...Sol Schindler Sol Schindler is a retired US Foreign Service officer with considerable experience in public diplomacy. Kiehl William P. , ed.: The Last Three Feet: Case Studies in Public Diplomacy . Washington, DC : PDWorldwide , 2012 . 196 pages . ISBN 13-978-1-47811-295-2...

...Aneta Hlavsová; Kristýna Tamchynová; Radka Havlová This essay analyses the role of public opinion in the formation of US and Turkish policy toward the conflict in Syria. The United States and Turkey were chosen because they are key players in the Syrian conflict. In both countries, public opinion...

...Karen P. Hughes Karen P. Hughes is US Under Secretary of State for public diplomacy and public affairs. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 “Waging Peace”: A New Paradigm for Public Diplomacy Karen P. Hughes The challenging times...

...Walter R. Roberts The term public diplomacy has only recently reached the American lexicon but has not obtained a definitive interpretation. This essay attempts to present a definition based on history and practical usage. It traces the public diplomacy program from its beginnings, explains its...

..., and Metaphors . Nairobi: Action Publishers, 1998. 197 pages. Price unavailable at press time; Paul Gifford: African Christianity: Its Public Role . Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1998. 368 pages.$22.95 paper. $39.95 cloth. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Stephen...

...Stavros B. Thomadakis The scope of the present global financial crisis is comparable to that of the 1930s. Public policies responding to each have been very different, however. The large macroeconomic response of the past three years has averted a new Great Depression, but regulation...

... an ever-present tension within media and politics in Turkey. Turkish journalists tend to define themselves as liberals who historically assigned themselves the mission to inform the public and to raise public awareness on political issues independent of ruling governments. In contrast, successive Turkish...

...' anxieties brought about by economic crisis, illegal immigration issues, high unemployment rates, increases in crime, anti-austerity public sentiments, and the uncertainty over the country's future to become, in just a few years, a formidable political party in Greece. George Bistis is an award-winning...

.... Since the early 2000s, however, Athens has developed a multidimensional policy toward the Black Sea region that deserves to be examined. This policy is based on a combination of hard and soft power resources, including economic might, military diplomacy, pipeline development, public diplomacy...

... further aggravated by a faulty framework for the 2014 negotiations, the absence of leadership, the continued public recrimination of each side toward the other, mutual distrust, and the lack of commitment to reach an agreement that of necessity requires mutually painful concessions. This essay proposes...

... the result of the fact that many of the narratives through which the currency was sold to the public did not correspond with its substantive content. What is more, these narratives were not conducive to some of the reforms that were and are necessary for Italy to become competitive. Philip Giurlando...

... through the perspective of Greece's half-century-long relationship with the European Union and against a backdrop of personal observations and comment, relevant public sentiments, and critical events defining each period discussed. George Bistis is an award-winning journalist and political analyst...

...Thanos Catsambas This essay summarizes developments since the outbreak of the Greek economic crisis in 2010 from the perspective of various myths that dominated the public discourse from 2010 to 2016. In the author's view, the perpetuation of these myths, which was partly the result of poor...

... corrupt and often mismanaged public sectors and toward good governance. Copyright 2008 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2008 Olusegun Obasanjo is former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This essay is based on the president's remarks at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Legislative Conference...

... that have supported and opposed the ban on women wearing headscarves on government property. Progressing from nationalism literature and image framing in public policy, the essay applies quantitative and case study analysis to reveal how the reframing of the headscarf debate—via narratives of inequality...

... Greek public opinion elevate the threat of refugee radicalization for Greece. The authors offer policy recommendations to address the phenomenon. Is Refugee Radicalization a Threat to Greece? Mary Bossis and Nikolaos Lampas Since 2001, terrorism has become a permanent security concern for Europe...

... movement toward autocracy via several dimensions: a greater control over the judicial branch and over public freedoms, in general, and freedom of the press, in particular. presidential system, AKP judiciary civil liberties power personalization Copyright 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc...

... to struggle between traditional support for Israel and newfound support for Lebanese democracy. The international community should capitalize on Hezbollah's damaged public image following its 2006 war with Israel and pursue a multiparty disarmament effort, to include incentives for the major regional players...

... neighbors has become increasingly prominent. The central place of environmental projects in the Union for the Mediterranean, launched in July 2008, is the clearest indication of the growing place of the environment in Mediterranean cooperation. Growing public and political awareness of environmental...

...George C. Georgiou This essay analyzes the economic consequences of the proposed reunification of Cyprus and concludes that, based on the framework presently being negotiated, the much-publicized economic peace dividend will not materialize for the majority of Cypriots. The economic costs...