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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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

A good synopsis of some—not all—the faux pas of the Bush administration in its Keystone Kops approach to diplomacy, which has been based on ultra conservative dogma rather than upon professional international relations.

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