Public diplomacy

Mark Landler and Katie Rogers, The New York Times, March 7, 2019; original article contains links Image from article: John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, has followed President Trump’s lead in using Twitter to promote the administration’s agenda.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump threw out the diplomatic rule book when he took office, tweeting gleefully about sensitive global issues, be it the nuclear showdown with North Korea or burden sharing within NATO. Now he has spawned a squad of in-house imitators. John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, has tweeted more than 150 times about the political crisis in Venezuela, demanding that the country’s embattled president, Nicolás Maduro, go into exile and championing his waiting-in-the-wings replacement, Juan Guaidó. Jason D. Greenblatt, Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy, has taken to Twitter dozens of times to debate or chide Palestinian leaders, with whom the White House has had no formal ..

Max Boot and Max Bergmann, The Washington Post, March 6 Image from article:President Trump talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in December 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)Max Boot, a Post columnist, is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a global affairs analyst for CNN. Max Bergmann is the director of the Moscow Project and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. This article is based on their new CFR Policy Innovation Memorandum, “Defending America From Foreign Election Interference.”It’s heartening to read The Post’s revelation that U.S. Cyber Command disrupted Internet access on Election Day 2018, for the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg. This is the Russian troll farm that ran an extensive online campaign in 2016 to help elect Donald Trump. But as the cyberwarfare expert Thomas Rid noted, the Cyber Command operation was “more of a pinprick that is more annoying than ..

Emily Heil, The Washington Post, March 6 Image from article: Melania Trump visits a language arts class at the Dove School of Discovery on March 4. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) The visit by Melania Trump to a charter school in Tulsa on Monday seemed to be a picture-perfect success for the first lady. She complimented pre-K students on their crayon skills and observed ­middle-schoolers conducting science experiments. She made small talk and warned a second-grader who had complained about her homework that it was “very important.”But the first lady had just stepped into a zone fraught with potential diplomatic peril with her stop promoting her Be Best initiative that aims to improve children’s well-being. The Dove School of Discovery, a Tulsa charter institution that focuses on character education, is believed to be part of a network of schools in the United States and abroad linked to the Gulen movement, a secretive religious movement inspired by a 77-year-old Turkish Muslim cl..

www2.fundsforngos.org US Embassy Lisbon image (not from entry) from[...]Deadline: 31 May 2019The U.S. Embassy Lisbon Office of Public Affairs (OPA) of the U.S. Department of State has announced that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Small Grants Program.OPA invites proposals from individuals, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions for projects that strengthen the bilateral ties between the U.S. and Portugal. OPA will only consider grants that have an American component or aspect in their proposal.Priority Program AreasMedia Literacy and Countering Misinformation: activities that promote media literacy and critical thinking, resist malign influence, and counter disinformation.Trade and Investment: activities which support the expansion of U.S. exports and investments, improve the connections between U.S. and Portuguese businesses, and/or expand economic opportunities for women and underserved populations.Technology and Innova..

american.elluciancrmrecruit.com Friday, March 29, 2019Fitzpatrick image (not from entry) from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time Location: OnlineDescription: Join us online with Professor Kathy Fitzpatrick, faculty member within the SOC Public Communication Division. Prof Fitzpatrick is an internationally-recognized scholar in public relations and public diplomacy [JB emphasis]. She has written several books and monographs in the subjects of public diplomacy and ethics and has published in several leading scholarly journals in communications and diplomacy. Prof Fitzpatrick also teaches COMM-533 Ethics in Strategic Communication and COMM-640 Principles of Strategic Communication.In addition, you may speak with Leila Hernandez, SOC Recruitment Coordinator, and SOC alumnus. Who can answer questions about:SOC's Graduate programsAdmissions process and requirementsFunding OpportunitiesWhere are our alumni now To participate, all you need is an Internet connection. We use GoToMeet..

state.gov Image (not from entry:) First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary Tom Shannon Pose for a photo with the 2017 International Women of Courage Awardees.Excerpt: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS MARIE ROYCE10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Royce delivers remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony, at the Department of State. Please click here for more information. (OPEN PRESS COVERAGE) ...

gwtoday.gwu.edu, March 06, 2019 The Vermont senator was awarded the Walter Roberts Award for Congressional Leadership in Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] during a Capitol Hill ceremony Image from article: Janet Steele (right) presents Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) with the Walter Roberts Award for Congressional Leadership in Public Diplomacy. (Photo: Colette Kent)The George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication recently awarded U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) the Walter Roberts Award for Congressional Leadership in Public Diplomacy.The institute also announced a grant from the Walter Roberts Endowment to the Vermont Council on World Affairs to enhance international youth leadership exchanges.Mr. Leahy said he was grateful for the honor and thankful for the work GW and the Vermont Council on World Affairs were doing to promote awareness and understanding of the world. Vermonters understand their future is inextricably linked to the wider world, he sai..

Wajid Ali Syed, thenews.com.pk image (not from article) from WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: The US employed unconventional channels along with its public diplomacy [JB emphasis] to help de-escalate recent tensions between India and Pakistan. "Sometimes we do public diplomacy and sometimes there's a time for private diplomacy, and there's a lot of private diplomacy that's going on right now," the State Department's Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said yesterday. Pakistan and India came eye to eye during a recent military engagement when Indian Air Force violated Pakistan's air space and carried out a 'surgical strike.' In response Pakistan shot down two Indian aircrafts, and captured a fighter pilot who was later released and handed back to Delhi as a peace gesture. During the week of heightened tensions between the two nuclear armed countries, the US maintained a high level contact with the government of both countries. The Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ..

JBJohnson, Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Council, March 5, 2019 Dr. Allan Goodman chats with attendees at “Making the Hard Case for Soft Power” at American University. Photo credit: Brittany Lynk.Exchange of persons programs “are a lot like dark matter.”That was Dr. Allan Goodman’s assertion at the “Hard Case for Soft Power” panel discussion at American University. They’re hard to see, but critical to U.S. “soft power.”Goodman and four other speakers filled a large conference room at the SIS on Monday, February 25 to discuss “Making the Hard Case for Soft Power.” Lynne Weil’s blog post offers an excellent summary, plus her valuable tips on working Congress.The “dark matter” analogy is so good that I’m going to steal it. I think the real dark matter is overseas, where Foreign Service Officers and locally-engaged staff advocate for U.S. interests every day.U.S. mission staff are the secret sauce that brings exchanges and public affairs together where the foreign audiences live. Few can..

Lynne Weil, Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Council, March 4, 2019 Panel for “Making the Hard Case for Soft Power” l-r: Fanta Aw, Allan Goodman, Lynne Weil, Blake Souter, and Sherry Mueller.Picture this: You’re navigating a strange landscape, getting to know the local inhabitants, meeting immediate needs while pursuing long-term aims. You must find your way with a mixture of adroit strategy, effective tactics and tact. How to do it?If the landscape were overseas, many readers of this site – professionals in cross-cultural engagement – could answer that question in their sleep.And yet, for some, when it comes to making the case for public diplomacy to the U.S. Congress, it’s as if they’re looking at a lunar landscape instead.I’ve been invited to write up a few best practices for conducting outreach to the Hill, the topic of a talk I gave last week at American University’s School of International Service, where the PDC’s own Dr. Sherry Mueller hosted a program called “Making the Hard Cas..