Public Diplomacy for Dummies

The Bush administration falters in the battle of ideas.

To say public diplomacy hasn't been this administration's forte is a truism and an understatement. Still, it's hard to recall any presidential initiative as spectacularly misjudged and needless since Ronald Reagan paid tribute to Nazi soldiers at Bitburg. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
2.7
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

While a critique of Bush's public diplomacy may be warranted, Stephens conflates different issues - support for a repressive Egyptian regime, support for Muslim artists who don't tow a pro-Israel line, and support for a Muslim group in the United States with questionable etiquette (funded by key American ally Saudi Arabia).

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