A Light in the Window in Communist Times
by Jonathan B. Rickert
VOA – A Biased, Sentimental Recollection
by Philip Brown
It’s High Time to Recharge and Empower Public Diplomacy in the State Department
by Renee M. Earle
When “The Bridges of Madison County” Came to Moscow
by Gregory Orr
When Glasnost Opened Soviet Doors for American English
by Gregory John Orr
Making “Devoted Efforts” Visible: The National Museum of American Diplomacy
The National Museum of American Diplomacy
by Jane Carpenter-Rock
Filming Manhole Covers in Chile
by Susan Clyde
American speaker programs were long a staple of US Information Agency (USIA) programs overseas. Not all went as planned.
The Power of Ideas That Won the Cold War is Still Needed
by Christopher Datta
Vice President Nixon and Cold War Public Diplomacy
by Hans Tuch
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Dr. Khaled al-Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist and the head of antiquities for the ancient city of Palmyra was publicly beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2015. This 2002 picture shows al-Asaad in front of a first century sarcophagus from Palmyra. Photograph: Marc Deville/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.
Moved by the international outcry over ISIS destruction in Iraq and Syria, and with the Syrian state in disarray, the Congress in 2016 enacted emergency legislation to block the importation of illegally acquired Syrian antiquities to the United States. The State Department also began to take a serious interest in the relationship between terrorism and the destruction and trafficking of antiquities.
U.S. Diplomatic Engagement and Cultural Heritage Protection
by Larry Schwartz
Adapted from Newberry Series Lecture at Dacor-Bacon House
Washington, D.C., July 13, 2018
Relearning the Art of Nation State Diplomacy
by Mike Anderson
How Summer Adventures Become Diplomacy
by Michael McCarry
USIA Films that failed in Africa
by Bob Baker
Abraham Lincoln, Hillary Clinton, and Liu Xiaobo
by Beatrice Camp
Leveraging Diplomacy for Managing Scientific Challenges
An Opportunity to Navigate the Future of Science
by David P. Hajjar and Steven G. Greenbaum
Operational Public Diplomacy: The Enduring and the New
by Donald M. Bishop
Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World
Review by J. R. Bullington
Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World. By Rick Barton. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, April 2018. Pages: 312. ISBN-13: 978-1538113004 and ISBN-10: 1538113007
The Marshall Plan: Seventy Years Since the Start of a Great Diplomatic Effort
by Thomas E. McNamara