by goodall | Nov 10, 2008 | Diplomacy, Media, Politics, Strategic Comm., technology
by Bud Goodall The headlines from WatchAmerica show worldwide optimism and support for President-Elect Obama. Â Yet, despite this large and welcoming window of public diplomacy opportunity, there are still 10 weeks to go before President Obama is sworn in and can...
by editor | Nov 7, 2008 | Government, Image, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman The GAO has just released a report on the 2009 Congressional and Presidential Transition. Number five on the hit parade of urgent issues is improving he U.S image abroad (good beat, but it’s kind of hard to dance to). The GAO says that to...
by editor | Nov 6, 2008 | Analysis, Islam, Southeast Asia
by Mark Woodward* (Yogykarta, October 2008) Accounts of the “War of Words†or the “Battle for the Soul of Islam†or whatever else one choose to call the ideological struggle between “radicals†and “moderates†in the Muslim world tend to focus on elite...
by editor | Nov 5, 2008 | Image, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman In a widely-read white paper published last year, my colleagues and I pointed out that strategic communication operates in a complex worldwide system. One feature of such systems is that they can develop inertia, stubbornly insisting on...