by Matthew Wallin | Apr 10, 2013 | Monitor
Yesterday, I attended an event at American University discussing the merits of “gastrodiplomacy”—a term basically meaning the public diplomacy of food. The event was hosted by the School of International Service’s Public and Cultural Diplomacy Forum....
by Matthew Wallin | Mar 22, 2013 | Monitor
An Iraqi translator with U.S. Forces. Courtesy Department of Defense. Yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, Kirk Johnson penned an article examining the relationships the United States has built with individual Iraqis, and concluded it has not done nearly enough to...
by Matthew Wallin | Feb 7, 2013 | Monitor
Today, Walter Pincus’ Washington Post column explored the effect of the new U.S. Army Field manual on Inform and Influence Activities (IIA). IIA is essentially a rebranding of the prior term Information Operations (IO) with a bit of tweaking. As the military has been...
by Matthew Wallin | Feb 5, 2013 | Monitor
In recent years, global political upheaval has brought a great deal of attention to the perceived power of the internet and social media. World leaders have been participating on twitter, governments run Facebook pages, and the U.S. State Department has been lauded...
by Matthew Wallin | Feb 4, 2013 | Monitor
This weekend, USA Today indicated that outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed skepticism at the effectiveness of the Pentagon’s “propaganda” programs. To an extent, Panetta is right: it is incredibly difficult to gauge the effectiveness of modern...
