Fixing Public Diplomacy for Arab and Muslim Audiences
Research Summary
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American public diplomacy refers to government programs to support the national interests by informing foreign audiences about matters relating to the United States.
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This article makes suggestions to the above said program in matters of counteracting Arab and Muslim support to terrorism.
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The article claims that overwhelming majority of Arab opinion of the United States is positive toward all aspects of American culture and society except American foreign policy.
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The author calls for definite and strategic steps to reach out the Arab and Muslim community to counteract terrorism.
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The article analyses several historic and political events and factors in detail that have encouraged the opinions in favor and against American government.
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The author classifies the Arab opinion into three broad categories namely friends who know U.S., enemies who sometimes know U.S., and a vast middle who mostly don’t care.
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The article makes a priority of strategies and policies to reach out each of these three segments of people in appropriate platforms.
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The solution shall not ensue from Washington changing its policies, but it lies in leading Iraq and Afghanistan into internationally recognized successes and resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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The author feels it is futile to convert the few extremists away from their anti-Americanism. The best method is to work with the majority holding pro-American views and transform others with their help.
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The best part of the article lists out the importance and strategies of evolving the most effective instruments and communication tools to achieve the above said end.
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Evolving some of the most potential strategies and policies to counteract anti-American tendencies, the article contains important implications for American Public Diplomacy.
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