Public diplomacy

Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, February 20, 2019 It could easily be understood that Gantz is delegitimizing English-speaking immigrants as phonies who can’t be leaders of Israel. Image from article: Benny Gantz speaks at the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 17, 2019 “In a month and a half, we will all choose between a ruler who has English from Boston, heavy makeup, and luxury suits – and an Israeli leadership which is real, caring, authentic and not phony,” Israel Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz said in a speech Tuesday night. Leave aside the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s English is from spending most of his childhood in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and not Boston. What are all the other Israelis from Boston, Philadelphia, New York, London, Johannesburg or Melbourne supposed to think? Regardless of what Gantz intended, that remark, as well as him saying that Netanyahu was busy in America “to improve your English and practice it at luxuri..

Ryan Scoville, lawfareblog.com; for Tables 1 & 2, mentioned in the text below, and which for technical reasons cannot be reproduced in full on this blog, please consult original article. Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with U.S. ambassadors and chargé d'affaires for South America, February 2018 (Source: Flickr/State Department)Since the 1950s, presidents have consistently allocated roughly 30 percent of ambassadorial appointments to individuals who are not career diplomats. This practice, atypical among advanced democracies and a recurrent source of controversy, is currently on track to expand: Over the first two years of the Trump administration, more than 40 percent of appointments to bilateral ambassadorships went to presidential supporters who are not foreign service officers. For example, Robert Wood Johnson IV—the ambassador to the United Kingdom—co-owns the New York Jets. Carla Sands (Denmark) is a chiropractor and former actress. David Friedman (Israel) is a ba..

Image from article, with caption: Portugal’s Antonio Felix da Costa won the opening race of the Formula E season in Saudi Arabia. (SPA) With the recent transformations in the international political scene, traditional ways of achieving foreign policy aims have also transformed. Earlier approaches such as foreign aid and diplomacy were the most common ways of achieving foreign policy goals. Now, “national integrity” is respected by all states in the international order and public diplomacy is the most common way to achieve goals. Public diplomacy [JB emphasis] has become a significant instrument of foreign policy and is used by states to influence public opinion and the ruling class. In essence, public diplomacy is the promotion of ideas and national interests by informing and educating people around the world through cultural activities, exchange programs and social media. Saudi Arabia’s priorities are increasingly focused on enhancing its public image by becoming more transparent in..

www2.fundsforngos.org image from Big Opportunities for Small NGOs. Click here to learn more.Deadline: 23 April 2019The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy South Africa of the U.S. Department of State has announced an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Small Grants Program.GoalsThrough the FY2019 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program, PAS aims to:Counter transnational threats and foster American securityPromote prosperity and good governanceAdvance public health, human rights, and dignity.ObjectivesEntrepreneurship & Economic Growth A continuum of activities that support innovation and entrepreneurship, in particular startups in the social entrepreneurship space that are sustainable and contribute to job creation; activities that encourage trade and investment and other partner relationships between entities in the United States and South Africa to promote economic growth and prosperity.Education Activities that..

paxuzy.ga/id_sumuk.pdf# Image (not from entry) from Excerpt: A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy II Information Systems at Massey University, Palmerston, North New Zealand ... Date 1995 Author Walker, Ute Rights The Author Publisher Massey University URI http://hdl.handle.net/10179/5775 Collections Theses and Dissertations Metadata Show full item record ... Abstract This study investigates the bilingualism of four German-background children in New Zealand. The aim of the research was to gain more in-depth information about the processes involved in a language contact situation to complement findings already made at the macro level with a focus on groups. A case study approach enabled the collection of rich qualitative data from a variety of sources which were examined from a sociolinguistic as well as a psychosocial perspective in order to address the questions of language choice and distribution, language attitudes and l..

diplopundit.net, Posted: 12:30 am EST We’re late on this but apparently, Heather Nauert who was publicly announced as nominee to be the next U.N. Ambassador has withdrawn herself from consideration citing “the past two months” as “grueling” for her family. Her statement released with the State Department announcement on February 16 says that “it is in the best interest” of her family to withdraw.Bloomberg News says “Trump’s pick for UN ambassador had employed a nanny who was in US legally but didn’t have a US work permit.”Wait. When was this nanny hired? The spokesperson job does not require senate confirmation but like almost all jobs at the State Department, it requires a security clearance. So are they saying that the nanny issue, if that was the issue, did not come up during her initial vetting when she first came to State two years ago?MSM is also reporting that Ms. Nauert is not expected to return to her State Department jobs. Until her announced nomination, she was the departmen..

sanangelolive.com When: February 19, 2019 - 6:00pm Category: Educational Excerpt: Angelo State University will present Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, as the featured speaker for the 2019 E. James Holland-Roy A. Harrell Jr. Foreign Affairs Speakers Program on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Houston Harte University Center, 1910 Rosemont Drive. Wayne’s presentation, titled “The Importance of Getting U.S.-Mexico Relations Right,” will begin at 6 p.m. in the University Center’s C.J. Davidson Conference Center and is open free to the public. Wayne has served in a wide variety of positions during his career, including as U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina, deputy ambassador in Afghanistan, assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe. He has successfully led complex organizations and teams in Washington, D.C., and overseas, working to develop and implement policies involving countr..

youtube.com Penn State’s World in Conversation: the Center for Public Diplomacy [JB emphasia] held a “Day of Dialogue” on Jan. 21, drawing more than 600 campus community members together in Thomas Building on the University Park campus, to participate in 60 facilitated dialogue groups held throughout the day. Every group conversation – a mix of students, faculty and staff – included two Penn State student facilitators trained by World in Conversation, a student-driven center dedicated to building greater understanding on contentious topics through facilitated dialogue, a methodology for helping people more effectively and meaningfully communicate with each other.

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pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org By Thomas MillerIf the measure of a man is the legacy he leaves behind, few people can match Dr. Walter Roberts. Walter Roberts helped found the Voice of America, played a key role in establishing the Salzburg Seminar, launched the Fulbright program in Yugoslavia, and helped found the precursor to the Institute for Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] and Global Communications at George Washington University. Thanks largely to the generous donations of Walter Roberts, his family, and his very wide circle of friends, a Walter Roberts Endowment continues to support public diplomacy activities at the university. Walter Roberts (VOA)Fleeing his native Austria in 1938, Walter Roberts emigrated to the U.S. He was later recruited as one of the first employees of the Office of the Coordinator of Information, which later became the Voice of America. “I was there at the creation,” Walter Roberts once said. In addition to working at the Voice of America for eight years, Dr. Rob..