Quotable: Michael Rubin on sports diplomacy
aei.org News of a hockey tournament with retired NHL players slated for March in Pyongyang – “a charity event to raise money for sports equipment for disabled North Korean athletes” -- prompted...
View ArticleQuotable: Nicholas Eberstadt on North Korea’s ideology
aei.org “The North Korean regime depends upon isolation from the outside world to maintain its grip and pursue its international objectives. The regime is deadly afraid of what it terms 'ideological...
View ArticleQuotable: Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech
In Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech at the National Press Club on April 26, 2016, the candidate said “Our foreign policy is a complete and total disaster. No vision. No purpose. No direction. No...
View ArticleQuotable: Philip Seib on “collaborative public diplomacy"
“Although the North Korea conundrum may, unfortunately, require hard power, relying on soft power is the most logical approach to dealing with China and overcoming intraregional rivalries that affect...
View ArticleQuotable: Stavridis, Rokke, and Pierce on Sony, Huntington, and integrating...
Soft power. Non-kinetic effects. Nonstate international actors. Another example of the intellectual ferment among armed forces thinkers was recently provided by three leading retired officers – James...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy: Seen on the Web (VI)
These are abbreviated references to articles "seen on the web" relating to public affairs, Public Diplomacy, international broadcasting, and information operations, provided in this format to allow...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy: Seen on the Web (viii)
These are abbreviated references to articles "seen on the web" relating to public affairs, Public Diplomacy, international broadcasting, and information operations, provided in this format to allow...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy: "Seen on the Web" (x)
These are abbreviated references to articles "seen on the web" relating to public affairs, Public Diplomacy, international broadcasting, and information operations, provided in this format to allow...
View ArticleQuotable: James Van de Velde on cyber forms of warfare
This must-read article discussed new shapes of warfare and international competition that avoid kinetic “war” as Americans usually conceive it. The author reviewed Russia’s “hybrid warfare strategy,”...
View ArticleQuotable: Public Diplomacy in Secretary Kerry’s “Cabinet Exit Memo”
"‘The United States is more secure, more respected, and more engaged in the world than we were when President Obama took office eight years ago. We have brought the international community together to...
View Article