by Christian Mull | Jul 10, 2013 | Monitor
Cultural diplomacy’s aim is to promote understanding between two nations based in the knowledge of one other’s customs and mores. It is through this cultural understanding that meaningful relationships can be built and developed. These meaningful relationships are...
by Christian Mull | Jun 26, 2013 | Monitor
Fixing the Strategic Dysfunction Emily T. Metzgar The House Foreign Affairs Committee came out swinging this morning in its hearing titled “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct.’” Chairman Ed Royce laid the groundwork in his introductory remarks,...
by Christian Mull | Jun 26, 2013 | Monitor
Last week, the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report of its inspection of the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP). IIP is responsible for producing content and materials for public diplomacy programs conducted by...
by Christian Mull | Jun 19, 2013 | Monitor
The Fifth Straits Forum opened in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province on June 15 and will run until June 21. The goal of the forum is “to promote people-to-people exchanges across the Taiwan Strait amid deep-rooted distrust.” While China maintains an arsenal...
by Christian Mull | Jun 19, 2013 | Monitor
The Way Ahead for Human Terrain Teams Christopher J. Lamb, James Douglas Orton, Michael C. Davies, and Theodore T. Pikulsky/NDU Press The Army fashioned Human Terrain Teams (HTT) to assist in garnering public support in Iraq and Afghanistan. The teams gather...
