Tag: diplomacy
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Counterterrorism and the Democracies (IWP 669)
Dr. Christopher C. Harmon discusses his course on Counterterrorism and the Democracies (IWP 669). About the course: Counterterrorism was once a narrow preoccupation of the few and had a small role on the stage of national policy making. Its appearances in political life were periodic. No longer. America lost nearly as many people on 9/11…
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Public diplomacy’s next challenge
Connections Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2008), pp. 141-153 (13 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/26323324?seq=1 Despite seven years of experiments, U.S. public diplomacy against international terrorism has largely failed. What is most needed is a strong infusion of fresh ideas. The rhetorical branch of the offensive against terror has been utterly neglected. U.S. spokesmen should re-open the argument…