Public Diplomacy: Books, Articles, Websites #58
by Bruce Gregory* Manan Ahmed, Where the Wild Frontiers Are: Pakistan and the American Imagination, (Just World Publishing, 2011). The author of “Chapati Mystery” blog and a historian of Islam in...
View ArticleWho ‘does’ an Information Campaign?
Who can plan, conduct and adjust an ‘information campaign‘? The answer: everyone. The United States Department of Defense ‘does’ Information Operations, that is outlined in Joint Publication 3-13....
View ArticlePD, IO and SC Resources
My thanks to Ambassador Brian Carlson for compiling and sharing the following list of Public Diplomacy, Information Operations and Strategic Ambassador Brian Carlson Communications resources, in no...
View ArticleThe Seven Habits of Highly Successful Under Secretaries
It is seldom I see such an excellent blog post as this. Written by Ambassador Brian Carlson, he gives sage advice to the newly sworn in Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,...
View ArticleSmith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 introduced in the House
here (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 introduced in the House. MountainRunner.us published a wonderful review of the bill introduced by Representative Mac Thornerberry,...
View ArticleJohn Brown: Propaganda, Public Diplomacy and the Smith-Mundt Act
Propaganda, Public Diplomacy and the Smith-Mundt Act Posted: 05/26/2012 3:57 pm “I am not particularly concerned whether either gunpowder or propaganda have benefited or harmed mankind. I merely...
View ArticleThe US Government Needs It, They Just Don’t Know It
Information (Photo credit: heathbrandon) Yesterday Government Executive published an article titled Think tank seeks new federal office to counter extremist ideology, by Charles S. Clark. In the...
View ArticleInformation Peddling 101
101st Information Operations Flight (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What is Information Operations? Yes, my grammar is correct, it is not “are”. IO is a term meaning an integrating strategy. Almost anyone...
View ArticleBBG and Public Diplomacy: Are you using my money well?
Give-a-damn-capability vs effectiveness (Photo credit: CoCreatr) If you read this blog objectively, I don’t say that Al Hurra, Radio Sawah, RFE/RL, Marti or any other Public Diplomacy efforts by the...
View ArticleHow Best to Discuss a Whole of Nation Approach to Information Activities?
English: ASCII to Binary encoding of the word “Wikipedia” in SVG Text (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What are logical ways for us to discuss what we do? That question alone raises a ton of questions. Who...
View ArticleOur Failure in Chief
President Barack Obama (Photo credit: Wikipedia) With a surplus of sides to every issue, appearance is key. Perception is the key issue to be molded, crafted and projected by the United States to the...
View ArticleMore Details about the Letter to the Secretary of State about Public Diplomacy
Yesterday I wrote a blog piece about the letter written to the US Secretary of State John Kerry, here, recommending that a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) should be recommended for the Undersecretary of...
View ArticleMcCaul: ISIS winning propaganda war
The United States is losing the information war. ISIS is winning. We do not have an information strategy. We do not have a non-partisan office dedicated to winning the information war. We do not have...
View ArticleDOD shutters two ‘influence’ websites covering Africa
In the explanation for shutting down the websites, I noticed one word, “effectiveness”. There is one staffer on the hill, married to an agency “influence” person, who has jealously guarded against...
View ArticleBattling Russia’s propaganda machine
A world-class speech, presented by Ambassador Thomas Shannon, exposes the soft underbelly of Russian propaganda. This speech is notable in its simplicity. He gives solid examples of Russian propaganda,...
View ArticleState of Disrepair by Kori Schake – Foreign Policy April 11, 2012
If the State Department really wants to lead U.S. foreign policy, it needs to stop complaining about the military and act more like it. The most conventional of conventional wisdom in Washington in the...
View ArticleState Department’s Struggling ISIS Counter Propaganda Team Only Has 20 Employees
By JONAH BENNETT Reporter The Department of State only has 20 employees dedicated to countering Islamic State’s sophisticated propaganda engine, and those 20 just can’t compete. In the US Government,...
View ArticleConfirmed: Politicians Guessing At Messaging
In the United States of America, career politicians conduct messaging, in the hopes that their message will be relayed to supporters and voters and result in votes and political donations. According to...
View ArticleBlog: When Will the United States Have a National Cyber Incident Response Plan?
February 1, 2016 By Robert B. Dix Jr. Previous efforts are languishing in limbo. As the growth in the capability and sophistication of cyber bad actors continues to threaten national and economic...
View ArticleGrowing the next generation of Russia experts
The author brings up some very valid arguments but misses one major point. Russia is the world’s leading advocate and perpetrator of Information Warfare. For the past 2+ years, the world has been...
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