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The Case for an International Broadcasting CEO
Does the United States need an International Broadcasting Czar? No. But if you ask if we need someone to serve as a full-time Chief Executive Officer for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),...
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Ukraine: Is It Time for Public Diplomacy?
Henry Kissinger notes in the Washington Post on March 5, “Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation.” And yet, this is a situation where neither the United States nor the Europeans...
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Russian Propaganda & Our Race Against the Lies
The quarterly meeting of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy was held at a site for diplomats, attended by a number of former diplomats, and focused on diplomatic issues. But the...
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What to Do About the Russian Troll in Your Computer
Remember trolls? They used to be mythical creatures from children’s stories who lurked in caves or under bridges. Not any more. Today’s trolls now lurk online, where they attack Western values, defend...
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U.S. International Media Broadcasters Need Only One CEO
The debate over how to reform America’s government-supported media operations has begun to zero in on the question of governance: Should there be one combined enterprise, with one CEO and one oversight...
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Quotable: John Kyl and Joseph Lieberman on the toolbox of American leadership
aei.org “In recent years, challenges at home and abroad have led some Americans to question the value of US international engagement and our ability to be effective overseas. Some have wondered, at a...
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Quotable: Edward Royce on U.S. international broadcasting
house.gov “We have to be able to talk about freedom. We have to be able to talk about these issues that I’m speaking of—freedom of religion and so forth—and give people a vision of a different society...
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Quotable: Robert Reilly on Public Diplomacy and Information Operations (IV) –...
Robert Reilly’s 2013 paper, “Information Operations: Successes and Failures,” continues: On the other hand, VOA and the BBG did get something right, at least at the start, concerning Afghanistan. . ....
View ArticleQuotable: Applebaum and Lucas on Russian disinformation
“Fifteen years ago, the idea that foreign disinformation might be a problem for European countries seemed ludicrous. Free media looked as triumphant as free markets; Western television and newspapers...
View ArticleQuotable: Jesse McIntyre examines counterpropaganda
“To respond or not to respond, that is the question.” During my Foreign Service career, I heard it first as an Assistant Information Officer, and I asked it as an embassy PAO. Some outrageous or...
View ArticleQuotable: Sean Keeley on U.S. responses to Russian propaganda
“. . . the American approach to countering Russian misinformation should not be overly centralized. The State Department is ill-equipped to effectively respond on its own. Rather, it should amplify...
View ArticleQuotable: John Lansing’s reply to Russia’s denying entry to BBG Chair Jeff Shell
CEO John Lansing statement on the detainment of BBG Chair Jeff Shell (Full Text) WASHINGTON, July 16, 2016, PRNewswire-USNewswire -- On Tuesday, BBG Board Chairman Jeff Shell was denied entry into...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy: Seen on the Web (VI)
These are abbreviated references to articles "seen on the web" relating to public affairs, Public Diplomacy, international broadcasting, and information operations, provided in this format to allow...
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These are abbreviated references to articles "seen on the web" relating to public affairs, Public Diplomacy, international broadcasting, and information operations, provided in this format to allow...
View ArticleQuotable: Joshua Foust on Russian information operations directed at the...
“To put it as bluntly as possible: Russian intelligence is breaking into senior officials’ computers in an effort to manipulate a U.S. presidential election. Yet, the response from the White House has...
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