In Dearborn, Michigan, where the country’s largest concentration of Arab-Americans and a significant diaspora from the Arab world live, there’s a great demand for Arabic-language news. Al Jazeera is a readily available option; Alhurra Television and Radio Sawa, produced by the U.S.-funded Middle East Broadcasting Networks, are not. In Minneapolis, a Somali-language FM radio station [...]
Archive for the ‘Public Diplomacy’ Category
We Have Great News, but We Can’t Let You Hear It – Smith-Mundt and the 2.0 World
Posted in Advocacy, Global Engagement, Public Diplomacy, tagged U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of Justice, US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy on July 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Way Forward: Panel Discusses Next Steps for Fostering U.S.-Cuba Engagement
Posted in Advocacy, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad, tagged Bill Richardson, Brookings Institution, Cuba, Patrick Kilbride, Stephen Propst on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I attended an event at the Brookings Institution called “U.S.-Cuba Relations: Moving Policy forward in 2011 and Beyond,” that was organized in light of the Obama Administration’s move to expand academic, religious and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and Cuba earlier this year. The panel of speakers included former New Mexico [...]
Remembering Sargent Shriver: A Vision for the Peace Corps that Matters Now More Than Ever
Posted in Advocacy, Development, Public Diplomacy, tagged Peace Corps, sargent shiver on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I wish to note the passing yesterday of Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. For many of us who are returned volunteers, it is our commitment to Peace Corps that led us to the international education profession, which I view as grounded in the same [...]
A Victory for Public Diplomacy: Obama Administration Expands Academic Travel to Cuba
Posted in Advocacy, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad, tagged Cuba, Obama Administration on January 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last Friday, the international education community cheered when the White House took decisive action to expand academic travel to Cuba. President Obama has directed changes to regulations and policies – expected in the next couple of weeks – to “increase people-to-people contact; support civil society in Cuba; enhance the free flow of information to, from, [...]
Why We Shouldn’t Stop Funding Educational Exchanges
Posted in Advocacy, Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, tagged educational exchanges, Heritage Foundation, Obama Administration on November 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
If we are able to observe in the afterlife the accuracy of the statements that we made while on Earth, there must be no one more blessed with eternal happiness than the Spanish philosopher George Santayana, whose famous observation, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is confirmed every day. Right [...]
50 Years Later: Personal and National Lessons from the Peace Corps
Posted in Advocacy, Development, Public Diplomacy, tagged John F. Kennedy, Peace Corps, University of Michigan on October 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Fifty years ago today, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, in now-famous remarks, challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country by volunteering a year or two abroad in the service of developing nations. Less than six months later, the new president signed an Executive Order creating the Peace Corps to serve as [...]
International Education’s Role in “Turning The Page” in Iraq
Posted in Foreign Policy, Foreign Students & Scholars, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad, tagged Iraqi Educational Initiative, President Obama, University of Iowa on September 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As President Obama addressed the American people last night, he highlighted how the United States will be turning the page from combat operations to soft power and public diplomacy in Iraq. He said, “What America can do, and will do, is provide support for the Iraqi people as both a friend and a partner.” Expanding [...]
U.S. Educational Exchange Programs Continue to Produce World Leaders
Posted in Foreign Policy, Foreign Students & Scholars, Guest Post, Public Diplomacy, tagged Assistant Secretary Ann Stock, Fulbright, International Visitor Leadership Program, U.S. State Department on July 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
By Kyle D’Souza In remarks delivered at her swearing-in ceremony earlier this month, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock highlighted the positive impact that educational exchanges can have on participants and on U.S. foreign policy. Noting that “in the last six weeks alone, six of our program alumni have become [...]
International Education Will Strengthen Our Country
Posted in Foreign Students & Scholars, Immigration Policy, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad, Visa Policy, tagged International Edcuation, Lee Hamilton, Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Act on April 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Lee Hamilton, director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, and a former U.S. Congressman, makes a powerful case for investment in and advancement of international education in “Exploit soft power of colleges” published yesterday by The Indianapolis Star. Hamilton writes: To remain economically competitive and culturally [...]
Nominate Your Institution to be Recognized by the Obama Administration
Posted in Events, NAFSA, Public Diplomacy, tagged Obama Administration, U.S. Summit and Initiative on Global Citizen Diplomacy on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Does your institution have an innovative program that engages students and faculty and helps address global challenges? If you answered yes, then you could be recognized by the Obama Administration in the U.S. Summit and Initiative on Global Citizen Diplomacy on November 16-19, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Higher Education Task Force of the U.S. [...]
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