by Matt Armstrong | Jan 5, 2015 | Monitor
There was a time before USIA when the U.S. Government practiced what we now call public diplomacy. This period is often forgotten or ignored. For too many, the history of U.S. public diplomacy begins with the establishment of United States Information Agency, or...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 22, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Of all the new appointments made by the Obama administration in the area of media and public relations, by far the most intriguing is Macon Phillips, the guru who shaped President Obama’s re-election social media campaign. Phillips is slated to...
by Matthew Wallin | Nov 8, 2012 | Monitor
The United States Information Agency (USIA) ran America’s public diplomacy efforts from 1953 until it was disbanded in 1999. What did it do? Who were the key figures? Whatever happened to it? This fact sheet takes a look at some of these issues, telling a brief...
by Matthew Wallin | Aug 27, 2012 | Monitor
With the saddening news of Neil Armstrong’s passing this weekend, my thoughts returned again to the public diplomacy power of NASA and the American space program. The field of space exploration is one in which the U.S. has reigned supreme since the Apollo crew’s famed...
by editor | Jan 20, 2009 | Diplomacy, Government
by Steven R. Corman Yesterday Walter Pincus at WaPo published an article entitled Clinton’s Goals Detailed that contains the first news I’ve seen about how the Obama administration intends to fix U.S. public diplomacy. The second paragraph says: In the...