The Power of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in Disasters
The disaster left in Tacloban City, the Philippines after Typhoon Yolanda. Credit: theaustralian.com.au Of course, one cannot compare the typhoon that has left 4,000 dead and 12,000 injured in the...
View ArticleNuts! A Missed PD Opportunity!
Released on January 17, the film is about a squirrel on a mission to break and enter a nut store for the winter. Credit: Redrover Co., Ltd. (2013) I took my kids this weekend to see the latest...
View ArticleMalaysian Flight 370: A Case Study in How NOT to conduct Public Diplomacy
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, Malaysia’s Minister for Transport Hishamuddin Hussein, left, and director general of the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman,...
View ArticleThe Secret to Public Diplomacy: Looking at Email Dari Amerika
Janet Steele (far left) at the launch event of her book, “Email Dari Amerika” in Indonesia, August 12, 2014. What’s the secret to public diplomacy and how do you measure its impact? Although I spent...
View ArticleThe Okinawa Base Debate: A Microcosm of Contesting Narratives
A crowd gathers to protest the Okinawa base relocation. The U.S. crafted the existing international system after World War II. This system carries on today through existing norms, treaties, and...
View ArticleSecuring the Future With More U.S.-Taiwan Exchange Programs
(Source: Flickr/Photo Phiend – American and Taiwanese flags at the Chinatown gate in Washington, DC) Since the severing of official diplomatic ties between the United States and the Republic of China...
View ArticleWhen Policy Meets Public Diplomacy: U.S. losing its edge in attracting...
Chinese students attend an Education Fair at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to learn more about study abroad programs in the U.S. U.S. public diplomacy efforts are about attraction, rather than...
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