by editor | Oct 9, 2007 | Analysis, Media, Popular Culture
by Steven R. Corman and Kris Acheson In what appears to be an ongoing effort to modernize its strategic communication and public diplomacy efforts, the U.S. State Department recently launched its official blog, called Dipnote. In the two weeks of operation the blog...
by editor | Oct 8, 2007 | Roundup
News & Opinion on Terrorism & Strategic Communication — October 8, 2007 Bill Clinton, Public Diplomacy Czar? “Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told interviewers in London that if his wife becomes president he could make public diplomacy his...
by editor | Oct 6, 2007 | Roundup
News & Opinion on Terrorism & Strategic Communication — October 6, 2007 Beat By a Guy in a Cave. “A perceptive Singaporean diplomat and scholar, KishoreMahbubani, was asked two years ago what puzzled him about America’s competition with Osama bin...
by editor | Oct 4, 2007 | Roundup
News & Opinion on Terrorism & Strategic Communication — October 4, 2007 Jihad for Fun and Excitement. “A sense of boredom and frustration with their ‘insignificant’ lives is a common trait of people who become violent jihadis, according...
by editor | Oct 3, 2007 | Roundup
News & Opinion on Terrorism & Strategic Communication — October 3, 2007 Saudi Cleric Prohibits Foreign Jihad. “In his fatwa, he stated that setting forth to wage jihad without authorization by the ruler is a serious transgression, and that young...