by nbrody | Nov 25, 2008 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Media, Strategic Comm., technology
by Nicholas Brody This is the fourth part of a five part series on about the one-year anniversary of the State Department’s Dipnote blog. In Part 1 we focused on reviewing DipNote management and processes. In Part 2 we looked at what the State Department bloggers...
by goodall | Aug 10, 2008 | Diplomacy, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall What would you rather have for your tax dollars? (A) A first-class military band that can play funky versions of “The Stars and Stripes” and “Hail to the Chief.” (B) A world-class communicatively and culturally savvy diplomatic...
by editor | Jun 3, 2008 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Image
by Steven R. Corman Jim Snyder has an interesting post at The Hill on efforts to reinvigorate international travel to the U.S. It cites statistics from the Travel Industry Association (TIA) suggesting that travel to the U.S. has declined by one-third over the last 15...
by editor | May 1, 2008 | Language, Sensemaking
by Steven R. Corman Last week I noted that the U.S. had decided to stop calling the Bad Guys “jihadis.” Well as Jeffrey Imm over at CT Blog points out, there’s just one little problem:  Apparently the State Department and the President...
by editor | Feb 26, 2008 | Diplomacy, Government
by Steven R. Corman A couple of weeks ago the State Department released the report of its Advisory Committee on Transformational Diplomacy. It strikes me as an odd exercise in that it doesn’t define clear problems, doesn’t talk about diplomacy much, and...
