Education and training of foreign service must be enhanced to protect US interests

With support from the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, senior fellow Jeremy Curtin was the lead drafter of a major new study Forging a 21st Century Diplomatic Service for the United States Through Professional Education and Training , sponsored by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. The report focuses on the new and expanding demands on American diplomacy in the 21st century and the training and resources required to meet them successfully. The report argues that the rising importance of "civilian power" in the U.S. national security equation, as Secretary of State Hillary……Continue Reading Education and training of foreign service must be enhanced to protect US interests

Senior Fellow Kit Rachlis named editor of American Prospect

Congratulations to senior fellow Kit Rachlis on his selection as editor of The American Prospect. ———————————————————————————– Press Release The American Prospect Announces New Editor Washington, DC-Miles S. Rapoport, President of The American Prospect magazine (www.prospect.org), today announced that Kit Rachlis will become the magazine's new Editor. Rachlis' career in journalism spans almost 30 years, during which time he has been an editor at The Village Voice, the LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times and most recently at Los Angeles magazine. "We are thrilled to welcome Kit Rachlis to The Prospect," said Rapoport, who is also President of Demos (www.demos.org), The……Continue Reading Senior Fellow Kit Rachlis named editor of American Prospect

Anawalt in Broadway World – Arts Journalism

Faculty Fellow Sasha Anawalt was interviewed by the website BroadwayWorld.com about the seventh annual NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. "This fellowship will take the pulse of what's going on in theater right now, because we will not only avail ourselves of the stunning confluence of artists, resources, ideas and performances, but we will report on them," said Anawalt…….Continue Reading Anawalt in Broadway World – Arts Journalism

From Concord to Cairo: Freedom

BOSTON — As I remember my American history, our revolution began on April 19, 1775, when 700 British regulars, the Redcoats, left here to march west to the small villages of Lexington and Concord to destroy weapons caches they knew were hidden there by American rebels. The British column encountered 80 or so members of the local militia on Lexington Green and routed them, killing eight locals. The Redcoats reached Concord and found some buried cannon and balls, but most of the rebel weaponry had been hidden again farther away. They marched through the village to the Old North Bridge……Continue Reading From Concord to Cairo: Freedom

U.S. Public Diplomacy and the New Egypt

This article was written by CCLP Faculty Fellow, Phil Seib. Events of the past few weeks belong wholly to spirit of the Egyptian people, not technology. And although it was built on democratic aspirations, this was not a revolution that drew any inspiration from the United States. Think about that. In China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, there was a Statue of Liberty-like model and many signs written in English as protesters there looked toward the nation that was seen as a beacon of freedom, born of a revolution of its own. In 2011, in Cairo and Alexandria, the signs in……Continue Reading U.S. Public Diplomacy and the New Egypt

Schell in China Business Network – Conference

Senior Fellow Orville Schell is has been announced as a keynote speaker at the Bloomberg China Investment Strategies, according to The China Business Network. The conference will examine China's macro-economics; equity, currency, real estate markets; bilateral trade, operations of U.S. companies in China, as well as other topics. In addition, Jonathan Spence, Gene Huang, and Robert Kapp have also been confirmed as speakers…….Continue Reading Schell in China Business Network – Conference