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Public Diplomacy 2.0

24 April 2010

The Obama administration has the reputation for being Web 2.0-savvy, and for good reason. But its digital public diplomacy program actually originates from the Bush administration, writes ISN Security Watch’s Peter Buxbaum.

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Are Glassman and Doran right on Iran?

24 Januar 2010

Sending out revolutionary leaflets as ther former US Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy James K. Glassman and Michael Doran suggest in an article for Wall Street Journal is not the smart kind of soft power which made the US so attractive to most parts of the world. It’s like using a hammer to apply a screw to a wall.

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Tabloid Intelligence

26 September 2009

A new think tank report details what happened when George W Bush decided to rely on headlines and blurbs to make US policy, Peter A Buxbaum writes for ISN Security Watch.

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Demos: Telling a story, creating ideas

16 September 2009

Demos is one of the most unusual think tanks in the UK. Founded by radical Marxists, the Demos staff were influentual advisors to New Labour. But Demos argues it’s not affiliated with a particular party and is now working on a project with the Conservative Party. I spoke with Demos’ spokesperson Peter Harrington on the power of story telling, involving people in think tank research and the dissemination of ideas.

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Why Twitter beats traditional news

15 Juni 2009

When protests broke out in the aftermath of the recent election in Iran, many Western journalists were banned from reporting. Several German correspondents for example were told to stay in their offices and not go outside as long as the protests continue. Many did as they were told. Thus, it was up to citizen journalists in Tehran and elsewhere to provide the video footage that we see in our news shows.

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“We bring together international voices to try and resolve a problem”

15 März 2009

Im Interview mit dem Think Tank Directory Deutschland erläutet Keith Burnet, Communications Director des Chatham House, wie die weltweit bekannte Denkfabrike auf die immer stärkere Internationalisierung außenpolitischer Entscheidungsprozesse reagiert und seine Marke weltweit aufbaut. Außerdem sprach ich mit Burnet über die Chancen der neuen Medien und sozialer Netzwerke für außenpolitische Denkfabriken.

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Do not believe in polls!

28 September 2005

Germany’s polling companies again failed remarkably in the recent elections.

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New Labour – Old fashioned?

1 Mai 2005

Die britische Unterhauswahl von 2005 aus einer mitte-links-Perspektive.

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