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An Intellectual Assault on Joseph Nye: Part One
Joseph Nye’s theory and advocacy of “soft power,” articulated in the early 1990s and developed during the last 15 years, have been a touchstone for virtually anyone studying or writing about...
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An Assault on Joseph Nye, Part Two: “Power and Violence are Opposites”
“Down with Milosevic!”, Belgrade, 1999 (via BBC) In a previous discussion, I attacked Joseph Nye’s “soft power/hard power” theory at the level of language, effectively calling his terms unclear and...
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An Assault on Joseph Nye, Part Three: Keeping It Real
U.S. Air Force C-130 drops relief supplies over Kenya, June 2010 (U.S. Department of Defense) In my previous two posts, I’ve argued how the hard power/soft power Hobson’s Dichotomy of Joseph Nye fails...
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12 Articles on Public Diplomacy Practice
In the spirit of T.E. Lawrence I published a feature article on public diplomacy practice in the summer 2013 issue of USC’s Public Diplomacy Magazine. You can read the article online here or download...
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Along the 30th Parallel: What NPR Gets Wrong about Public Opinion and Foreign...
NPR’s new headquarters (NPR) A recent blog post by Greg Myre on NPR’s web site (“Which Nations Hate the U.S.? Often Those Receiving the Most Aid,” July 23) is a typical example of reporting on...
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Now Available: The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy
Today my latest book, The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy, is available from Palgrave Macmillan. It can be ordered from Amazon.com, the publisher, or from any book store in your...
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“We have met the enemy and he is us”
(Walt Kelly, via Language Log, University of Pennsylvania) Attending a conference of public diplomacy professionals and academics last week at the U.S. State Department, a particular comment made by a...
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