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NATO at 70: a journey of our history and public diplomacy 0
- " Just Oppinion ", Public diplomacy
- 7th April 2019
On April 4, the North Atlantic Alliance will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Foreign ministers of all 29 member states, with a 30th member to be the Republic of North Macedonia, will gather in Washington, D.C. where seven decades ago 12 European and North American leaders signed the North Atlantic Treaty. At the time, the President
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20 år efter NATO:s bombningar 0
- " Just Oppinion ", "Classic " Diplomacy, Public diplomacy, World
- 13th March 2019
den 24 mars 2019, kl. 12.00, ABF Stockholm, Sveavägen 41, Sandlersalen Välkomna till föredrag som ger oss en närmare bild av händelserna på Balkan 1999, samt dess långsiktiga hälso- och miljöförstörelser NATO bombningen аv Förenta Republiken Jugoslavien (Serbien och Montenegro) började den 24 mars 1999 kl. 19.45. Bombningarna pågick i 78 dagar, till den 10
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Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis 0
- " Just Oppinion ", Digital Diplomacy
- 30th November 2018
Inside Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. It was September 2017, more than a year after Facebook engineers discovered suspicious Russia-linked activity on its site, an early warning of the Kremlin campaign to disrupt the 2016 American election. Congressional and federal investigators were
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Why “Countering” Violent Extremism Doesn’t Work 0
- " Just Oppinion ", John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review
- 26th November 2018
Wa'el Nimat, uscpublicdiplomacy.org

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Today, the threat and danger of violent extremism—whether foreign or domestic—is far more challenging than it has ever been. The unpredictable nature of violent extremism enables it not to be restricted to a single race, gender, religion, culture, country or even an ideology.
In the 21st century, the notion of violent extremism has expressed how volatile its adherents are in the age of information and constant worldwide integration. New interactive developments that range from the globalization of the media, to transnational developments, have allowed violent extremist ideology to become digitized and more readily available for those who seek it. To the dismay of contrary belief, differing methods for countering violent extremism (CVE) have created division within the U.S. With so much of the U.S. government’s efforts to eliminate violent extremism directed abroad, containing homegrown violent extremism (HVE) has ..
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John Casson: Digital Diplomacy 0
- " Just Oppinion ", Digital Diplomacy, Public diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
- 7th November 2018
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Diplomacy dies in darkness: Europe and information manipulation 0
- " Just Oppinion ", Cyber, Diplo Learning Corner, Public diplomacy, Technology
- 27th October 2018
“Information manipulation” or just plain “fake news”? How France is grappling with a very modern threat Whether it is the refugee crisis, Catalonia, or last year’s French and German elections, most European leaders have had to confront the manipulation of information that is central to the post-truth world we now inhabit. France has been especially
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