...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...

...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...

.... 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...

...Walter R. Roberts Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Walter R. Roberts is a co-founder of the Public Diplomacy Institute of George Washington University, where he taught a course on public diplomacy for ten years. His government career included service as associate director of the US...

...Walter R. Roberts Wilson P. Dizard Jr.: Inventing Public Diplomacy: The Story of the US Information Agency . Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Renner, 2004. 255 pages. ISBN 1-58826-288-X. $49.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Walter R. Roberts served most of his government career...

...-­1- 47811-295-2. $14.99 (paperback). Reviewed by Sol Schindler. The term public diplomacy has become entrenched in modern political talk. A hundred years ago one would have used the term propaganda, but that word became so entwined with Nazi Germany’s and the Soviet Union’s efforts...

... observed that as the most powerful country in the world “we’ve got to be humble and yet project strength in a way that promotes freedom.” Nye’s recommendation is not a retreat into isolationism but the adroit use of all forms of diplomacy, both traditional and public, especially radio and other...

...,” “cam- paign to win the hearts and minds of Muslims,” and “public diplomacy” describe important themes. Although the United States had grown accus- tomed to conducting highly successful public diplomacy to win the war of ideas during the Cold War, its record in this realm in the post-9/11 era has...

..., regions, and nations come to enjoy the benefi ts of the local development approach, the more they will be emboldened to fi ght extremism within their own countries. Public Diplomacy With the Muslim world’s public perception of America at an all-time low, secretary of state...

...Walter R. Roberts Walter R. Roberts has spent most of his career in the field of public diplomacy. He served in the US government in this country and overseas, taught at George Washington University, and was a presidentially appointed member of the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy...

.... democratization, and 8. public diplomacy. In his fi rst administration, perhaps under the impact of the shock of 9/11 and the need to respond, President Bush effectively tried to delink the above, obviously related issues. A good example of this was his speech of 24 June 2002, which ostensibly...

... that relies heavily on documentary sources rather than the personal recollections of a former USIA officer. It is unique, and scholars as well as practitioners of public diplomacy will want to read this insight- ful and well-written book. Yet, despite more than one hundred interviews with former USIA...

... large swaths of Muslim opinion without calling for any meaningful change in US policy toward Israel. Instead of addressing such sensitive matters, the commission merely called for a greater effort at public diplomacy to win the hearts and minds of Muslims: “If the United States does not act...

... Bill Clinton to serve as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. 128 Mediterranean Quarterly: Winter 2004 The world was not prepared to follow the Soviet example. But when Nazi Germany adopted the same methods, indeed improved on them, other countries woke up. Britain...

.... Roberts, a former associate director of the U.S. Information Agency, started his govern- mental career at the Voice of America. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and reap- pointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. 128...

.... Roberts, a former associate director of the U.S. Information Agency, started his govern- mental career at the Voice of America. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and reap- pointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. 128...

.... This approach allows one to grasp how the EP and PAM have reacted to common problems and challenges affecting the Mediterranean and identifies possible overlaps and divisions of labor between the two international parliamentary institutions. international parliamentary institutions public diplomacy...

... rarely squares with reality, the sense that US, and specifically presidential, rhetoric is at odds with action contributes to the inter- national community’s unease. Arguing that the traditional tools of public diplomacy would hardly make a dent — the problem is too deep and too pervasive — she opts...

... that the traditional tools of public diplomacy would hardly make a dent — the problem is too deep and too pervasive — she opts for “thoughtful leadership,” characterized by greater sensitivity to our friends’ concerns. Unlike Kohut and Stokes, Sweig does not shirk from partisanship, blaming “the Republican...