Reagan is Out, Obama is In – U.S. Embassies in Central and Eastern Europe Ignore 100 Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birthday

Feb 09, 2011 Comments Off by

TedLipien.com, Truckee, CA, February 08, 2011 — One would think that the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birthday could be a perfect public diplomacy theme for all U.S. embassies in Central and Eastern Europe — a great opportunity for embassy-sponsored events to strengthen ties with America among diverse nations that owe their current independence and freedom [...]

Cold War, International Broadcasting, Poland, Public Diplomacy, Russia Read more

Why U.S. Public Diplomacy No Longer Works and Can It Be Fixed?

Dec 27, 2010 Comments Off by

Update: America.gov restored my comment. TedLipien.com, Truckee, California, December 27, 2010 — On the day the U.S. Senate voted to approve the new arms reduction treaty with Russia, I found an article on the State Depatment’s website, America.gov, which gave a long list of the START treaty’s benefits lauded by the Obama administration but failed [...]

International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy, Russia Read more

Leaked U.S. Embassy Warsaw Cables – Obama to the Poles: Have some Patriot missiles that don’t work to protect you from Russia

Dec 07, 2010 Comments Off by

Obama to the Poles: Have some Patriot missiles that don’t work to protect you from Russia   Opinia.US Truckee, CA, December 6, 2010 — The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. has released and commented on a number of leaked U.S. cables dealing with Poland. There needs to be a much greater scrutiny of these cables by mainstream U.S. [...]

Poland, Public Diplomacy, Russia Read more

Media Disinformation Influenced U.S. Diplomatic Report from Russia

Dec 06, 2010 Comments Off

Opinia.US Truckee, CA, December 5, 2010 — A newly disclosed secret cable to the State Department in Washington shows that American diplomats in Moscow sometimes fall for Russian media disinformation and pass it on without questioning while adding their own pro-Kremlin commentary. Most diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, which have been released [...]

Read more

Leaked State Department Cables Show Obama and Gates Naive on Russia

Nov 30, 2010 Comments Off

by Ted Lipien Opinia.US Truckee, CA, November 29, 2010 — Leaked secret State Department cables may help to resolve the mystery as to why President Obama chose September 17, 2009 to make his announcement on canceling President Bush’s missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The announcement pleased the Kremlin, which had been [...]

Read more