a bit what happens on the policy side of digital diplomacy. In 2018, social media is still the most visible side of digital diplomacy — a fact that is reflected in this very 2018 in review list: a lot has been said about the use of Twitter by U.S. president Donald Trump; about occasional viral content on social media platforms; live videos and selfies; and new best practices and inspiring moments. This list only mentions a few examples. But foreign policy, not just public diplomacy [JB emphasis] and diplomat..

Susan Crabtree, freebeacon.com, November 30; via GG on linkedin Critics: Bill would protect Obama holdovers at VOA, other entities Image from article: Sens. Bob Corker and Bob Menendez / Getty Images Susan Crabtree November 30, 2018 5:00 am Outgoing Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.) is teeing up another parting shot to President Trump by facilitating an effort to undermine his choice to lead the nation's taxpayer-funded global broadcasting operation, according to several GOP sources. The same day Corker rebuked Trump by supporting a bill forcing the United States to withdraw from Yemen, the vocal Trump critic quietly held a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote approving a bill that would greatly curtail the power of Michael Pack, the incoming new head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, or USAGM. Corker, who is retiring at the end of the year, and Sen. Bob Menendez, (D., N.J.), who sponsored the bill, are rushing the bill through committee this week in an effort to attach it to the..

tohoku.ac.jp; article contains additional illustrations A monument commemorating the Korean poet Kim Kirim was unveiled on the grounds of Tohoku University's [JB - see] Katahira Campus on November 30. Some 60 people joined President Hideo Ohno for the ceremony, including officials from the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Sendai, and groups related to exchange between Japan and Korea. Kim, whose real name is Kim Inson, was a student at Tohoku University's Department of English Literature. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Letters in 1939. Upon returning to Korea, he began writing poetry while working as a journalist and an academic. He is best known as a modernist poet and critic whose work was heavily inspired by T.S. Eliot and I.A. Richards. At the unveiling ceremony, President Ohno described the monument as a recognition of the many Koreans who have come to Tohoku University over the years, and ..

state.gov ***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE DECEMBER 11, 2018 Royce image (not from entry) fromExcerpt:ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS MARIE ROYCE6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Royce delivers remarks at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Italy, at the Italian Embassy, in Washington, DC. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST) ...

Nicholas J. Cull, uscpublicdiplomacy.org, Dec10, 2018; see also [original article has changed site] uncaptioned image from entry Note from the CPD Blog Manager: This post was adapted from a real exchange between CPD Faculty Fellow and Master of Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Program Director Nicholas J. Cull and a student interested in the historical practice and impact of propaganda. The text has been edited for the CPD Blog. Dear Interested Student,I am happy to answer your interesting questions. I feel it is an essential thing for the well-being of our society that students like yourself understand propaganda. 1. What interested you in propaganda rather than another subject?I grew up in the UK in the later 1960s and 1970s loving old movies and fascinated by history, especially World War II. I loved listening to the stories of my grandparents about the history that had happened around them. It soon became clear to me that the textbooks and coverage of history in public memory was not..

Sqn Ldr Rana TS Chhina (retd), tribuneindia.com Image from article, with caption: Forgotten heroes: The sacrifices of Indian soldiers in WWI were largely ignored in the writings and books on the subject The centenary of World War I has reignited literary and academic interest in the contribution of Indian soldiers By Sqn Ldr Rana TS Chhina (retd), tribuneindia.com [JB note: On the controversial U.S. "propaganda" role during the Great War, see John Brown, "Janus-Faced Public Diplomacy: Creel and Lippmann During the Great War," in Deborah L. Trent Ph.D. (Author, Editor), Nontraditional U.S. Public Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future (Public Diplomacy Council Series) Paperback – November 4, 2016, now available online.] World War I (1914-1918) was undoubtedly one of the defining events of modern world history. The conflict set in motion a chain of events with far reaching consequences. While it is now a century since ‘the guns of August’ finally fell silent, the repercussions of that cat..

Cindy Saine, Voice of America, Last Updated: December 07, 2018 3:41 PM; see also, for other commentary/reports (1) FILE - State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Nov. 30, 2017. STATE DEPARTMENT —U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he will nominate State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert as the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. "She's [Nauert is] going to work with Nikki Haley to replace Nikki at the United Nations. She'll be ambassador to the United Nations," Trump told reporters at the White House early Friday. "She's very talented, very smart, very quick. And I think she's going to be respected by all." Haley announced in October she would be leaving the job by the end of the year. Nauert joined the State Department in April 2017 after a career in broadcast journalism, first serving under former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and then under current Secretary of State Mike P..

state.gov image (not from entry) from Media Note Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCDecember 7, 2018The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917–1972, Volume ­VII, Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis], 1964–1968.This volume documents the efforts of the Lyndon B. Johnson administration to craft public diplomacy and information policy during the middle period of the Cold War. A major emphasis is on the various ways the United States Information Agency (USIA) presented U.S. foreign policy objectives to global audiences during a time of great social upheaval within the United States, particularly during the Civil Rights movement. It also describes how the Johnson administration ensured both USIA and the Department of State utilized a variety of public diplomacy tools in the face of numerous crises that defined the 1960s. These crises included the assassination of John F. Kennedy and transition to the Johnson administration, the Dominican Republic inter..

https://twitter.com/search/state+department+nauert; see also (1) Heather NauertVerified account@statedeptspox TweetsTweets, current page.5,132FollowingFollowing748FollowersFollowers319KLikesLikes61ListsLists4FollowFollow @statedeptspoxHeather NauertVerified account@statedeptspoxHeather Nauert serves as the @StateDeptSpokesperson under the leadership of the 70th Secretary of State @SecPompeo.Dept. of State, Washington, DCstate.govJoined October 20131,003 Photos and videosfrom Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)I am pleased to announce that Heather Nauert, Spokeswoman for the United States Department of State, will be nominated to serve as United Nations Ambassador. I want to congratulate Heather, and thank Ambassador Nikki Haley for her great service to our Country!2 hours ago · Twitter Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman)By nominating Heather Nauert to be U.N. ambassador, @realDonaldTrump is elevating one of the strongest women in his administration. She’s been an effective voice at the Sta..

bbc.com; article contains a video, with caption: "Trump to Haley: 'Hopefully you'll be coming back at some point ... you can have your pick'"; see also (1) (2) (3); [especially] (4) (5; (6); [especially] (7); (8); [especially] (9); (10) (11); [especially] (12): Note, however, when I double checked this link, I received the following message: "Access Denied You don't have permission to access 'http://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-is-heather-nauert-3-things-to-know-about-trumps-pick-for-un-ambassador' on this server." Reference #18.4f94dc17.1544210518.b69344d3; (13) Nauert image from article, with caption:Ms Nauert previously worked for Fox News and ABC US President Donald Trump is set to announce state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as his new ambassador to the United Nations, US media report. One of the reports came from Fox News, where Ms Nauert has previously worked as a presenter. Nikki Haley had announced in October that she was leaving the post ..