LOS ANGELES — President Obama, in an impossible position, decided to take a page from the Harry Truman-John F. Kennedy playbook as oil fouled the Gulf of Mexico and the second year of his presidency. "The Buck Stops Here" read the sign on Truman's desk in the Oval Office. "I am the responsible officer of this government," said Kennedy at a press conference after the disaster of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. In fact, or in private, Kennedy felt he was the victim of the incompetence and hubris of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint……Continue Reading Where Does The Buck Stop?
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U.S. Needs a New Public Diplomacy Strategy for Russia
Philip Seib, Faculty Fellow published an article in The Huffington Post about America's growing need for stronger diplomatic ties in Russia…….Continue Reading U.S. Needs a New Public Diplomacy Strategy for Russia
Women in Film making a difference
Stacy Smith, Faculty Fellow was interviewed for an article in The Hollywood Reporter about the presence of female filmmakers and writers in Hollywood, and the impact they are having on the industry…….Continue Reading Women in Film making a difference
Pentagon Papers II
Senior Fellow Richard Reeves published an OpEd article for Yahoo! about the current state of Afghanistan's government and the foreseeable issues of the future…….Continue Reading Pentagon Papers II
Curtin to examine the role and practice of American diplomacy in the 21st century
Jeremy Curtin, Senior Fellow at the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, is leading a project for the Henry L. Stimson Center and the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) to study the training and education needed to prepare American diplomats for 21st century statecraft. The project will examine what American diplomats do now and what they will be called upon to do in the future; what professional skills are necessary to carry out these tasks successfully; what skills should be added and outdated ones dropped; and what patterns of training, education and assignments can best prepare our diplomats to achieve……Continue Reading Curtin to examine the role and practice of American diplomacy in the 21st century
Boot Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs
Last week, I was an instructor at the News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010 at USC. Sponsored by the Knight Digital Media Center, USC Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, theAnnenberg Center for Communication Leadership and Public Policy(CCLP), and the Online Journalism Review, the camp brought together about 20 aspiring entrepreneurs, almost all former journalists, who are trying to create new news/information enterprises in the digital world. If you'd like to watch a video of my session, click here [from the Knight Digital Media Center], or take a look at my power point slides [below]…….Continue Reading Boot Camp for Journalism Entrepreneurs
Seib lecture at Georgetown
Philip Seib, of the Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California and Faculty Fellow, delivered a lecture entitled "New Media and Public Diplomacy in the Arab World." This event was part of the Information Evolution in the Arab World symposium. The symposium was sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University…….Continue Reading Seib lecture at Georgetown
Dry China – Carnegie Council article
Senior Fellow Orville Schell in conjunction with Policy Innovations, a publication by the Carnegie Council focused on addressing fair globalization, published an article as part of their Project Syndicate initiative. Schell's article explores the droughts in China and its effects on national landmarks such as the Huangguoshu Waterfall in China's southwestern Guizhou Province…….Continue Reading Dry China – Carnegie Council article
Glickman Calls on U.S. to Improve Treatment of Refugees
Refugees International President and Senior Fellow Dan Glickman today urged policymakers to fix shortfalls in current law that needlessly prevent refugees, asylum seekers and stateless individuals from finding safe harbor and enjoying basic human rights in the United States. Glickman testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Renewing America's Commitment to the Refugee Convention: The Refugee Protection Act of 2010."……Continue Reading Glickman Calls on U.S. to Improve Treatment of Refugees
On Leadership – National inflection points
The Washington Post ran an op-ed by Warren Bennis of the USC Marshall School and Distinguished Fellow about college presidents embracing new technology and innovative teaching techniques. "Having just completed a national search to find a successor to USC's president, Steven B. Sample, I had the opportunity to review countless resumes and interview a fair number of sitting presidents and provosts," Bennis wrote. He added that it's no accident the person chosen was USC President-Elect C.L. Max Nikias, "a doctorate in electrical engineering and a maven of all manner of innovative technologies and teaching methods."……Continue Reading On Leadership – National inflection points