Center for Strategic Communication

After thoughts on Memorial Day 2014

By Patricia H Kushlis For the past 25 years, the US government has honored its military veterans with a nationally broadcast special concert on the Mall the evening before Memorial Day.  This year’s concert was – as in years past – a special tribute to those...

Promises, promises: the Kremlin and Ukraine

By Patricia H Kushlis Over the past several months, I’ve been trying to figure out what the Kremlin’s policy toward Ukraine is. Does Moscow have a long term objective or is it, in reality, winging it? Is the Putin regime foremost playing to nationalist grievances at...

Amateur Ambassadors: Think Again

By Patricia H Kushlis Update April 9, 2014 link to the letter itself: Senior Diplomats Call for Rejection of Ambassadorial  Nominees,” DiploDenizen March 10, 2014. Update February 27, 2014:  “Take Politics Out of Diplomacy,” USA Today column by...