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This Week in Public Diplomacy Mar 18

Tech@State on Freedom to Connect Joe Johnson / The Public Diplomacy Council Yesterday’s Internet Freedom conference sponsored by Tech@State spanned broadcasting and public diplomacy. And everything else. More than 50 technologists discussed the global tug of war...

What We Are Reading

What did Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao do for China? Kerry Brown / BBC A decade ago, immediately after Hu Jintao had been appointed Communist Party leader, he went down to a village in Hebei.   U.S. General Puts Troops on Security Alert After Karzai Remarks Alissa...

This Week in Public Diplomacy Mar 11

Public Diplomacy and “Popular Diplomacy” Philip Seib / The Huffington Post As public diplomacy becomes more central in the foreign policy of the United States and other nations, the importance of education about international affairs should be recognized....

What We Are Reading

Natural Gas Exports: A Geopolitical Game Changer? Meg Handley / U.S. News and World Report While the debate of exporting U.S. natural gas focuses on the economics, there would likely be geopolitical benefits of allowing exports to move forward.    Statoil May...