by Matthew Wallin | Jan 10, 2013 | Monitor
Included in the passage of the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was an interesting addendum updating the law that governs America’s public diplomacy efforts. The passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization act as part of the NDAA removes the restriction on...
by Matthew Wallin | Dec 18, 2012 | Monitor
The U.S. foreign service is comprised of roughly 13,300 personnel deployed around the world. This is less than the manpower of 2 carrier strike groups, which are often deployed more than two at a time to small regions like the Persian Gulf. With more than 285 missions...
by Matthew Wallin | Dec 4, 2012 | Monitor
For practitioners of public diplomacy, the ability to accurately measure the effectiveness of PD has often been described as “the holy grail.” Yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine spoke about the...
by Matthew Wallin | Nov 27, 2012 | Monitor
School children in Afghanistan share supplies received from ISAF. ISAF Photo. Today, RFE/RL posted an article covering the state of the school system in Afghanistan. To put it mildly, the outlook painted by the authors is bleak, and the problem doesn’t appear to be...
by Matthew Wallin | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
Regardless of who wins the election today, America’s public diplomacy must remain a primary consideration in the course of foreign policy. Here are 5 priorities in PD for the next administration: Fortify Relationships with our allies around the world must continue to...
