Public Diplomacy Web Resources
Congressional Hearings
- American Public
Diplomacy and Islam. Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, February 27, 2003
- Arab
Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Complex Encounter.
Daniel Brumberg, Testimony before the House Committee on Government
Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and
International Relations, October 8, 2002 (pdf).
- America's
global dialogue: sharing American values and the way ahead for public
diplomacy. Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United
States Senate, June 11, 2002.
- The
Indispensable Role of Public Diplomacy and Public Information Operations
in Securing Americas Future. Testimony by Speaker Newt
Gingrich before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, June 11, 2002.
- Public Diplomacy Plans for the
Future. Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and
Public Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
June 11, 2002.
- Funding for Public Diplomacy.
Charlotte Beers, Statement before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
and State of the House Appropriations Committee, April 24, 2002.
- Words
Have Consequences: The Impact Of Incitement And Anti-American and
Anti-Semitic Propaganda On American
Interests In The Middle East. Hearing before the House Subcommittee
on the Middle East and South Asia. April 18, 2002.
US Department of State Resources
- Interview on CNN's NewsNight
with Aaron Brown. Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary for Public Affairs
and Public Diplomacy. January 16, 2003.
- January 2003: Annual
Activity Report. The United States Advisory Commission on Public
Diplomacy April 2002 through January 2003.
- Iraq: From Fear to
Freedom. U.S. Department of State, International Information
Programs. 2002.
- U.S. Image In
The Islamic World: 'Policy' Is The Problem. Office of Research, Issue
Focus, Foreign Media Reaction, November 26, 2002.
- CIA Yemen
Operation: Many See 'Assassination Without Jury, Judge.' Office of
Research, Issue Focus, Foreign Media Reaction, November 18, 2002.
- Memo on
Radio Farda. From Tom Dine to the RFE/RL staff, November 18 2002.
- Public Diplomacy:
Reaching Out to Islamic Countries. (Excerpt from October 30 Press
Briefing), Richard Boucher, October 30, 2002.
- Commission Reviews Middle
Eastern Perceptions of the United States. US Department of State, May
24, 2002.
- U.S. Strengthens
Public Diplomacy in Arab and Muslim Worlds. Office of International
Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, May 16, 2002.
- The United States, Europe, and
the Muslim World: Revitalizing Relations After September 11.
Charlotte Beers, Remarks at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies, May 15, 2002.
- U.S. Public Diplomacy in the
Arab and Muslim Worlds. Charlotte Beers, Remarks at the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, May 7, 2002.
- Radio Sawa Delivers
Arab and American Popular Music. Vicky Silverman, Office of
International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, April 29,
2002.
- The Art of Networking and Public
Diplomacy. Charlotte Beers, Womenfuture MainEvent 2002 Webcast,
April 11, 2002.
- Arab-American
Perceptions of U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East. Dr. Ziad J. Asali,
Remarks to Open Forum Washington, DC, March 26, 2002.
- "Radio
Sawa" on the Air in Jordan and Kuwait: A new station for a new
generation. Vicki Silverman, U.S. Department of State's Office of
International Information Programs, March 22, 2002.
- Network of
Terrorism. U.S. Department of State, 2002.
- Building
Americas Public Diplomacy through a Reformed Structure and Additional
Resources. Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, 2002.
- U.S.
Developing Communication Strategy in Anti-Terrorism Campaign. Stuart
Gorin, US Department of State, January 18, 2002.
- Online
Focus: Christopher Ross. PBS Online Newshour, January 16, 2002.
General State
Department Resources
Public Opinion Reports
News Stories, Editorials, Feature Articles
2003
- Hearts and
Minds. Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times, March 28, 2003.
- History
and Humiliation. Shibley Telhami, The Washington Post, March 28,
2003.
- CEO
Bush Takes Over Management of Message. Dan Balz & Mike Allen, The
Washington Post, March 28, 2003.
- High-Tech
Media Go to War. Cynthia Webb, The Washington Post, March 26, 2003.
- The
Medium Is the Message. Michael R. Gordon, The New York Times, March
26, 2003.
- Grasping
a war told in real time. Tim Rutten, The Los Angeles Times, March 26,
2003.
- Differing
TV images feed Arab, US views. John Donnelly and Anne Barnard, The
Boston Globe, March 26, 2003.
- U.S.
Faces Uphill Fight in Wooing Arabs. George Gedda, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, March 25, 2003.
- Queen of
Madison Avenue leaves hole in State Department. George S. Hishmeh,
The Lebanon Daily Star, March 21, 2003.
- U.S. Message Is Not
Getting Out. J. Michael Waller, Insight on the News, March 20, 2003.
- Why
the U.S. Inspires Scorn. Tyler Marshall and David Lamb, Los Angeles
Times, March 16, 2003.
- We
Don't Even Agree On What's Newsworthy. David Greenberg, The
Washington Post, March 16, 2003.
- Voice of
America radio reaches to young Arabs. Donald Lambro, The Washington
Times, March 16, 2003.
- The War of
Misinformation Has Begun. Robert Fisk, The Independent, March 16,
2003.
- Poll
Finds Arabs Are Extremely Antiwar. Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times,
March 15, 2003.
- Face
From Past Tapped for U.S. Image Job. Christopher Marquis, The New
York Times, March 14, 2003.
- Tutwiler
Set To Run U.S. Image Effort. Peter Slevin, The Washington Post,
March 13, 2003; Page A14.
- Blair is Plunging
Britain Into a Crisis of Democracy. Threat of War has Created an
Unprecedented Globalization of Public Opinion. Seumas Milne, March
13, 2003, The Guardian.
- Formation of
GlobalPAC to Support Traditional and Public Diplomacy Efforts. PR
Newswire, March 13, 2003.
- Problems
of image and diplomacy beset US. Anne E. Kornblut, The Boston Globe,
March 9, 2003.
- "Bush's
Middle East Vision." Philip Gordon, Survival, Spring 2003 (pdf).
- Image
Problem Remains After Departure. Terry M. Neal, The Washington Post,
March 6, 2003.
- While the
Propaganda Czar Departs, the Product Pitching Remains. Nancy
Snow, CommonDreams.org, March 4,
2003.
- Bush's Muslim
propaganda chief quits. CNN, March 4, 2003.
- Answers in the Arab street.
Rami G. Khouri, International Herald Tribune, March 3, 2003.
- Strides
in technology magnify info war potential. Anick Jesdanun, Associated
Press, March 1, 2003.
- Arab
states paralysed by fear of their people and the US. David Hirst, The
Guardian, March 1, 2003.
- Europe's
Muslim Street. Omer Taspinar, Foreign Policy, March 2003.
- Senators
urge administration to work harder on U.S. image abroad. Ken
Guggenheim. Associated Press. February 27, 2003.
- Propaganda
will not sway the Arab street. Mark Leonard, Financial Times,
February 27, 2003.
- Firing
Leaflets and Electrons, U.S. Wages Information War. Thom Shanker
& Eric Schmitt. The New York Times. February 24, 2003.
- Anti-Americanism's
Nasty Taste. Moisιs Naνm, The Financial Times, February 24, 2003.
- U.S. Reaches Out
to Younger Readers, in Arabic. Amy Cortese, The New York Times, February
17, 2003.
- Lack of
Arab street reaction raises many eyebrows. Shadiah Abdullah, Gulf
News, February 17, 2003.
- War
Propaganda. Michel Chossudovsky, Indepdent Media Center Ireland,
February 16, 2003.
- Osama
Bin Laden's Message to the Arab and Muslim World: "I am not the enemy.
America is." R.S. Zaharna, Foreign Policy in Focus, February 12,
2003.
- Satellite
TV Tries to Bridge a Culture Gap. Jane Perlez, The New York Times,
February 9, 2003.
- White House Needs
United Voice to Coalesce the World's Support. Charles H. Dolan, The
Boston Herald, February 8, 2003.
- Wrong
Message To the Muslim World. Ejaz Haider, The Washington Post,
February 5, 2003.
- Arabs
still skeptical of Bush. Martin Sieff, UPI, January 29, 2003.
- Persuading
the Muslim mind. Ehsan Ahrari, Asia Times, January 29, 2003.
- Indonesian
Educators Ponder Lessons After U.S. Visit. Jane Perlez, The New York
Times, January 24, 2003.
- Arab Envoys
Planning Translation Service. Information Ministers Hope To Counter
Success of Memri. Ori Nir, Forward (NY), January 24, 2003.
- Kerry
Calls for New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach. John Whitesides, Reuters,
January 23, 2003.
- U.S. revs up PR
machine as Iraq war looms. Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters NewsAlert,
January 23, 2003.
- We
Can Thank Hollywood for Our Ugly-American Image. Newt Gingrich &
Peter Schweizer, The Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2003.
- US
scraps Muslim ad campaign. Claire Cozens, The Guardian, January 17,
2003.
- U.S.
Propaganda Pitch Halted. CBS News, January 16, 2003.
- U.S. Suspends TV
Ad Campaign Aimed at Winning Over Muslims. Vanessa O'Connell, Wall
Street Journal, January 16, 2003.
- US
claims success in outreach to Arabs as 'hearts and minds' campaign shifts.
Matthew Lee, Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2003.
- Propaganda
Isn't the Way: Soft Power. Joseph Nye, International Herald Tribune,
January 10, 2003.
- Reaching Out to Muslims.
Carla Power, Newsweek, Issues 2003.
2002
- Want
to be Loved? American Public Diplomacy after 9/11.Chieko Kitagawa
Otsuru, The Japan Center for Area Studies Newsletter, December 26, 2002.
- U.S.
Propaganda Push In Iraq. CBS News, December 17, 2002.
- We Hate You (But
Keep Sending US Baywatch. Transcript of the session by the Public
Affairs Committee of the Writers Guild (pdf).
- Voices
Who Speak for (and Against) Us. Robert Satloff, The Washington Post,
December 1, 2002.
- Arab
and Muslim America: A Snapshot. Shibley Telhami, The Brookings
Review, Winter 2002 (Vol.20 No.1), pp. 14-15.
- U.S. should talk with Arab
youth, not at them. Avi M. Spiegel, USA Today, November 25, 2002.
- U.S. hopes to
woo young Iranians with music, news. Reuters, November 20, 2002.
- Is There an
Audience for Public Diplomacy? Kim Andrew Elliot, The New York Times,
November 16, 2002.
- US Ad Campaign Gets
Thumbs-Down From SE Asian Muslims. Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com,
November 7, 2002.
- The Abused Arab Street.
Wahid Abdel-Meguid, Al-Hayat, World Press Review, November 6, 2002.
- Advert
from America fails to impress Muslims. Shawn Donnan, Financial Times
(London), November 2, 2002.
- Radio Sawa: Music as Tool.
George Gedda, American Foreign Service Journal, November 2002. (pdf).
- Muslim-as-Apple-Pie
Videos Are Greeted With Skepticism. Jane Perlez, The New York Times,
October 30, 2002.
- Under the
Arab Street. Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times, October 23,
2002.
- The Stones of
Baghdad. Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, October 4, 2002. Diplomacy
by Other Means. Mark Leonard, Foreign Policy, September/October 2002.
- Public Diplomacy and
the War on Terrorism. Peter G. Peterson, Foreign Affairs,
September/October 2002.
- Bush shoots
his Weapon of Mass Democracy. Jim Lobe, Asia Times, September 28,
2002.
- Spin Unspun: U.S. Radio
Broadcasts Vie for the Hearts and Minds of Arab Youth. Abdalla
Hassan, World Press Review, September 26, 2002.
- Translated Transcripts of
Radio Sawa Broadcasts. Transcribed and translated by Abdalla Hassan,
National Press Review, September 24, 2002.
- Allies' PR war
targets Arab street. Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor,
September 24, 2002.
- Charlotte Beers And The
Selling Of America: One Year Later She's Criticized For Not Doing Enough.
Ira Teinowitz, AdAge.com, September 23, 2002.
- Battling
For The 'Hearts And Minds' Of Middle Easterners, Post-September 11: A
Year-End Assessment. Martin Kramer And Mouafac Harb, The Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, Policywatch, Special Policy Forum Report,
Number 662, September 23, 2002.
- Battling
For Hearts And Minds In The Middle East: A Critique Of U.S. Public
Diplomacy, Post-September 11. Robert Satloff, The Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, Policywatch, Number 657, September 17,
2002.
- A Real War on
Terrorism. Robert Wright,
Slate - MSN.com, September 5, 2002.
- Time
for the Hard Choices: The Dilemmas Facing U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic
World. P.W. Singer, The Brookings Project on U.S. Policy Towards the
Islamic World, Working Paper #1, September 2002 (pdf).
- America's
Communicative Arrogance And The Arab World. Paul Fallavollita, Jihad
Unspun, August 21, 2002.
- The
Purposes and Cross-Purposes of American Public Diplomacy. John Brown,
American Diplomacy, August 15, 2002.
- Privatize
Public Diplomacy. Michael Holtzman, The New York Times, August 8,
2002.
- Global
Q&A - Public Diplomacy and Information Warfare. Barry Zorthian,
August 8, 2002.
- The Silence
Signal. Jackson Diehl, The Washington Post, August 4, 2002.
- Brand America -- Now
With Extra Hype! New Office Of Image Consultants To Give The Hard Sell
Abroad. David Corn, TomPaine.commonsense, August 2, 2002.
- Propaganda,
Public Relations and Journalism: When bad things happen to good works.
John L. Paluszek, Journalism Studies, August 2002.
- Bush
to Create Formal Office To Shape U.S. Image Abroad. Karen DeYoung,
The Washington Post, July 30, 2002.
- US
House votes to boost broadcasting to Muslim countries. Agence France
Presse. July 24, 2002.
- The
Sounds of Sawa: An alternative to al-Jazeera. Melissa Seckora, The
National Review, July 18, 2002.
- Why
Bush's Middle East propaganda campaign won't work. Samer Shehata,
Salon.com, July 12, 2002.
- Culture
Bombs. Stan Correy, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Background
Briefing, July 7, 2002.
- 'Public
diplomacy' needs boost. Sylvia Smith, The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,
June 16, 2002.
- Velvet
fist in the iron glove. Mark Leonard, Observer Worldview, June 16,
2002.
- The Global
News Networks and U.S. Policymaking in Defense and Foreign Affairs.
Eytan Gilboa, The Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public
Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Paper # 2002-6,
June 2002 (pdf).
- U.S.
Policy and the Arab and Muslim World: The Need for Public Diplomacy.
Shibley Telhami, The Brookings Review, Summer 2002, Vol.20 No.3, pp.
47-48.
- The
"Arab Street"? Public Opinion in the Arab World. The
Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Executive Summary), 2002.
- Filtering the
propaganda. Ayman El-Amir, Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No.586, May
16-22, 2002.
- Radio Sawa
Exports U.S. Values to Young Arabs. Mark O'Keefe, Newhouse News
Service, May 3, 2002.
- Tuning
into the voice of freedom. Janine Zacharia, The Jerusalem Post, April
21, 2002.
- A Call to Arms: Jump Starting
Diplomacy. Elise Labott, Foreign Service Journal, April 2002, Vol.
79. No. 4 (pdf).
- Creativity
& Patience: Public Diplomacy Post-Sept. 11. Matt Lussenhop,
Foreign Service Journal, April 2002, Vol. 79. No. 4 (pdf).
- Sound Bites, Islam
and Foggy Bottom. Thomas Gorgussian, Foreign Service Journal, April
2002, Vol. 79. No. 4 (pdf).
- The U.S. War on
Terror A Middle Eastern Perspective. Khaled Abdulkareem, Foreign
Service Journal, April 2002, Vol. 79. No. 4 (pdf).
- The Wars Missing Front.
Yasein Congar, Foreign Service Journal, April 2002, Vol. 79. No. 4 (pdf).
- A Broadcasting Strategy to
Win Media Wars. Edward Kaufman, The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002
(pdf).
- Deeds Speak Louder Than
Words. Lamis Andoni, The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002 (pdf).
- Mixed Message: The Arab
and Muslim Response to Terrorism. Mustafa Al Sayyid, The Washington
Quarterly, Spring 2002 (pdf).
- Public Diplomacy Comes of Age.
Christopher Ross, The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002 (pdf).
- Winning the War of Ideas.
Anthony J. Blinken, The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002 (pdf).
- Beyond
Public Diplomacy. David Hoffman, Foreign Affairs, Volume 81, Number
2, March/April 2002 (pdf).
- Voice of
America raises the volume. Steve Park, The Washington Times, March
11, 2002.
- Controversy amid VOA
anniversary. Sean Federico-O'Murchu, MSNBC, March 8, 2002.
- "We Cover The News
From An Arab Perspective" Interview with Al-Jazeera Washington
Bureau Chief Hafez Al-Mirazi. Middle East Insight, March 2002.
- The
Role of the Press in the Anti-Terrorism Campaign: The Propaganda War:
Is America Effectively Telling Its Side of the Story in the Anti-Terrorism
Campaign? A Brookings / Harvard Forum, January 16, 2002.
- Reaching
Out. Terrence Smith, PBS NewsHour, February 18, 2002.
- Run, Osama, Run.
Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times, January 23, 2002.
- Beyond
Afghanistan: U.S. Policy on Changing Muslim Public Opinion. Muslim
Media Forum, January 2002.
2001
- To
Reach Arabs, Try Changing The Channel. Mamoun Fandy, The Washington
Post, December 2, 2001.
- Victory
and the "Benevolent Arab: If we want to beat terrorism, it's time to
deploy urban legends. Chris Colin, Salon.com, November 30, 2001.
- Selling
The War: The wars public-diplomacy campaign. Eli J. Lake, National
Review, November 12, 2001.
- Stopping
Spin Laden. Simon Dumenco, New York Magazine, November 12, 2001.
- The
New Power of Arab Public Opinion. John Kifner, The New York Times,
November 11, 2001
- Devising
a Public Diplomacy Campaign Toward the Middle East: Part I Basic
Principles. Robert Satloff, The Washington Institute for Near East
Policy, PolicyWatch #579, October 30, 2001.
- Get
the Message Out. Richard Holbrooke. The Washington Post. October 28,
2001; Page B07
- How to
sell America to people who hate it. Carl Weiser, Gannett News
Service, October 14, 2001.
- Why
the U.S. is losing the propaganda war. Eric Boehlert, Salon.com,
October 12, 2001.
- The
Rise of the Brand State: The Postmodern Politics of Image and Reputation.
Peter van Ham, Foreign Affairs, October 10, 2001.
- Should
the U.S. Government-Sponsored Broadcasts be a Tool of American Foreign
Policy? Former Radio Free Europe Chief Says "Yes." Ben
Ball, Office of Public Affairs. Fletcher School, October 2001.
- Between
Two Worlds: Qatars Al-Jazeera satellite channel faces conflicting
expectations. Joel Campagna, CPJ Press Freedom Reports, October 2001.
- Militant Islam's Fury at
America: The Israel Canard. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 1, No. 3, September 20, 2001.
- Propaganda and war.
Edward Said, Media Monitors Network, August 31, 2001.
- Can
Public Diplomacy Rise from the Ashes? Jamie Frederic Metzl, Foreign
Service Journal, July-August 2001
- Diplomacy in the
Information Age: Implications for Content and Conduct. Jeffrey R.
Cooper, iMP, July 2001.
- Being Public:
How diplomacy will need to change to cope with the information society.
Mark Leonard & Liz Noble, iMP, July 2001.
- Public Diplomacy and
Covert Propaganda. A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing
Book Edited by Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive, March 2, 2001
2000 & earlier
- From
U2 to URL: Technology and Foreign Affairs. Richard M. Moose,
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Volume 1.2, Summer/Fall 2000
- Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV:
The Power of Free Speech. Gary C. Gambill, Middle East Intelligence
Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 5, June 1 2000.
- Reinventing Diplomacy in
the Information Age. Richard Burt & Olin Robinson, Project
co-chairs, CSIS, October 9, 1998 (pdf).
- A Strategic Assessment of
Public Diplomacy. Lt Col Jim Riggins, National Defense University,
National War College, September 14, 1998 (pdf).
- Save
Public Diplomacy: Broadcasting America's Message Matters. Walter
Laqueur, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1994 (500 word preview).
- The Roots of
Muslim Rage. Bernard Lewis. The Atlantic Monthly. September 1990.
- Propaganda, American-style.
Noam Chomsky, Propaganda Review, Winter 1987-88.
General Resources
Specific Campaigns
The Council on American
Islamic Relations
Public Diplomacy
(General)
- Letter of Resignation by
John H. Brown. CommonDreams.org, March 12, 2003.
- Text of John Brady
Kiesling's letter. New York Times, February 27, 2003.
- The Murrow Center for International
Information and Communication at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
- The Pew Research Center for the People and
the Press.
- The
Propaganda War and The War Against Terrorism. Philip M. Taylor Institute
of Communication Studies, University of Leeds.
- Public Diplomacy Web Site.
Sponsored by United States Information Agency Alumni Association and The
Public Diplomacy Council, The George Washington University, School of
Media and Public Affairs.
- Public Diplomacy Web Site.
Sponsored by United States Information Agency Alumni Association and The
Public Diplomacy Council.
- Public Diplomacy.
Council on Diplomacy and International Affairs.
- Public
Diplomacy: US Outreach to the Arab World. PBS Online.
- Reorganization
Plan and Report, Submitted by President Clinton to the Congress on
December 30, 1998, Pursuant to Section 1601 of the Foreign Affairs Reform
and Restructuring Act of 1998, as Contained in Public Law 105-277
- September
11 Resources Public Opinion United States Propaganda. University
of Arizona.
- Transcript
of Osama bin Laden tape, December 13, 2001.
- U.S.
Diplomatic History Resources Index. Hosted by Texas A&M
University.
- War,
Propaganda, and the Media. Global Issues.Org.
- Zogby International.
International Media
Updated March 28, 2003.
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