AP: US Launches ‘virtual’ Embassy For Iran

by gtdonovan on December 6, 2011 at 2:00 pm · Filed under Clinton, cybercity, dialogue, diplomacy, embassy, globalization, governance, identity, Iran, link, obama, SecurityPod

From the article: “More than three decades after the bricks-and-mortar U.S. embassy in Tehran was shuttered and diplomatic relations with Iran were severed following the Islamic revolution and hostage crisis, the Obama administration has opened a virtual embassy for Iran to encourage dialogue with the Iranian people.”

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Clinton on Information War and the Youth Bulge

by gtdonovan on March 4, 2011 at 6:16 pm · Filed under Al Jazeera, China, Clinton, cyberwar, informationalism, media, quotes, Russia, Senate, TV, war, youth

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 2, 2011:

We are engaged in an information war. During the cold war we did a great job in getting America’s message out. After the Berlin Wall fell we said ‘OK fine, enough of that, we did it, we’re done. ‘ And, unfortunately we’re paying a big price for it. And, our private media can not fill that gap . . .

We are in an information war, and we are losing that war. I’ll be very blunt in my assessment. Al Jazeera is winning. The Chinese have opened up a global English language and multi-language television network. The Russians have opened up an English network. I’ve seen it in a few countries and it’s quite instructive . . .

We are in information war and we cannot assume that this youth bulge that exists not just in the middle east but in so many parts of the world really knows much about us. I mean we think they know us and reject us, I would argue the really don’t know very much about who we are. (emphasis added)

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