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Perspectives is a monthly opinion piece authored by leading practitioners and academics in the fields of public diplomacy and Arab media. The publication provides a forum to contextualize and analyze salient topics, concepts and developments that are of interest to the public diplomacy community as well as to Arab media followers. The views expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Layalina Productions, Inc.
Vol. I Issue 8, December 2009 "From Cairo to Goldstone: US Credibility in the Arab World at Stake"
Nadia Bilbassy, Chief U.S. Correspondent for the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation, discusses how the U.S. response to the Goldstone report stood as one true test of President Obama's administration's rhetoric in promoting engagement with the Arab world. Bilbassy makes the case that he U.S. veto of the Goldstone report damaged America's credibility in the Middle East as reliable partner in promoting democracy and respect for human rights and further confirmed an accused bias towards Israel.
Vol. I Issue 7, November 2009 "The Death of Public Diplomacy Has Been Greatly Exaggerated"
Dr. Nancy Snow, Associate Professor of Public Diplomacy at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, discusses how U.S. credibility and standing abroad cannot solely hinge on the positive image of President Obama.
Vol. I Issue 6, October 2009 "USIA: Gone but not Forgotten"
Dr. Nicholas Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy and Director of the Masters Program in Public Diplomacy at USC, marks the ten year anniversary of the failed merger of USIA with the State Department. Once a "necessity of the Cold War," Dr. Cull remarks that the agency was quickly relegated to the back burner from the mid-nineties on, bringing about the demise of effective public diplomacy efforts until very recently.
Vol. I Issue 5, September 2009 "Connecting Public Diplomacy and Policy"
Philip Seib, Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, analyzes the discrepancies between public diplomacy and U.S. foreign policy, pointing at the fact that a balanced partnership between both is essential to achieve U.S. policy goals.
Vol. I Issue 4, August 2009 "The Need for a New Narrative"
Ambassador James K. Glassman, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, analyzes President Obama's speech in Cairo and some pernicious stereotypes about the U.S. across the Muslim world. Glassman highlights that U.S. public diplomacy requires a new narrative and emphasizes the need for a more focused strategic communications effort.
Vol. I Issue 3, July 2009 "Al-Jazeera: A Culture of Reporting"
Dr. Abderrahim Foukara, the Washington Bureau Chief of Al-Jazeera Network discusses the cultural subtleties affecting reporting between American media outlets and a major Arab one such as Al-Jazeera.
Vol. I Issue 2, June 2009 "Social Media as Public Diplomacy"
Matt Armstrong, co-founder of Armstrong Strategic Insights Group, consultant, and publisher of MountainRunner, discusses the relevance of social media in today's public diplomacy.
Vol. I Issue 1, May 2009 "Iraqi Media: Freedom or Chaos"
Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S. Samir S. Sumaida’ie analyzes the development of the media in Iraq in the post-Saddam era, where unregulated freedom of expression, sectarianism and violence have come to shape a public sphere that previously did not exist. |
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