Distinguished CCLP Fellow Warren Bennis was interviewed for The Washington Post's "On Leadership" section of the paper's website, offering his opinion on the forced resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal by President Barack Obama. In his piece, Bennis discusses the abrupt change of leadership in the war in Afghanistan and how it could effect the outcome of the ongoing nine year conflict. Gen. McChrystal was removed from his position leading all military forces in Operation Enduring Freedom on Wednesday after the publication of negative comments he and his aides made in an article in Rolling Stone magazine about the current Presidential……Continue Reading Bennis Offers Candid Assessment of Leadership & General McChrystal
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Bennis On Leadership Create Jobs
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis writes about the importance of leadership in passing the stimulus bill in the "On Leadership" section of The Washington Post…….Continue Reading Bennis On Leadership Create Jobs
Senior Fellow Cinny Kennard Sworn in as Special Consultant for the FCC
The Federal Communications Commission recently appointed Senior Fellow Cinny Kennard as a Special Consultant to work on the team researching and preparing a report on the Future of Media & Information Needs of Communities in a Digital Age. According to the FCC, "the goal of the project is to help ensure that all Americans have access to vibrant, diverse sources of news and information that will enable them to enrich their families, communities and democracy." As traditional forms of news struggle to survive and new forms of media flourish, the research team will acquire extensive knowledge of the media world……Continue Reading Senior Fellow Cinny Kennard Sworn in as Special Consultant for the FCC
The Special Relationship Is Very Special
WASHINGTON — The 300th British soldier was killed in Afghanistan last week, which means that, proportionately, Great Britain is paying a higher price in manpower and money out there. That's 300 dead in a 10,000-troop commitment compared with the United States' 1,126 deaths with a commitment of more than 94,000 troops right now. The debate in London — "Why are we in Afghanistan?" — seems more heated over there, but the essentials of the arguments are about the same. The new British prime minister, David Cameron, marked the death of the Royal Marine in a place called Sangin by saying:……Continue Reading The Special Relationship Is Very Special
‘Top Secret’ play and discussion series wraps in New York City
Produced by LA Theatre Works in partnership with New York Theatre Workshop and Affinity Collaborative Theatre, Leory Aarons and Geoffrey Cowan's Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, closed with rave reviews and an impressive model for using theater to explore and discuss the role of media in a democracy. The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy organized conversations focused on the tension between issues of national security and a free press that included journalists, scholars, jurists, and public policy leaders from partner organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Columbia Journalism Review, New York University, and others…….Continue Reading ‘Top Secret’ play and discussion series wraps in New York City
Glickman Bipartisan Policy Center
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman joins the Bipartisan Policy Center as a Senior Fellow in residence who will focus on bipartisanship and civility, public health, national security, and economic policy…….Continue Reading Glickman Bipartisan Policy Center
Glickman Kansas City Star
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman calls for a restoration of America as the world's moral leader in honor of World Refugee Day in the Kansas City Star…….Continue Reading Glickman Kansas City Star
New Tensions Come to the Fore in U.S.-China Relationship
Senior Fellow Orville Schell was quoted in Newsweek on new tensions in US-China relations…….Continue Reading New Tensions Come to the Fore in U.S.-China Relationship
Let Us Now Praise Famous Conspiracy Theories
WASHINGTON — Last Saturday morning, Mike Allen's Politico Playbook, the early-morning blog Washington whisperers wake up to, began this way: "IF YOU READ ONLY ONE STORY — N.Y. Times 2-col. lead, 'Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban,' by Dexter Filkins, in Kabul: President Hamid Karzai 'has been pressing to strike his own deal with the Taliban and the country's archrival, Pakistan … Mr. Karzai's maneuverings involve secret negotiations with the Taliban outside the purview of American and NATO officials. … People close to the president say he began to lose confidence in the Americans last summer. …'"……Continue Reading Let Us Now Praise Famous Conspiracy Theories
Is the iPad the Savior of Publishing?
I bought my 3G iPad about two weeks ago and have been playing with it every day since. That's what you do with it. Play with it. It's a fun toy. But is it a revolutionary way for the publishing business to survive? Many pundits seem to think the answer to that question depends on how much and whether readers will pay for content on the device–but they are asking the wrong question. The right question is about advertising…….Continue Reading Is the iPad the Savior of Publishing?