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legacy.com; see also (1) image (not from entry) from ALVIN A. SNYDER (Age 82) Of McLean, passed away on January 28, 2019. He was born in Trenton and graduated from the University of Miami. He became executive producer at CBS News, later winning a Grammy Award for his work on Edward R. Murrow [JB -- see] "A Reporter Remembers." Later, he was recruited by the Nixon White House to run TV operations after which he became a news executive at WMAQ-Chicago where he garnered 11 Emmy Awards. He returned to Washington as Director of TV & Film at the USIA [JB - see]. As an Annenberg Senior Fellow, his book on the use of propaganda by the U.S. Government, "Warriors of Disinformation," was published in 1996. He later became a Senior Fellow for the USC Center on Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis]. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Anne Glassman Snyder; daughter Carole Heller; son James, and four grandchildren. Funeral service will be held at Temple Rodef Shalom, 2100 Westmoreland St. Falls Church, ..

patch.com Global Tipping Points with Katherine Brown: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan Global Tipping Points A three-part series on today's global challenges Tuesday, March 19th, 6 PM-7:15 PM Location: Multi-purpose Room, UNH Manchester, 88 Commercial Street (Pandora Mill), Manchester. Directions & Parking Info Here. (For safety and storm closure information, check here) Tickets: WACNH Members, Fulbright Members, UNH Students and Staff- Free General Public- $10 Katherine Brown will be talking about her new book Your Country, Our War:The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan. Over the course of her time in Afghanistan, Katherine Brown witnessed how the press interact and impact diplomacy in the country. About Your Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan Release Date: March 2019 Journalists are actors in international relations, mediating communications between governments and publics, but also between the administrations of different countries. American and f..

yenisafak.com; see also (1) Yunus Emre Institute is organizing a cultural diplomacy training program to be held in Istanbul in March Image from article, with caption: Lezginka performance in Bursa ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's Yunus Emre Institute will host a cultural diplomacy training program to be held in Istanbul in March. The program, which has been organized by the institute in Istanbul since 2016, was the first training program on cultural diplomacy in Turkey in terms of its scope and broad participation. The purpose of the program is to improve Turkey’s cultural diplomacy potential. Participants of the program will examine Turkey’s cultural diplomacy practice and evaluate the reflection of Turkey’s intellectual background on the cultural diplomacy. Field specialists leading Turkey’s cultural diplomacy practices, academicians, diplomats, bureaucrats, journalists, scientists, sportsmen as well as foreign representatives will take part in the program as trainers. The participants wi..

Heather Timmons, qz.com Image from article, with caption: Not usually seen here before 11am. Excerpt: Trump ...has dispensed with transparency measures put in place by previous presidents, ignored scheduling and organizational precedents, and shed staffers whose job it was to keep track of his movements. Here’s what has changed during his term: ... Last year, the White House stopped releasing “readouts” of the president’s calls with foreign leaders. These “vital tools of public diplomacy [JB emphasis] in a democracy” allow Americans to know what sort of “diplomacy is being conducted on their behalf,” instead of relying on anonymous leaks, or from statements made by leaders in another country, Government Executive explained. ...

fundsforngos.org image (not from entry) from Deadline: 11 March 2019The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has announced the 2018-2019 Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Small Grants Program to support projects in academic and educational affairs. Subject to availability of funds, the Embassy will award small grants as described below to Ukrainian and U.S.-based non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations and individuals.ThemesProjects that support Ukraine’s ongoing educational reform process, drawing on some substantive component of the American educational system.Projects focused on encouraging and institutionalizing academic integrity at Ukrainian educational institutions.Projects or events hosted at a Ukrainian educational institution that includes U.S. experts on sustainable economic development, elections/democratic reform, transparency, entrepreneurship, leadership and/or innovation.Educational projects and programming developing the theme of women’s entrepreneurship and leadership in the fie..

theconversation.com; original article contains additional links and illustrations Image from article, with caption: Honduran migrants at the border with Mexico in mid January. Many will continue north to the US border.Excerpt: “[M]igration diplomacy” ... [is] a form of statecraft surrounding the mobility of people across borders that our research shows is becoming increasingly significant in world politics. ...Governments can use migration policy as a bargaining tool and as a way to pursue other goals, such as enhancing their security, achieving economic interests, or boosting their soft power via cultural or public diplomacy [JB emphasis]. ... As international migration continues to rise on the global political agenda, countries’ interests in either promoting or deterring the movement of people significantly affects the dynamics of their diplomatic relationships. Migration diplomacy is set to become an increasingly significant area of foreign policy and statecraft.

sistercities.org Hear panelists talk about careers and opportunities in public diplomacy [JB emphasis] and global communication. Featured speaker Susan Crystal, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges at the U.S. State Dept., is joined by other experienced PD professionals:– Roger-Mark De Souza of Sister Cities International– Monica Enqvist, Head of Public Diplomacy, Press and Culture, Embassy of Sweden– Holger Manicke, Embassy of Germa [n]yClick here to register for the event.

29 января в Российско-Армянском университете Центром публичной дипломатии [JB emphasis] совместно с Лабораторией стратегических исследований в области национальной безопасности был организован круглый стол на тему “Армяно-иранские отношения в контексте глобальной ближневосточной политики: новые условия и старые подходы”. Эксперты:“В Иране накапливаются связанные с Арменией вопросы, которые нуждаются в пояснении. Насколько бы оно не звучало со стороны экспертного сообщества, в любом случае это не то, что можно озвучить устами первого лица государства” Гоар Искандарян, иранист О будущем визите Н. Пашиняна в Иран“Есть необходимость, имея ввиду мировые, региональные и армянские внутриполитические тенденции, разработать новые подходы, которые смогут быть полезными как для ближайших соседей Армении так и для других партнеров по всему миру, чтобы вывести армянскую внешнюю политику на новый уровень развития” Варужан Гегамян, тюрколог, координатор фонда ARDIТезисы круглого стола:Общее состояние..

koreabizwire.com (image from article: Voluntary Agency Network of Korea) SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean non-governmental organization said Monday that it will launch a youth team in Ukraine this week to step up promotion of South Korea and its policy and culture in the European region. The digital public diplomacy [JB emphasis] team will be comprised of 100 local and Korean students. Its launch ceremony will be held at a university in Kiev, Ukraine on Friday, according to the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK).’ The students will serve as public goodwill diplomats whose main job is to produce digital content intended to promote South Korea’s policy, history and culture and share them with Ukrainian people interested in the country via social networking, it added. Based on the content they will produce, VANK said that it plans to promote South Korea in the European region by posting them on mobile websites to be launched each for Ukrainian and Russian users. “Thr..

Gilbert Doctorow, informationclearinghouse.info Image (not from article) from Excerpt: February 02, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - I have given this essay a “fake news” title for a good reason: to direct your attention to the fact that the incumbent President of Russia is too gentle for his and our good. He does not make threats the way his predecessor, the party boss of the Soviet Union did in 1956. He does not bang his shoe on the desk in front of him while speaking to the General Assembly of the United Nations as Nikita Khrushchev also did. Thus, we Europeans and Americans are oblivious to the dangers of a hot war with Russia that we risk by pursuing our present-day foreign policy of driving Russia into a corner. War could not be further from our minds, since, we tell ourselves, no one wants war. ... From his first days in power, Putin hoped to integrate Russia in NATO and, more generally, in the Western world. Putin was the first head of state to phone George W. Bush after the..