| U.S. Public Diplomacy: Background and Current Issues
Nakamura, Kennon H.; Weed, Matthew C.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Library of Congress, December 18, 2009, online edition, 70p (PDF)
"After the 9/11 terror attacks, there was new interest in promoting effective public diplomacy, as a struggle against extremist ideologies became crucial to the overall fight against terrorism. In recent years, many observers have called for increased resources for and improvement of U.S. public diplomacy efforts. A number of challenges and questions, however, currently affect the future of U.S. government communications with foreign publics. Some argue that abolishing USIA was a mistake and that the State Department is ill-suited to conduct long-term public diplomacy." In this report, CRS analysts Nakamura and Weed examine issues for Congress on U.S. public diplomacy relating to funding, capabilities, technologies, structures, interagency coordination, and creation of a national public diplomacy strategy.
Kennon H. Nakamura is an analyst in Foreign Affairs at CRS. Matthew C. Weed is an analyst in Foreign Policy Legislation at CRS.
Go to the report at:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R40989.pdf
C8/01-10. Posted January 29, 2010
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