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The Public Diplomacy Blog is intended to stimulate dialog among scholars, researchers, practitioners and professionals from around the world in the public diplomacy sphere. The opinions represented here are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School.
Posts by Daryl Copeland
PD AND COUNTERINSURGENCY IN THE GLOBALIZATION AGE: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN?
JUN 23, 2008 - 11:42AM PDT
Posted by Daryl Copeland
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Globalization is contributing to a growing international divide -- political, economic, cultural, and digital. This gap, characterized by the polarization of wealth and resources and the breakdown of shared goals and identity, has contributed to heightened instability and the generation of conflict. Terrorism and holy war have been among the reactions.
Unfortunately, the West's organizational tools, policy instruments and military doctrine, mired still in Cold War era thinking, appear incapable of responding adequately. Foreign ministries and departments of defense tend to be rigid, compartmentalized and hierarchic; they aren't designed or equipped to connect with populations, forge partnerships with civil society,... FULL TEXT
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GETTING DOWN…
DEC 5, 2007 - 11:11AM PDT
Posted by Daryl Copeland
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"There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."
Lord Acton
Notwithstanding a conviction still popular in certain circles to the effect that diplomacy is a special calling or vocation, there is nothing sanctified about it. To cope with the myriad requirements of effective practice in the 21st century, diplomats have to chill out and loosen up.
While there will always be a place for confidential negotiations and formal exchanges, globalization has caused the centre of diplomatic gravity to shift out of the chancellery and into the street. Very often, this will mean going retail,... FULL TEXT
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PD, POR, AND THE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT
JUL 14, 2006 - 10:15AM PDT
Posted by Daryl Copeland
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Practitioners of public diplomacy (PD) routinely put their shoulders to the great wheel of public opinion in hopes of nudging it -- forward, backwards, sometime even sideways. Lately in government there has been a renewed commitment to the idea of measuring that performance and to assessing the results. Curiously, though, relatively little systematic or practical use has been made by officials of the one gauge designed specifically to register and monitor changes in widely held views and attitudes. That instrument - public opinion research (POR) - offers the promise of providing public diplomats and their political masters with insights into... FULL TEXT
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PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND BRANDING
APR 3, 2006 - 3:56PM PDT
Posted by Daryl Copeland
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Delivered with equal measure of art and science, diplomacy is a
non-violent approach to the management of international relations and
global issues which seeks to resolve conflict through discussion,
negotiation and partnership. The diplomats' brief is unambiguous: to
advance or defend their country's political and economic place in the
world by the most effective means. That is the purpose, the essence of
diplomacy.
In the past, diplomacy was very much the private preserve of senior
politicians and foreign ministry officials, speaking usually to each
other with great discretion on behalf of the states they represented.
Diplomatic practice in this context... FULL TEXT
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