by editor | Apr 19, 2009 | Image, technology
by Steven R. Corman I just ran across this interesting release from Gallup. It cross-analyzes data from Gallup’s Communications Index “which measures the extent to which respondents are connected via electronic communications” and approval of U.S....
by editor | Apr 17, 2009 | Government, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman I just ran across this “Washington whisper” item in USNWR: President Obama has nominated longtime national security expert Philip J. “P. J.” Crowley as assistant secretary of state for public affairs, a move that suggests...
by editor | Apr 14, 2009 | Politics, State Dept.
by Steven R. Corman Today the White House announced its intent to nominate Judith McHale as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (h/t Matt). Obviously the Obama administration couldn’t withstand the unrelenting pressure of the...
by editor | Apr 14, 2009 | Indonesia, Politics
by Mark Woodward* It has now been nearly eleven years, and three general elections, since the chaotic days of the Indonesian democratic transition of 1998. At that time many observers questioned the viability of the new democracy, particularly in light of the fact...
by editor | Apr 10, 2009 | Framing, Government, Politics, State Dept.
by Steven R. Corman Matt’s latest post reminded me that we are still awaiting the appointment of a new Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Perhaps the problem is that the task of filling the PD post has simply fallen off the radar...
