The Role of Public Diplomacy in Support of the Anti-terrorism Campaign: Hearing Before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, October 10, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 - 70 pages |
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Page 60 - And if we are truly to win the war on terrorism, there wiD be no avoiding the need to build bridges between the American people and the people of the Muslim world. Mr. Chairman, we must begin this process now. This effort will require us to be creative, disciplined, and patient as we try to reach audiences whose attitudes towards us range from profoundly skeptical to openly hostile. We will not succeed in opening every mind, but we do not need to do so. What we must succeed in doing is challenging...
Page 2 - As Americans, we are justly proud of our country. If any nation has been a greater force for good in the long and tormented history of this world, I am unaware of it. We have guarded whole continents from conquest, showered aid on distant lands, sent thousands of youthful idealists to remote and often inhospitable areas to help the world's forgotten. Why, then, when we read or listen to descriptions of America in the foreign press, do we so often seem to be entering a fantasyland of hatred?
Page 11 - Jersey for his opening statement. [The prepared statement of Mr. Royce follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE EDWARD R. ROYCE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA WASHINGTON...
Page 61 - ... a very broad range of countries, in an arc reaching from Africa to the Middle East, stretching further eastward from Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia. Addressing so many countries and cultures will demand thoughtfully differentiated approaches to public diplomacy. In some countries, significant increases in our traditional exchanges, such as the Fulbright and International Visitor programs, will be appropriate, welcome, and effective. In other countries, such an approach...
Page 16 - AFFAIRS, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you...
Page 57 - Asia, we urge the subcommittee to appropriate $100 million for this purpose. As a long-term solution to the profound problems of cultural misunderstanding, there is no substitute for public diplomacy. It must be a key component of our longterm effort to eradicate terrorism. Public diplomacy in the Muslim world will require a sustained, serious effort if we are to succeed in our quest for lasting peace and security, stable bilateral relationships, and an end...
Page 60 - People-to-people ties are an essential part of our public diplomacy. As Ambassador Arthur Bums once said, "The achievement ... of true understanding between any two governments depends fundamentally on the kind of relationship that exists between the peoples, rather than on the foreign ministers and ambassadors.
Page 1 - How is it that the country that invented Hollywood and Madison Avenue has allowed such a destructive and parodied image of itself to become the intellectual coin of the realm overseas?
Page 59 - September 11 and in support of our national campaign to rid the world of terrorism. To win the war on terrorism, the United States will need more than the might and skill of our armed forces. To ultimately defeat terrorism, we must also engage the Muslim world in the realm of ideas, values, and beliefs. No previous foreign affairs crisis has been so deeply rooted in cultural misunderstanding...