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Media freedom activist Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S. international broadcasting

Republished from the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) website: In an article published in American Diplomacy, a quarterly electronic journal of commentary, analysis, and research on American foreign policy and its practice, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) director Ted Lipien warns against diminished public stake in U.S.

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Voice of America during the martial law in Poland

Radio of the Martial Law republished from TedLipien.com Thirty years ago, on December 13, 1981, General Wojciech Jaruzelski had declared martial law in Poland, imprisoning Lech Walesa and

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Beatification of John Paul II was a low priority public diplomacy event for President Obama

TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, USA, May 01, 2011 — In a public diplomacy blunder likely to offend American Catholics, Polish-American voters and people in Poland, the Obama

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Reagan is Out, Obama is In – U.S. Embassies in Central and Eastern Europe Ignore 100 Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birthday

TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, February 08, 2011 -- One would think that the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birthday could be a perfect public diplomacy theme for

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Who is the leader of the Free World? – Reagan, Bush, Obama – lessons in public diplomacy in response to anti-democracy crackdown in Belarus

En ce moment, il n’y a plus de pilote dans l’avion. [At the moment, there is no longer a pilot on the plane.] — A European comment on

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Why U.S. Public Diplomacy No Longer Works and Can It Be Fixed?

Update: America.gov restored Ted Lipien's comment.

TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, December 27, 2010 — On the day the U.S. Senate voted to approve the new arms reduction treaty

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Leaked State Department Cables on Obama’s Sept. 17 Missile Defense Announcement Reveal His and Secretary Gates’ Views on Russia

Opinia.US Truckee, CA, November 29, 2010 -- Leaked secret State Department cables may help to resolve the mystery as to why President Obama chose September 17, 2009

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French and U.S. Diplomats Warned Obama Administration About Concessions to Russia on Missile Defense

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, November 28, 2010 -- Classified and secret U.S. State Department cables released by Wikileaks show  French government

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Józef Światło, Radio Free Europe and Balloons | Richard H Cummings | Historytimes.com

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, October 01, 2010 -- For those interested in the history of U.S. international broadcasting, Richard H Cummings, author

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Solidarity underpins labor’s antipathy toward authoritarianism

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): What better time to highlight trade unions’ contribution to democracy than Labor Day? Solidarnosc’s 30th anniversary recently highlighted

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LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot

The Washington Times has published Ted Lipien's article about Zofia Korbonska, an anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resister and a Voice of America Polish Service journalist who had passed away

“The Katyn Problem in Contemporary Russia” | Memorial

Professor Aleksandr Guryanov's presentation [translated from Russian] from the Katyn observances at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, May 5, 2010. This is sent with permission

Polish plane crash claims leading democrats of Solidarnosc generation

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A strange blend of sadness and celebration marked the start of the World Movement for Democracy’s 6th Assembly

Russia attacks Sikorski on comments about U.S. troops in Poland

Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — A member of the Russian parliament has criticized Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski for his comments during his visit this week to Washington, but

U.S. media ignore Russia’s simulated attack on Poland

Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — Mirroring the Obama Administration’s diminished interest in Eastern Europe and unwillingness to challenge Russia’s aggressive foreign policy in the region, mainstream U.S. media

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