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2011 achievement award winners Joseph Zilligen and Carla Benini (A. Kotok) Public Diplomacy Alumni Association highlights achievements by professionals in Mexico, Uganda, Turkmenistan, and Washington, DC Public diplomacy, when done right, combines leadership, imagination, resourcefulness, and plain determination, often under challenging conditions. The Public Diplomacy Alumni Association (PDAA, formerly USIA Alumni Association) recognizes […] 2010 achievement award winner Aaron David Snipe, right, with PDAA awards chair Rob Nevitt. (A. Kotok) Public Diplomacy Alumni Association highlights achievements by professionals in Chad, Iraq, East Jerusalem, and Shanghai Public diplomacy, frequently practiced under challenging conditions, must engage with foreign audiences. Annually, the Public Diplomacy Alumni Association (formerly USIA Alumni Association) […] Public Diplomacy Alumni Association recognizes achievements by professionals in Macedonia, Indonesia, and Washington, D.C. The Public Diplomacy Alumni Association (PDAA) announced the recipients of its 2009 Award for Achievement in Public Diplomacy at its annual dinner on May 3. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the conduct of public diplomacy by deserving Foreign Service and […] Public Diplomacy Alumni Association recognizes achievements by professionals in Azerbaijan, Burma, and Taiwan The Public Diplomacy Alumni Association (PDAA) paid tribute to the three outstanding recipients of the 2008 Award for Achievement in Public Diplomacy at the association’s annual dinner on May 4. This year’s PDAA honors went to Jonathan Henick, Public Affairs Officer in […] 2005 PAS Brasilia, for Brazil Youth Ambassadors Wendy Lyle, ConGen Guangzhou, for outstanding performance under challenging conditions; and her role in insinuating messages of rule of law, civil society and sound governance into the legal, academic, media and business communities on South China 2003 Victoria Sloan and Kaspars Ruklis, AmEmbassy Riga, for accomplishments in fostering […] |
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Thai Memoir
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Dick Virden
October 2012
Editor’s note: Dick Virden offers his first-hand observations on countering insurgencies, with potential lessons for today. Virden retired from the Senior Foreign Service in 2004 and lives in Plymouth, Minnesota. This essay first appeared in and is reprinted with permission of the journal American Diplomacy.
We Americans tend […]