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Posts by Adam Clayton Powell III

OBAMA, KING AND GANDHI COMBINED FOR U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN INDIA
FEB 12, 2009 - 4:54PM PDT
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NEW DELHI – While much of the world celebrates Valentines Day, February 14th will be celebrated in India as the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 1959 visit. And it all ties to photographs of King, Gandhi and President Obama.

To celebrate the anniversary, ten programs are planned in India featuring King's son, Martin Luther King III, Representative John Lewis - a veteran of the civil rights movement, and musician Herbie Hancock. (The U.S. embassy's description is here).

Now back to those photographs. Pictures of the new U.S. President are displayed all over the world; but in India, certain photographs... FULL TEXT
 
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INDIA REFRAMES THE WAR ON TERROR
DEC 15, 2008 - 11:33AM PDT
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MUMBAI -- Following the attacks here two weeks ago, much of the coverage on local media looks familiar: red banner stripes and logos with such phrases as "26/11 Fight against Terrorism". But it is not quite the same as US networks' "War on Terror".

There are "Indians of the Year", mini-package profiles of the soldiers and others who died during the fighting that occurred the week before last just down the street from my hotel, and live coverage of vigils and demonstrations. Also, the attack on Mumbai has been framed as attack on modernity. So far, again, it looks quite... FULL TEXT
 
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WHY OBAMA IS LESS POPULAR IN ASIA
NOV 20, 2008 - 10:33AM PDT
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Much that is written about public diplomacy focuses on Europe and the Muslim world. National news media in the US, headquartered in New York and Washington, equates foreign opinion with approving editorials in The Guardian and large crowds in Berlin. By those criteria, President-elect Barack Obama is wildly popular. Just elect Obama, the thinking goes, and America's public diplomacy problems are solved.

Not quite: The data indicate Obama was never as popular in Asia as in Europe. And it turns out President Bush was never as unpopular in Asia as he was in Europe.

This was documented by the Pew... FULL TEXT
 
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U.S. SHOULD ‘TRUMPET’ DOUBLING OF VISAS FOR STUDENTS FROM MIDEAST
DEC 15, 2006 - 3:11PM PDT
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WASHINGTON -- America should “trumpet” the doubling of visas issued in the past year to U.S.-bound students.

That was the advice of panelists at a public diplomacy program this morning.

The doubling of students visas issued in the Middle East was a part of the overall year-to-year increase in student visas, bringing the total number almost back to the pre-9/11 levels, according to Colleen P. Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, citing data released last month.

“Visas for Middle Eastern students doubled in the past year,” Graffy said.

The other speakers at the program urged the U.S.... FULL TEXT
 
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MAN BITES DOG: INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO U.S. UP FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
SEP 14, 2006 - 3:16PM PDT
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JOHANNESBURG -- Regular readers of this blog no doubt saw the headlines last week expressing concern about the drop in the percentage of international travelers who head for the U.S.

In the Financial Times, for example, the headline on September 4 was "US tourism 'needs a warmer welcome.'" And there was this quote: “The image of the US is at an all-time low in many parts of the world.”

And yesterday’s Los Angeles Times reported the U.S. “share of global tourism is plummeting.”

That is entirely incorrect.

In fact, quite the reverse is correct: the percentage of international travelers coming... FULL TEXT
 
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