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Hillary, Foreign Policy, and the all-American Superbowl

John Brown | Posted 04.06.2013 | World
Read More: 140 Characters, Eisenhower, Kenneth Osgood, White House, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, Superbowl, U.S. Foreign Service, Alec Ross, Propaganda, Twitter, Diplomacy, Balkans, Pr, State Department, Bosnia, Condoleezza Rice, Media Circus, Dayton Peace Accord, Virgin Mary, Roger Cohen, Richard Holbrooke, Boing, Hillary Clinton, Foreign Affairs, National Security Council, Public Diplomacy, Travel to Nowhere, World News
John Brown

One false way to convince "people" the world over (including in our very own USA) that you're "doing something" when you actually have nothing to do/decide upon, is to be "on the move," with the complacent media, eager for any story, "reporting" on your "new initiative."

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Richard Holbrooke's Public Diplomacy: The Case of the US Cultural Center in Belgrade

John Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Public Affairs Officer, Butcher of the Balkans, Slobodan Milosevic, Kosovo, End of History, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), Pristina, American Center Kosovo, Communism, Nato, Milan Miliutinovic, Dayton Peace Accord, Richard Holbrooke, US Embassy Belgrade, Slobo, The Bulldozer, B-92, World News
John Brown

Richard Holbrooke has died. At a time when many are grieving the loss of a temperamental but dedicated diplomat, one episode of his work in the Balkans -- that explosive and often forgotten corner of Europe -- is worth bringing to light.

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