Embarrassment in Beijing
On her first visit to China in 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Chinese leaders that she considered human rights secondary to other, greater… Read More
Human Rights Activists: Obama Must Stand With Chen Gaungcheng
A top activist for human rights in China warned on Thursday that if the United States wants to maintain its image as a global human… Read More
Most Americans Agree: War on Terrorism Not Yet Won
Last week, experts fired back at the assertion by an unnamed senior State Department official that “The war on terror is over.” Yet, according to… Read More
Is the War on Terror Over? Are Islamists Now ‘Legitimate’?
There’s a bunch of good news coming from one senior official in the State Department. According to this unnamed source, “the war on terror is… Read More
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U.S. Nods to India’s Closing Missile Gap with China
India’s successful test of the Agni-V, a nuclear-capable long-range missile, is a major step forward for New Delhi in attaining nuclear deterrence against regional rival… Read More
Urgent Challenges for New Public Diplomacy Chief
Rolling up her sleeves should be new Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Tara Sonenshine’s first act in office. For the chief of the U.S. government’s outreach… Read More
House to Hear about Chinese Public Diplomacy
There used to be a saying about the Chinese: “They work while we sleep.” In the field of public diplomacy, it is absolutely spot on…. Read More
House Members Ask Hillary Clinton Not to Promote ‘Fracking’ Propaganda
Thirty-two members of the House of Representatives have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove a factually inaccurate environmentalist documentary from the list of… Read More
OECD’s CSR Guidelines: Corporate State Department Responsibility?
This week the U.S. State Department announced the launch of the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for… Read More
To Tweet or Not to Tweet: The State Department’s Digital Revolution
The U.S. State Department has jumped into the world of online communication with a vengeance. January 2012 has been designated 21st Century Statecraft month, and… Read More
