All posts tagged Public Diplomacy
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 Administration failed to send a high-ranking American official to the beatification ceremonies for Pope …
Senator Lugar: Another U.S. Deficit -China and America- Public Diplomacy in the Age of the Internet
From Senator Lugar's website: On February 15, 2011, Senator Dick Lugar released a
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
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
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
Czech Court Rules RFE/RL Cannot Discriminate Against Its Own Foreign Journalists
FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, December 02, 2010 -- A court in the Czech Republic has ruled that a former Radio Free Europe
Obama diplomacy lost in confusion
TedLipien.com, SAN FRANCISCO — Speaking softly to dictators while insulting faithful allies seems to be the essence of President Obama’s confused diplomacy. The Obama administration has
Opinia.US: Little on the White House Blog about Biden in Poland
Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — The White House Blog had nothing specific about Vice President Biden’s visit to Poland. Biden’s national security advisor Tony Blinken wrote a general
Sen. Voinovich criticizes Obama for public diplomacy disaster
Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO -- In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) said he was disappointed in the manner in which President
Strategic Communications and the Graveyard of Empires – John Brown
There seems to be yet another bureaucratic battle brewing in Washington. On one side of the ring, we have a high ranking State Department official, Richard Holbrooke, Special









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