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.
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Russell Rochte, faculty member at the National Intelligence University, warns...
Dr. Pamela Jean Stumpo examines the historical evolution of political dissent in Egypt in order...
In this month’s edition of Perspectives, Dr. Amy Zalman argues for a systemic overhaul of...
In this issue of Perspectives, Donna Oglesby recognizes and affirms the political nature of Public...
In this issue Dr. Kamal, Senior Vice President at the Buck Institute, discusses the arrest...
In this issue, Kris M. Balderston, the Special Representative for Global Partnerships at the Global...
Vol. IV Issue 2, February 2012 “Now is the Time for Religious Freedom in Post-‘Arab...
Vol. IV Issue 1, January 2012 “Palestinian Media: A Reflection of Internal and Regional Political...
Volume III Issue 12, December 2011 “President Obama and the Arab Change” By Ambassador Osman...
Vol. III Issue 10, October 2011 “UN’s Palestine Vote: The Aftermath” by Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin...
Vol. III Issue 9, September 2011 “Mutually Assured Self-Destructive Policies” by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir Pundits...
Volume III Issue 8, August 2011 “A Vision for Strategic Communication” By Dr. Christopher Paul...
Vol. III Issue 7, July 2011 “Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century” by Judith A....
Volume III Issue 6, June 2011 “Radical Islamic Terrorism after Osama bin Laden” By Dr....
Volume III Issue 4, April 2011 “5 Myths about Islam and Muslims” By Hedieh Mirahmadi...
Volume III Issue 3, March 2011 “Washington’s Dilemma” By Lawrence Wilkerson Nader Hashemi, Assistant Professor...
Volume III Issue 2, February 2011 “Islamic Media and the Shaping of an Arab Identity”...
Vol. III Issue 1, January 2011 “Reporting the Revolution: The New Voice of Arab Journalism”...
Volume II Issue 12, December 2010 Winning the War against Islamic Extremism By John Hughes America...
Volume II Issue 11, November 2010 “New Media and Global Engagement” By Ed Bice Laila El-Haddad...
Volume II Issue 10, October 2010 Alhurra: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond By Brian T. Conniff Alhurra,...
Volume II Issue 9, September 2010 “The BBG’s Honeymoon: All Work and No Play” By Matt...
Volume II Issue 8, August 2010 “Freedom of Information: Reaching out to Iranians” By Helle Dale...
Volume II Issue 7, July 2010 “Our Muslim Fellow Europeans” By Martin Rose Since the Iranian Revolution...
Vol. II Issue 6, June 2010 “America as a Shopping Mall? U.S. Cultural Diplomacy in the...
Volume II Issue 5, May 2010 Overseas Posts: Central to Success in Public Diplomacy By William...
Volume II Issue 4, April 2010 Arab Media: A Survey of an Imperfect Medium By Dr....
Volume II Issue 3, March 2010 Public Diplomacy and the Obama Moment By Professor Philip Seib The...
Volume II Issue 2, February 2010 The Ever-Expanding Global Electronic Town Meeting Challenges Ahead for...
Volume II Issue 1, January 2010 “Foreign Affairs for the 21st Century” By William Kiehl...
Volume I Issue 8, December 2009 From Cairo to Goldston: U.S. Credibility in the Arab...
Volume I Issue 7, November 2009 The Death of Public Diplomacy Has Been Greatly Exaggerated By Nancy...
Volume I Issue 6, October 2009 USIA: Gone but not Forgotten By Nicholas Cull 2009 is a...
Volume I Issue 5, September 2009 Connecting Public Diplomacy and Policy By Philip Seib American public diplomats...
Volume I Issue 4, August 2009 The Need for a New Narrative By Ambassador James K. Glassman...
Volume I Issue 3, July 2009 Al-Jazeera: A Culture of Reporting By Dr. Abderrahim Foukara Following...
Volume I Issue 2, June 2009 Social Media as Public Diplomacy By Matt Armstrong Now more than...