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Article: Symposium.(public diplomacy campaign)
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- Insight on the News
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- September 30, 2002
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Q: Should the United States invest heavily in new efforts to advance public diplomacy?
YES: The state of world affairs demands nothing less than a new public-diplomacy paradigm.
Public diplomacy--the use of communications strategies and tactics to help smooth the way for U.S. policy in the world--has been neglected and now is in a state of serious disrepair. Resentment, rage and deep misunderstanding of the United States and its policies are widespread. Hostile propaganda, systematic disinformation campaigns and educational hate curricula harmful to the interests of the United States and the rest of the civilized world are directed against us by many ...