Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across regions, cultures, or peoples - is challenging. How does one quantify changes in attitude, abandoning stereotypes, or feeling… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Richard Holbrooke is known for many things, but I will remember him as an impressive, sometimes even intimidating diplomat who understood the value of culture in diplomacy. — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
If President Obama really means what he has said repeatedly about supporting the aspirations of the Egyptian people, then he will have to recognize… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests. — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across regions, cultures,… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Washington was taken by surprise by the Egyptian revolution because policy experts focused too much on Mubarak and his government, and too little on… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Richard Holbrooke is known for many things, but I will remember him as an impressive, sometimes even intimidating diplomat who understood the value of… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
During his brilliant campaign, President Obama wove a powerful narrative about the American we all hope for. And that hope was grounded in a… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy. — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Through the potent example of his own life, President Obama enabled us to believe the best about America, and, therefore, about ourselves. That uplifting… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions exist to… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
