by mountainrunner | Feb 19, 2015 | Monitor
Updated February 19, 2015. Originally published December 24, 2008. This 1953 Journalism Quarterly article by Burton Paulu entitled “Smith-Mundt Act- A legislative history” (3.7mb PDF) is a good read for anyone interested in the subject of public diplomacy,...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 3, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The good news is that the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy has seemingly risen from the ashes – or more accurately been wrested from the clutches of a member of the US Congress who refused to vote for the pittance required to keep this...
by Justin Tolentino | May 21, 2014 | Monitor
Interview: The Perception, Reality, and Politics of Tourism in EgyptGeorgetown Public Policy ReviewMr. Badr is the Regional Managing Director of Abercrombie & Kent for Egypt and the Middle East, an upscale tourism operator based in Cairo since 1982. I spoke to Mr....
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 24, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis The U.S. government just embarked upon its newest international media adventure. No, I don’t mean via Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, You-Tube, webpages or other bits of the social media. That’s old news. The State Department, Embassies abroad...
by Matt Armstrong | May 31, 2012 | Monitor
Read my post this morning at the Public Diplomacy Council website about the lack of serious debate over the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act. What is it about U.S. public diplomacy that we must hide it from Americans? Is it so abhorrent that it would embarrass the...