
--Tom Ricks, special military correspondent for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security
"The closer you look … the less you understand."
--Craig Mullaney,

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Rebooting America's Image Abroad - Walter R. Roberts, Whirled View: “Policy is made in the White House. It is articulated from there. Therefore, it would be logical if a senior public diplomacy position were established in the White House. … [T]he appointment of a director of global communication in the White House can be carried out immediately. And it would help the President accomplish his plan to reboot America's image abroad.”

Following @dipnote: Hillary Clinton Steps Out - Tom Watson, techPresident: “Started under former Secretary Rice - and emphatically seamless, professional and non-partisan in its transition to Secretary Clinton - the expansion of State's online operation seems primed for President Obama's primary international goal: rebuilding the U.S. brand overseas.”
Comment - Anonymous, Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, February 11: "Much is made of how State, specifically the three disparate bureaus in R [Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs], is so slow to adopt the 'new' communication applets made available via the Internet. Sadly, very little is said about why. ...

Second Life: Clinn State Department Looks to Boost Online Presence - Dusan Writer's Metaverse: “So…State Department. Online. Virtual worlds. Add the Clinton name. We’ll see how it goes.”
A ‘second life’ for public diplomacy in the Middle East - Muhammad Ayish, The National:

Somalia after the Ethiopian Occupation: First Steps to End the Conflict and Combat Extremism - Ken Menkhaus, East Africa Forum:

Azerbaijan international radio quid pro quo in the works? (updated) - Kim Andrew Elliott Discussing International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy: Re the restart of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the Voice of America (VOA) radio and VOA television programs in Azerbaijan.
India should not be seen as single-sport country: Pranab – Posted by Ankush Sethi, Sports In India: “Notwithstanding its obsession with cricket, India should not be seen as a single-sport country and the government is willing to do its best in improving other sports disciplines, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said today. … The minister was releasing a CD of a film on cricket made by his ministry's Public Diplomacy Division.” SEE ALSO
India a cultural shock

RELATED ITEMS
How Obama Plays, or Gets Played, Abroad - David E. Sanger, New York Times:

Asia welcomes Clinton, and renewed attention - Martin Fackler, Mark Landler and Choe Sang-Hun, International Herald Tribune: In one sign of a fresh start, Clinton said the United States and China would resume middle-level exchanges between their militaries, which China suspended because of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
Watch out for Al Qeada: It wants to target America's economy, and it wants to prove it can defeat us - Marc A. Thiessen, baltimoresun.com: Mr. Obama's moves mark less of a sharp break from counterterrorism policies under the Bush administration than one might think.
Our Man in Kabul - Jim Hoagland, Washington Post:

Going the Distance: The war in Afghanistan isn't doomed. We just need to rethink the insurgency - Seth G. Jones, Washington Post
Not Even the Afghans Know How to Fix It - Edward P. Joseph, Washington Post: No one is sure about anything in Afghanistan these days.
US Predator Kills 30 in Pakistan; Obama snubs Karzai; US Succeeds Soviets in Afghanistan? – Juan Cole, Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion: A US predator drone hit a guest house of supporters of Baitullah Mahsud in South Waziristan on Saturday, killing about 20 persons and wounding 15. Such strikes, ane especially the civilian casualties they often cause, are extremely unpopular in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Genocide in Sri Lanka - Bruce Fein, Boston Globe: President Barack Obama has made the case for military intervention in Sudan or elsewhere to stop genocide. All the more justification for the United States to open an investigation of the voluminous and credible 12 counts of genocide against a United States citizen and permanent resident alien assembled by Tamils Against Genocide.
Book Review: Oxford Atlas of the World (15th edition) - Richard B. Woodward, New York Times:

CULTURAL RELATIONS

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