Britain's Portland PR has recruited Scott Nolan Smith from the UK embassy in Washington to handle media/digital engagement, diplomatic communications and international affairs.
Smith was the embassy's head of digital diplomacy, supporting UK's outposts in across the US and Americas.
He also co-founded the Digital Diplomacy Coalition to arrange brain-storming sessions between tech, diplomatic and foreign affairs experts.
Portland co-hosted a recent event with the DDC at Georgetown University with its digital advisor Jimmy Leach and representatives of Sweden and Kosovo.
There is no maturity and should be no pride in the oft used and abused expression "I told you so," but US outreach to Iran conjures such feelings.
July 11, 2015 marked the 20th year since President Bill Clinton announced normalization of relations with Vietnam and, over the past two decades, the US and Vietnam have developed a relationship encompassing business and travel, as well as strong academic, cultural and foreign policy ties.
The Obama Administration wants to turn Radio and TV Marti, the US-controlled broadcaster of news/information to Cuba, into a 'private, non-profit' organization.
The US needs to "do more to harden our soft power" to best combat Russia's 24/7 propaganda machine and counter the rise of ISIS, according to Rick Stengel, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy.
The U.S. Senate, 90-8, on Tuesday confirmed former Time magazine managing editor Richard Stengel as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the country's top foreign propaganda slot.
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